Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero
Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero
Superhuman 收购 AI 检测初创公司 GPTZero
GPTZero, the three-year-old AI detection startup that Princeton grad Edward Tian first built as a senior thesis project, has been acquired by Superhuman, the companies announced on Tuesday. GPTZero 是一家成立三年的 AI 检测初创公司，最初由普林斯顿大学毕业生 Edward Tian 作为毕业设计项目开发。两家公司周二宣布，GPTZero 已被 Superhuman 收购。
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Tian told Business Insider that GPTZero amassed more than 19 million registered users and $30 million in annual recurring revenue. In 2024, Tian told TechCrunch that it was profitable. 交易条款未予披露，但 Tian 向《商业内幕》（Business Insider）透露，GPTZero 已积累了超过 1900 万注册用户，年经常性收入达到 3000 万美元。2024 年，Tian 曾告诉 TechCrunch 该公司已实现盈利。
Tian and co-founder CTO Alex Cui, who’d been friends since high school, raised a $3.5 million seed round led by Uncork Capital, followed by a $10 million Series A in June 2024 led by Footwork co-founder Nikhil Basu Trivedi, with several other notable investors including Reach Capital, Jack Altman’s Alt Capital, and Neo. All told, the company raised just $13.5 million. Tian 与联合创始人兼 CTO Alex Cui 是高中时代的好友。他们曾获得由 Uncork Capital 领投的 350 万美元种子轮融资，随后在 2024 年 6 月完成了由 Footwork 联合创始人 Nikhil Basu Trivedi 领投的 1000 万美元 A 轮融资，其他知名投资者还包括 Reach Capital、Jack Altman 的 Alt Capital 以及 Neo。总计，该公司仅融资 1350 万美元。
Superhuman — the company formed when Grammarly bought email provider Superhuman last year and rebranded under that name — already had an AI detection tool built into its platform. GPTZero’s mission has been to help humans detect and defend against AI slop. Superhuman（去年 Grammarly 收购电子邮件服务商 Superhuman 并更名后成立的公司）的平台内已经内置了一款 AI 检测工具。GPTZero 的使命一直是帮助人类检测并抵御 AI 生成的垃圾内容。
Grammarly’s tool has been designed to help users, often students, determine whether their writing appears AI-generated, then revise it so it doesn’t. As for why Superhuman bought a competitor, Superhuman says that “two AI detectors are better than one.” Grammarly 的工具旨在帮助用户（通常是学生）判断其写作内容是否看起来像是由 AI 生成的，并进行修改以避免这种情况。至于为何 Superhuman 会收购竞争对手，Superhuman 表示：“两个 AI 检测器总比一个好。”