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Jon Steinback, Co-Founder and CEO at Marker: BREAKING: Marker raised $13m Seed
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- Scaling Europe
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- Jul 9, 2026
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- 945
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Summary
Marker just came out of stealth and raised a $13m Seed led by Index Ventures. Marker is an AI editor built to help writers develop their ideas and get feedback throughout the writing process. Jon Steinback is Co-Founder and CEO of Marker. He and co-founder Ryan Bowman built it to support the whole writing process, from thinking through drafting to editing. The result is a modern word processor made for people who believe in the craft of writing. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:20 - Marker's seed round and coming out of stealth 0:57 - What Marker actually is 1:41 - Who Marker is built for 3:33 - How Marker's product took shape 4:39 - Finding the balance between AI and human writing 6:52 - Why these investors backed Marker 9:20 - Jon's time at DeepMind 10:52 - How Marker will use the funding 13:04 - The goal behind coming out of stealth 14:33 - Marker's long-term vision