Marissa Mayer’s New Startup Dazzle Raises $8M Led By Forerunner’s Kirsten Green

Dazzle AI, Marissa Mayer’s new startup, raises $8M to build next-gen personal assistants. Backed by Forerunner’s Kirsten Green, it aims to redefine co
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Marissa Mayer’s New Startup Dazzle Raises $8M Led By Forerunner’s Kirsten Green
Marissa Mayer Returns With Dazzle AI—And Big Backing From Top VCs After years away from the spotlight, former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is back with a new AI startup—and serious investor confidence to match. Her latest venture, Dazzle, has quietly raised $8 million in seed funding at a $35 million valuation, led by Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green. The move signals Mayer’s full-throttle entry into the booming generative AI space, this time with a sharp focus on consumer-facing personal assistants that could rival today’s top AI tools. If early backing is any indication, Dazzle might just be the comeback story Silicon Valley’s been waiting for. Credit: Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group / Getty Images From Sunshine’s Sunset to Dazzle’s Sunrise Dazzle marks a clean break from Mayer’s previous startup, Sunshine, which shuttered after six years of tepid growth and lukewarm reception. Originally launched as Lumi Labs in 2018, Sunshine aimed to simplify contact management and photo sharing but s…