AI-based content creation platform Simplified raises $8.5 M from Craft Ventures, others

San Francisco-based Simplified, an AI-powered content creation and marketing platform, has raised USD 8.5 million in a seed funding round led by Craft Ventures, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Wing Venture Capital.The round included notable investors like Uncorrelated Ventures, 8-Bit Capital, Mads Johnsen (CPO, Calm), Manik Gupta (Corporate Vice President, Microsoft), and Ankur Nagpal (Founder of Teachable, Vibe Capital). Simplified will use the funds to make content creation fast, automated, and affordable with more templates, one-click video tools, and no-code design features.