Tome
by Magical Tome, Inc.
Discontinued AI presentation tool that pivoted to sales decks before winding down
Last reviewed 2026-06-20
Tome was an AI-native storytelling and presentation tool from Magical Tome, Inc. (founders Keith Peiris and Henri Liriani, both ex-Meta), incubated at Greylock in 2020 and launched publicly in 2022. It generated full slide decks, narratives, and embedded media from a text prompt, and reportedly became one of the fastest productivity tools to reach a million users, citing roughly 25 million users at its peak. In 2024 the company laid off about 20 percent of staff and pivoted away from the consumer deck product toward sales and marketing teams, repositioning around the slogan "Make deals, not decks": AI that automated account research and personalized pitch-deck generation for sellers. That sales-intelligence push did not survive as Tome. The company sunset the slides product on April 30, 2025, and the founding team rebuilt from scratch as a separate product, Lightfield, an AI-native CRM that launched in late 2025. The original Tome website (tome.app) no longer serves the product. This entry documents Tome as a deprecated product; the live successor from the same team is Lightfield. Note that the legal-AI startup also called "Tome" that AngelList acquired in April 2025 is an unrelated company, not this one.
What it can do
Generate presentations from a prompt
SupervisedCreated full slide decks with narrative, layout, and embedded media from a text prompt, which the user then edited and approved. This was the original consumer product, sunset on April 30, 2025.
sourceResearch accounts for sales
SupervisedAfter the 2024 pivot, Tome added B2B tooling that reportedly scraped sources such as SEC filings and pulled Salesforce data to surface sales intelligence about target accounts.
sourcePersonalize pitch decks for buyers
SupervisedGenerated tailored pitch materials and outreach content for specific companies or buyers; salespeople reportedly used it to produce many tailored decks per day. Humans configured inputs and reviewed output before use.
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Strengths
- +Fast prompt-to-deck generation made it a notably quick way to draft presentations at its peak
- +After the pivot it consolidated account research and deck personalization for sellers into one tool
Limitations
- −Discontinued: the slides product was sunset on April 30, 2025 and tome.app no longer serves the product
- −Output was generation-assistance, not autonomous selling; humans configured inputs and approved every deck
- −The consumer-to-sales pivot left both audiences disrupted before the team abandoned the brand entirely for Lightfield
Overview
Tome was an AI-native presentation and storytelling tool from Magical Tome, Inc., founded by Keith Peiris and Henri Liriani (both ex-Meta) and incubated at Greylock in 2020. It launched publicly in 2022 and reportedly became one of the fastest productivity tools to reach a million users, later citing roughly 25 million users at its peak. This entry documents Tome as a deprecated product.
What it does
In its original form, Tome generated full slide decks, narrative, and embedded media from a text prompt, which users then edited. This was generation-assistance, not autonomous action: the human reviewed and approved every deck. In 2024 the company laid off about 20 percent of staff and pivoted toward sales and marketing teams ("Make deals, not decks"), adding B2B tooling that reportedly scraped sources like SEC filings, pulled Salesforce data, and personalized pitch decks for specific buyers. That sales-research and deck-personalization work was still operator-supervised.
Integrations & setup
The sales-era product reportedly integrated with Salesforce to pull account data. Detailed integration documentation is no longer available since the product was sunset.
Pricing
Tome ran a freemium model (a large free tier plus paid plans) during its life. Current pricing is not applicable: the product is discontinued and tome.app no longer serves it.
Best for / not for
Not recommended, because it is discontinued. Teams that liked Tome's prompt-to-deck speed should look at active alternatives. Teams interested in what the founders built next should look at Lightfield, the AI-native CRM from the same team.
Alternatives
For AI presentation generation, Gamma is the closest active alternative, with Canva AI and general assistants like ChatGPT also covering deck drafting. For the sales-intelligence direction Tome was chasing, the team's own successor is Lightfield.
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FAQ
Is Tome still available?+
No. Tome's AI presentation product was sunset on April 30, 2025, and tome.app no longer serves it. The founding team (Keith Peiris and Henri Liriani) rebuilt as a separate product, Lightfield, an AI-native CRM that launched in late 2025.
Did Tome become a sales tool?+
Briefly. In 2024 Tome pivoted from consumer decks toward sales and marketing teams under the slogan "Make deals, not decks," adding account research and pitch-deck personalization. That direction did not survive as Tome; the team wound it down and rebuilt as Lightfield.
Is this the same Tome that AngelList acquired?+
No. AngelList acquired an unrelated legal-AI startup also named Tome in April 2025. The presentation/sales Tome documented here is Magical Tome, Inc., whose team became Lightfield.
Sources
- AI startup Tome lays off staff to focus on revenue (Semafor) · accessed 2026-06-20
- Tome AI Raises $43 Million in Series B Funding (TheWrap) · accessed 2026-06-20
- SaaStr: Lightfield, the AI-native CRM from Tome's founders · accessed 2026-06-20
- Lightfield (successor product, official site) · accessed 2026-06-20
Last reviewed 2026-06-20