Brand.ai
by Brand.ai
Brand.ai was a collaborative brand asset and design-system platform for organizing visual identity components, documenting usage rules, and distributing updates to design teams. In 2017, the company was acquired by InVision.
Acquisition Details
InVision announced its acquisition of Brand.ai in February 2017 and said Brand.ai would become InVision Design System Manager. The original Brand.ai homepage is no longer an independent product site.
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📅 Timeline
Brand.ai founded
Brand.ai was founded in 2014 to help teams manage brand assets and shared design components. The exact public launch date is unclear.
Brand.ai raises $2.5 million
TechCrunch reported that Brand.ai raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures to develop its collaborative brand-management platform.
InVision acquires Brand.ai
InVision announced its acquisition of Brand.ai, bringing the product and team into InVision's design collaboration platform.
Product becomes InVision DSM
Following the acquisition, Brand.ai was repositioned as InVision Design System Manager, a tool for maintaining and distributing design-system components.
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What was Brand.ai?
Brand.ai was a cloud platform for organizing brand guidelines, reusable interface components, colors, typography, and other design assets so teams could maintain a shared visual system.
Is Brand.ai still available?
Not as an independent product. InVision acquired Brand.ai in February 2017 and integrated its technology as InVision Design System Manager.
Who acquired Brand.ai?
Digital product design platform InVision acquired Brand.ai in February 2017. Financial terms were not publicly disclosed in the cited announcements.
What happened to Brand.ai after the acquisition?
Brand.ai became the basis of InVision Design System Manager, commonly called InVision DSM, which connected shared design libraries and documentation with team workflows.
What are good Brand.ai alternatives?
Depending on the need, catalogue alternatives include Canva Magic for brand-oriented visual creation, Adobe Firefly for generative design assets, Beautiful.ai for branded presentations, and Gamma for AI-assisted visual documents.