Raycast

Raycast is a London-based productivity software company founded in 2020 by former Facebook engineers Thomas Paul Mann and Petr Nikolaev.

The company focuses on enhancing productivity for developers and knowledge workers by minimizing time lost to context-switching between various applications and tools. With a remote-first team of approximately 39 employees, Raycast has successfully raised around $47.8 million in funding, including a €27 million Series B round in 2024. The main product, Raycast, is an application launcher and command center designed for macOS, with plans for Windows and iOS support. It offers a keyboard-driven interface for quick access to applications, files, and commands. Key features include AI-powered capabilities for text generation and task automation, clipboard history management, and a library of over 2,000 extensions for integration with popular tools like Jira, GitHub, and Slack. Raycast aims to redefine productivity by providing a unified platform that helps users achieve a state of focus and efficiency.