Uizard scores $2.8M seed round for its app wireframe to prototype dev tool – TechCrunch

Uizard, the Copenhagen-based startup that is using "machine intelligence" to quickly turn app sketches into prototypes, has raised $2.8 million in seed funding. The round is led by Nordic VC firm byFounders, with participation from LDV Capital, av8 Ventures, and New York Venture Partners. A number of individuals are also investing, including Scott Kurnit, Julia Qiu, Lars Houbak, and Alex Spiro. Aiming to accelerate the ideation phase of website and app design, Uizard says it legerages "advanced" machine learning and computer vision to turn a simple sketch into a basic prototype for almost immediate testing. Sketched can be drawn with pen and paper, photographed, and then uploaded to Uizard for the AI to do its work.