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Venture Capital Accelerates Lyyli.ai Development – Revolutionizing Business Communication with AI

Mikko Oksanen

Mikko Oksanen

CEO & Co-Founder

August 10, 20258 min read
Expion and South Savo Growth Fund join Lyyli.ai's journey

Communication assistant Lyyli.ai has secured significant venture capital investment to accelerate growth. Expion and the Redstone-managed South Savo Growth Fund are supporting the company that automates and streamlines internal and external business communication with intelligent technology.

AI-Powered Communication Assistant Revolutionizes Business Communication

Lyyli.ai is transforming how companies create and manage content. The AI-powered communication assistant automates routine tasks, improves content quality, and ensures consistent communication across all channels.

The AI agent learns the company's brand, values, and communication style, then produces consistent, high-quality content for all channels – from LinkedIn to internal newsletters.

The company's CEO and founder is Mikko Oksanen, while co-founder Veikko Laitinen serves as the company's CTO.

Investor Confidence in Solving Expert Organizations' Communication Challenges

Mikko understands the communication challenges of expert organizations well, and Veikko's expertise and broad understanding of AI technologies convinced us. We have worked with Mikko for several years, and it's great that Expion's first venture capital investment goes to Lyyli.ai's development.

Sannamari Nykänen, CEO, Expion Oy

With the funding, the company will finalize its product for market readiness and begin active sales in Finland to 50-1000 person expert and project organizations, where communication challenges are greatest.

AI Frees Communication Professionals for Creative Work

Investor support is crucial in the early stages of a startup – it brings not only capital but also experience and networks, without which progress would be significantly slower. Now we can truly demonstrate how AI can free communication professionals for creative work.

Mikko Oksanen, CEO, Lyyli AI Oy

From a technical perspective, Lyyli.ai is the perfect project for me, allowing me to combine all the areas of expertise I've gathered over the years while continuing to learn new things. The possibilities of AI in communication are vast, and our technical solution is built to scale from the ground up.

Veikko Laitinen, CTO, Lyyli AI Oy

When you see how Lyyli learns a company's communication style and starts producing genuinely high-quality content, you understand that this is technology that truly changes how work is done in teams.

Diverse Expertise Joins the Board

With the investment, Sannamari Nykänen joins the company's board, an experienced CFO who has led several Due Diligence processes. The board now consists of Mikko Oksanen, Sannamari Nykänen, and Veikko Laitinen as Chairman.

Sanni brings financial management expertise and an external perspective to the board's work. It's nice that someone occasionally challenges our decisions a bit.

Mikko Oksanen, CEO, Lyyli AI Oy

Additionally, CPA Teemu Laitinen (founder of Kuittiniilo Oy) joins as a board advisor.

We are grateful for our investors' support and look forward to future collaboration with them. Now is the time to show how Finnish AI expertise performs in the global communication market.

Mikko Oksanen, CEO, Lyyli AI Oy

About the Investors

Expion

Expion

Expion is a new Finnish family business that provides growth services and financing opportunities. The company focuses on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises on their growth and internationalization journey, offering both financing and expert services.

expion.fi

Redstone

Redstone is a European venture capital firm. We manage several VC funds focused on early-stage European companies in sectors such as fintech, healthcare, industrial deep tech, proptech, energy, and climate tech.

redstone.vc

Ask Mikko for More

Do you have questions about Lyyli.ai's funding round or want to learn more about our AI-powered communication assistant?

  • How AI can transform your organization's communication workflows
  • Our funding strategy and growth plans
  • Technical implementation details
  • Partnership opportunities

About the author

Mikko Oksanen

Mikko Oksanen

CEO & Co-Founder

Mikko leads Lyyli.ai and writes about practical communication development for expert organizations.