Genius AI, formerly GlossGenius, which pivoted from a salon management platform to offer AI tools for service SMBs, raised a $44M Series D at a $1.15B valuation (Emma Hinchliffe/Fortune)

<a href="https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/glossgenius-rebrand-genius-ai-small-businesses-beauty-unicorn-series-d/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260722/i39.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260722/p39#a260722p39" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Emma Hinchliffe / <a href="http://www.fortune.com/">Fortune</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/glossgenius-rebrand-genius-ai-small-businesses-beauty-unicorn-series-d/">Genius AI, formerly GlossGenius, which pivoted from a salon management platform to offer AI tools for service SMBs, raised a $44M Series D at a $1.15B valuation</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; There's a new female-founded unicorn.&nbsp; GlossGenius, which started as a salon management platform, just raised $44 million &hellip; </p>