April 4, 2024

Palazzo in Essence: Venus Williams Launches AI-Powered Interior Design Company

Venus Williams launched a new company and it aims to make our personal sanctuaries even more beautiful at the click of a button.


Palazzo, Williams’s new interior design brand, is an AI-powered platform that uses generative data to create personalized reimaginings of living spaces. First reported by Fast Company, Venus tells the outlet that “Our vision is to create a space where everything home is in one place.”


Aside from being a legend on the tennis court, she has quietly been solidifying an impressive career in interior design. Her firm V Starr was launched in 2002, and she has completed design projects for noteworthy clients like Chicago’s Midtown Athletic Club and the PGA National Resort Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.


Palazzo aims to act as a companion tool for co-founders Raffi Holzer (founder of construction tech company Avvir) and Edward Lando (angel investor). The team is building Palazzo to be the first step in redesigning a room or starting a larger home renovation. 


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