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Lightning AI

Business/Productivity Software · New York, NY · Founded 2019 · Privately Held (backing)

Developer of building and operating artificial intelligence applications infrastructure designed for end-to-end lifecycle management. Lightning AI is based in New York, NY and was founded in 2019. It was valued at $315 million at its Series B1 in Dec 2024, the last priced event on record. It has raised $112 million across 5 recorded rounds; the latest was a $50 million Series B1 in Dec 2024.

PMV mark · valuation
$315.0M
Oct 2026
Priced at
its Series B1
Dec 2024
Total raised
$112.2M
Last round
Later Stage VC (Series B1)
Dec 2024

Lightning AI key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Developer of building and operating artificial intelligence applications infrastructure designed for end-to-end lifecycle management.
  • Lightning AI is valued at approximately $315.0M as of Oct 2026, set at its Series B1, Dec 2024; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
  • It has raised $112.2M across 5 recorded rounds; the latest was Later Stage VC (Series B1) ($50.0M) in Dec 2024.
  • Notable investors include SV Angel, Index Ventures, Coatue Management, K5 Global, Bain Capital Ventures — 22 tracked in total.
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
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$315.0M

Valued at $315.0M at its Series B1, Dec 2024. Nothing has traded since.

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Lightning AI funding rounds

5 rounds
Dec 2024Later Stage VC (Series B1)$50.0M▮
Apr 2023Later Stage VC—▮
Jun 2022Later Stage VC (Series B)$40.0M▮
Oct 2020Later Stage VC (Series A)$18.6M▮
Seed Round$3.5M▮
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Lightning AI leadership

Lightning AI valuation

Lightning AI was valued at $315 million at its Series B1 in Dec 2024. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

How much has Lightning AI raised?

Lightning AI has raised $112 million across 5 recorded rounds since 2020. The largest was a $50 million Series B1 in Dec 2024. 4 of the rounds disclosed a post-money valuation.

Lightning AI investors

22 investors are on record for Lightning AI, including SV Angel, Index Ventures, Coatue Management and K5 Global. By type, the record holds 10 venture capital firms and 1 private equity firm. The Series B1 in Dec 2024 drew 6 investors.

Who runs Lightning AI

12 people are listed on the Lightning AI team: 10 executives and 2 board members, including Jose Ramos (Co-Chief Executive Officer) and William Falcon Ph.D (Co-Founder). 8 of them have a verified direct contact on file.

Comparable companies

Comparable business/productivity software names by valuation on PrivateMarketView: Liquid AI ($317 million), Pactum ($315 million) and Axion ($312 million).

About Lightning AI

Developer of building and operating artificial intelligence applications infrastructure designed for end-to-end lifecycle management. The company provides browser-based workspaces, collaborative coding, prototyping, training, scaling, and deployment workflows, integrates with popular machine learning frameworks, automates resource and environment management, and offers tools for experiment tracking and reproducible pipelines, enabling software developers and data science teams to create, iterate on, and serve AI systems efficiently at scale.

Industry
Business/Productivity Software
Sector
Information Technology
HQ
New York, NY, United States
Founded
2019
Employees
64
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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