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Company Snapshot
Fireworks AI is a AI infra company, based in San Mateo, California, USA, founded 2022 by Lin Qiao. Latest valuation $17.5B (As of Jul 16, 2026, SiliconANGLE).
Recent changes
- Sep 26, 2026Sep 26, 2026Fireworks AI Eyes $30B Valuation, Fal Seeks $20B Pulse story
- Jul 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026Raised $1.5B Series D at a $17.5B valuation SiliconANGLE
- Jul 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026First reported run rate: $1B+ annualized revenue SiliconANGLE
- Jul 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026First reported valuation: $17.5B SiliconANGLE
- Jul 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026New investor: Nvidia SiliconANGLE
Earlier changes (4)
- Jul 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026New investor: Index Ventures SiliconANGLE
- Jul 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026New investor: TCV SiliconANGLE
- Jul 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026New investor: Atreides Management SiliconANGLE
- Jul 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026Nvidia-Backed Fireworks AI Hits $17.5B Valuation Pulse story
Funding History
1 event · sources dated per row| Date | Event | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | Series D | $1.5B | $17.5B | SiliconANGLE |
Investors
Latest Pulse
- Sep 29, 2026Samsung Invests $1B In KKR-Backed AI Infra Firm HelixSamsung is investing $1 billion in Helix, an AI infrastructure company backed by KKR, extending its push to capture value across the AI buildout beyond its own memory-chip business.→
- Sep 28, 2026SiMa.ai Raises $150M Series C At $1.45B ValuationSiMa.ai closed an oversubscribed $150 million Series C at a $1.45 billion valuation, led by Fidelity and Amplify, bringing its total capital raised to $500 million for its edge AI inference chips.→
- Sep 28, 2026Modal Labs Nears $750M Round At $15.75B ValuationInference provider Modal Labs is reportedly closing in on a $750 million round that would value it at $15.75 billion, the latest sign that managed AI-inference startups are re-pricing as fast as the model labs they serve.→
- Sep 26, 2026Fireworks AI Eyes $30B Valuation, Fal Seeks $20BFireworks AI and Fal are both in talks for new funding rounds that could value the AI-inference startups at up to $30 billion and $20 billion respectively, as enterprise demand for managed inference outside the hyperscalers surges.→
- Sep 25, 2026Figma Exec Joins AI Inference Startup BasetenA senior Figma executive is joining AI inference startup Baseten, another sign that operating talent is flowing from the application layer toward the AI infrastructure layer.→
- Sep 16, 2026Ex-OpenAI Researcher's TypeSafe AI Exits Stealth With $40MTypeSafe AI emerged from stealth with $40 million in seed funding led by DCVC, founded by a co-inventor of RLHF building machine-native, composable AI meant to be embedded directly into software rather than accessed as a chat interface.→
- Sep 6, 2026Why AI Compute Swallowed the Week's Venture DollarsCrusoe, Fluidstack and Gimlet Labs closed $4.8 billion between them in five days, and every dollar landed in the layer between the chips and the models rather than in the applications built on top.→
- Sep 4, 2026Gimlet Labs Hits $3B Valuation on Chip-Agnostic AI BetAndreessen Horowitz led a $300 million round for the startup that lets AI workloads run across Nvidia, AMD, and custom silicon interchangeably, with Arm and Microsoft's M12 joining as new backers.→
- Aug 28, 2026Open-Weight Labs Become the Valley's Acquisition TargetNvidia's reported $13 billion Hugging Face agreement, its $6 billion Poolside deal and Stripe's $7 billion-plus OpenRouter purchase have consolidated the open-model layer, even as enterprise adoption sits at 6%.→
- Aug 17, 2026Inside AI Infra's Money Trail: Databricks to FireworksDatabricks' $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation, Together AI's doubled $8.3 billion mark, and Fireworks AI's leap to $17.5 billion trace a single financing pattern reshaping AI infrastructure investing.→
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FUNDING
Fireworks AI Eyes $30B Valuation, Fal Seeks $20B
Fireworks AI and Fal are both in talks for new funding rounds that could value the AI-inference startups at up to $30 billion and $20 billion respectively, as enterprise demand for managed inference outside the hyperscalers surges.
DEEP DIVE
Inside AI Infra's Money Trail: Databricks to Fireworks
FUNDING$5B round / $190B valuation
Inside AI Infra's Money Trail: Databricks to Fireworks
Databricks' $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation, Together AI's doubled $8.3 billion mark, and Fireworks AI's leap to $17.5 billion trace a single financing pattern reshaping AI infrastructure investing.
DEEP DIVE
Nvidia-Backed Fireworks AI Hits $17.5B Valuation
FUNDING$1.5B at $17.5B
Nvidia-Backed Fireworks AI Hits $17.5B Valuation
AI inference startup Fireworks AI raised a $1.5 billion Series D at a $17.5 billion valuation, backed by Nvidia, as enterprises pursue cheaper, faster ways to serve AI models at scale.
Value Add Research
- AI & Technology · Jul 18, 2026Fireworks AI Jumped $4B to $17.5B in 7 Months on $1B ARR
- Market & Trends · Oct 2, 2026Venture Numbers, Reconciled: Why 2026 Trackers Disagree
- AI & Technology · Sep 6, 2026Gimlet Labs Valuation: $3B After a $300M Series B
- AI & Technology · Aug 19, 2026How Hugging Face Makes Money: ~$150M Revenue, Nvidia Deal
- AI & Technology · Jul 31, 2026$525M ARR, $9B — How Replit Makes Money (2026)
- AI & Technology · Jul 23, 2026How Does Baseten Make Money: GPU-Minute Pricing, $600M ARR
- AI & Technology · Jul 9, 2026$75M Series C — Baseten AI Inference (2026)
- AI & Technology · Jun 30, 2026Baseten's ARR Grew 1,900% YoY to a $13B Valuation
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Fireworks AI FAQ
What is Fireworks AI's valuation?
Fireworks AI's valuation is $17.5B (As of Jul 16, 2026, SiliconANGLE).
Who are Fireworks AI's investors?
Fireworks AI's investors include Atreides Management, Index Ventures, TCV, Nvidia, Evantic Capital, and 1 more (As of Jul 16, 2026).
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