People · 9

Kirill Bigai

Disclosed funding connections · Preply

• Preply2026-01-21 · Series D · USD 150,000,000

Kousik Rajendran

Disclosed funding connections · Aivar Innovations

• Aivar Innovations2026-01-19 · Seed · USD 4,600,000

Kumesh Aroomoogan

Disclosed funding connections · ZeroDrift

• ZeroDrift2026-06-02 · Seed · USD 10,000,000

Kurt Shintaffer

Disclosed funding connections · Thira

• Thira2026-07-14 · Seed · USD 21,000,000

Kush Bavaria

Disclosed funding connections · Ornn AI Inc.

• Ornn AI Inc.2026-06-24 · Seed · USD 33,000,000

Kyle Rush

Source-backed profile (Chinese)

• Hint2026-07-29 · Seed · USD 10,000,000

Lalitha Rajagopalan

Disclosed funding connections · Oro Labs

• Oro Labs2026-03-12 · Series C · USD 100,000,000

Lasse Finderup

Disclosed funding connections · Good Tape

• Good Tape2026-10-02 · Early-stage financing · EUR 600,000

Laurent Solly

Disclosed funding connections · Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs (AMI Labs)

• Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs (AMI Labs)2026-03-12 · Seed · USD 1,030,000,000

Lax Poojary

Disclosed funding connections · Sparkli

• Sparkli2026-01-22 · Pre-seed · USD 5,000,000

Lazer Cohen

Disclosed funding connections · NanoCo

• NanoCo2026-05-20 · Seed · USD 12,000,000

Lea Scherer

Disclosed funding connections · Kuro

• Kuro2026-10-02 · Early-stage financing · EUR 10,000,000

Leigh Anne Clark

Disclosed funding connections · Auger

• Auger2026-07-12 · Series B · USD 50,000,000

Leon Chen

Disclosed funding connections · Sable

• Sable2026-07-16 · Undisclosed round · USD 45,000,000

Lewis Zhang

Disclosed funding connections · Probook

• Probook2026-06-23 · Multiple rounds · USD 40,000,000

Li Yuqi

Disclosed funding connections · PandaAI

• PandaAI2026-08-17 · Multiple rounds · CNY 20,000,000–90,000,000 (reported range)

Lilian Weng

Source-backed profile (Chinese)

Lily Clifford

Disclosed funding connections · Rime

• Rime2026-07-15 · Series A · USD 24,000,000

Lin Qiao

Disclosed funding connections · Fireworks AI Inc.

• Fireworks AI Inc.2026-07-16 · Series D · USD 1,505,000,000

Linda Du

Disclosed funding connections · Valon

• Valon2026-10-05 · Series D · USD 150,000,000

Linda He

Disclosed funding connections · Sable

• Sable2026-07-16 · Undisclosed round · USD 45,000,000

Lior Sidi

Disclosed funding connections · Tribal AI Inc.

• Tribal AI Inc.2026-05-20 · Seed · USD 10,000,000

Liu Bingjun

Disclosed funding connections · PandaAI

• PandaAI2026-08-17 · Multiple rounds · CNY 20,000,000–90,000,000 (reported range)

Lorenz Pallhuber

Disclosed funding connections · Didero

• Didero2026-02-12 · Series A · USD 30,000,000

Louis Vichy

Disclosed funding connections · OpenRouter

• OpenRouter2026-05-26 · Series B · USD 113,000,000

Luca Marco Agnoli

Disclosed funding connections · SimpL

• SimpL2026-10-06 · Pre-seed · EUR 1,200,000

Lucia Cinque

Disclosed funding connections · WhiteLab Genomics

• WhiteLab Genomics2026-10-06 · Series B · EUR 23,200,000

Lucie Marchand

Disclosed funding connections · Sparkli

• Sparkli2026-01-22 · Pre-seed · USD 5,000,000

Lukas Heinzmann

Disclosed funding connections · Lio

• Lio2026-03-05 · Series A · USD 30,000,000

Mac Liu

Disclosed funding connections · Arceus Legal

• Arceus Legal2026-10-01 · Undisclosed round · USD 17,000,000

Madhav Jha

Disclosed funding connections · Emergent

• Emergent2026-07-15 · Series C · USD 130,000,000

Madhu Guru

Source-backed profile (Chinese)

Mahesh Sathiamoorthy

Source-backed profile (Chinese)

• Bespoke Labs2026-07-06 · Multiple rounds · USD 40,000,000

Maik Taro Wehmeyer

Disclosed funding connections · Taktile

• Taktile2026-06-24 · Series C · USD 110,000,000

Malhar Patil

Disclosed funding connections · Flam

• Flam2026-09-14 · Series B · USD 40,000,000

Manuel Romero

Disclosed funding connections · Maisa AI

• Maisa AI2025-08-27 · Seed · USD 25,000,000

Marc-Antoine Lacroix

Disclosed funding connections · Pivot

• Pivot2026-05-21 · Series B · USD 40,000,000

Mariama Diallo

Disclosed funding connections · AethexAI

• AethexAI2026-06-04 · Pre-seed · USD 3,000,000

Marin Godechot

Disclosed funding connections · First Concepts

• First Concepts2026-03-17 · Pre-seed · USD 1,000,000

Mark Dechene

Disclosed funding connections · AheadComputing

• AheadComputing2026-01-21 · Seed · USD 30,000,000

Mark Hughes

Disclosed funding connections · Chalkie

• Chalkie2026-03-19 · Other financing · USD 4,000,000

Mark Wade

Disclosed funding connections · Ayar Labs

• Ayar Labs2026-03-03 · Series E · USD 500,000,000

Markie Wagner

Disclosed funding connections · Poetic

• Poetic2026-06-10 · Series A · USD 50,000,000

Martha Stewart

Source-backed profile (Chinese)

• Hint2026-07-29 · Seed · USD 10,000,000

Martin Camacho

Disclosed funding connections · Suno

• Suno2026-06-03 · Series D · USD 400,000,000

Matan Grinberg

Disclosed funding connections · Factory

• Factory2026-09-15 · Other financing · USD 200,000,000

Matei Zaharia

Disclosed funding connections · Databricks

• Databricks2026-07-17 · Strategic financing · Approximately USD 3,000,000,000

Mathias Lechner

Disclosed funding connections · Liquid AI

• Liquid AI2023-12-06 · Seed · USD 37,500,000

Mati Staniszewski

Disclosed funding connections · ElevenLabs

• ElevenLabs2026-02-04 · Series D · USD 500,000,000

Matt Cruz

Disclosed funding connections · Katalyze AI

• Katalyze AI2026-07-06 · Seed · USD 10,500,000