Key facts
- It has raised $76.0M; the latest was Early Stage VC ($16.5M) in Jun 2024.
- Notable investors include KB Investment, Nvidia, Elad Gil, Thrive Capital, Alphabet — 11 tracked in total.
- Status: Privately Held (backing).
- ·The complete investor list — 11 names
- ·Watchlist + deal alerts for Essential AI
- ·The full record, as it builds
Funding rounds
No funding rounds for Essential AI are on record yet — either the company hasn't raised institutional capital, or the raise hasn't surfaced in our sources.
About Essential AI
Developer of an open platform designed to advance the science and engineering of deep learning. The company offers frontier code-focused pretraining and scientifically grounded methodologies, enabling researchers and builders to accelerate progress and broaden participation in the development of intelligence.
- Sector
- Information Technology
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Founded
- 2023
- Employees
- 34
- Website
- essential.ai/
- Ownership
- Privately Held (backing)
Essential AI doesn't have a composite mark yet — a PA Mark is published once enough pricing inputs exist (trade prints, fund marks, round prices). The rest of the record below builds toward it.
Recorded secondary trades
No secondary trades in Essential AI shares have been recorded yet. When a print lands — third-party, direct report, or platform — it appears here with structure, source, and price.
Institutional fund marks
No SEC-registered fund has reported a fair-value mark on Essential AI in its N-PORT filings yet. We sweep new filings monthly.