Applied Compute
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About
Applied Compute is a San Francisco-based AI infrastructure startup building what it calls “Specific Intelligence” — a category of enterprise AI that enables organizations to build proprietary in-house agent workforces powered by their own domain expertise and data 12. The company was founded by former OpenAI researchers who worked on key advances in reinforcement learning and agentic systems 1.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06 | Seed | $20M (at ~$100M val) | Benchmark (Victor Lazarte) | 3 |
| 2025-10-30 | Series A | $80M (at ~$500M val) | Benchmark (Victor Lazarte) | Sequoia Capital, Lux Capital, Elad Gil 123 |
| 2026-04-08 | Growth | $80M (at ~$1.3B val) | Kleiner Perkins | Elad Gil, Lux Capital, Greenoaks, Neo, Hanabi 4 |
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Sources
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SiliconANGLE, “Former OpenAI researchers launch Applied Compute with $80M in funding,” October 30, 2025. Accessed July 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/30/former-openai-researchers-launch-applied-compute-80m-funding/↩↩↩
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Pulse2, “Applied Compute Launches with $80 Million To Build Specific Intelligence For Enterprise AI Agents,” October 2025. Accessed July 2026. https://pulse2.com/applied-compute-launches-with-80-million-to-build-specific-intelligence-for-enterprise-ai-agents/↩↩
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ReadTheSignal, “Sequoia & Benchmark made $80M bet on ‘Specific Intelligence’,” October 31, 2025. Accessed July 2026. https://readthesignal.co/p/sequoia-and-benchmark-made-80m-bet↩↩
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Applied Compute, “The Advantage You Own,” Applied Compute company page, April 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.appliedcompute.com/company/fundraise↩