Decart
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About
Decart is an Israeli vertically-integrated frontier AI lab co-founded in late 2023 by CEO Dean Leitersdorf and CPO Moshe Shalev, building real-time video and world models alongside an ultra-optimized inference and training stack (DOS) designed to make agents and reasoning models run smarter and faster 123. The company’s model lineup includes Lucy (a world model for immersive experiences) and Oasis (a world model for physical AI), with Amazon as a strategic customer running Decart’s real-time world model on its chips 12. The $300M round announced May 18, 2026 was led by Radical Ventures at a $4B valuation, with new investors Nvidia, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Adobe Ventures, Toyota Ventures, and eBay Ventures joining returning backers Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, and Zeev Ventures; angel participants include Andrej Karpathy, Michael Eisner, the Nintendo family, and Moritz Baier-Lentz 123. The round brings total funding to over $450M.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
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| 2026-05-18 | Growth (at $4B val) | $300M | Radical Ventures | Nvidia, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Adobe Ventures, Toyota Ventures, eBay Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Zeev Ventures, Andrej Karpathy, Michael Eisner 123 |
| 2025-08-07 | Series B (at $3.1B val) | $100M | Sequoia Capital, Benchmark (existing investors reinvesting) | Zeev Ventures, Aleph VC (new) 456 |
What Investors Say
“Decart is the engine powering the future of real-time media and physical AI.”
— Jordan Jacobs, Managing Partner, Radical Ventures 1
What Founders Say
No independently sourced founder quotes found at this time.
Sources
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Decart, “Decart Raises $300M: Tech Leaders Back the Company as Both Customers and Investors,” May 18, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://decart.ai/publications/decart-raises-300m-tech-leaders-back-the-company-as-both-customers-and-investors↩↩↩↩↩
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SiliconANGLE, “Decart raises $300M for its AI optimization software, world models,” May 18, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/18/decart-raises-300m-ai-optimization-software-world-models/↩↩↩↩
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CTech (Calcalist), “Nvidia backs Israeli AI unicorn Decart in $300 million funding round at $4 billion valuation,” May 18, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjt9ncukgl↩↩↩
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SiliconANGLE, “Decart raises $100M on $3.1B valuation to grow real-time AI video platform,” August 7, 2025. Accessed September 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/07/decart-raises-100m-3-1b-valuation-grow-real-time-ai-video-platform/ — Confirms $100M at $3.1B valuation; participants Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Zeev Ventures, and new investor Aleph VC; total raised to $153M; Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire quote calling Decart “the most compelling investment opportunity we have encountered in this space.” ↩
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Fortune (via Yahoo Finance), “Exclusive: Decart raises $100 million at a $3.1 billion valuation, chasing the future of real-time creative AI,” August 7, 2025. Accessed September 2026. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-decart-raises-100-million-105923153.html — Independent tech-press confirmation of amount, valuation, participants, and $153M cumulative funding; Dean Leitersdorf quotes on billion-user consumer ambitions. ↩
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The SaaS News, “Decart Raises $100M Series B at $3.1B Valuation,” August 2025. Accessed September 2026. https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/decart-raises-100m-series-b-at-3-1b-valuation/ — Third independent confirmation of amount, Series B classification, valuation, and full participant list (Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Zeev Ventures existing; Aleph VC new). ↩