Kumo.AI

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Location Mountain View, CA
Founded 2021
Latest Stage Series B
Total Raised $36.5M
Website https://kumo.ai
Sector
artificial-intelligence machine-learning enterprise

Investors

Ron Conway Series B (2022)
Sequoia Capital Series A (2022)
Sequoia Capital Series B (2022)
SV Angel Series A (2022)
SV Angel Series B (2022)
a-capital Series A (2022)
a-capital Series B (2022)
samsung-next Series A (2022)

Founders

Vanja Josifovski CEO & Co-Founder
Jure Leskovec Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Hema Raghavan Co-Founder & Head of Engineering

About

Kumo.AI is a predictive AI platform that enables users to train and run graph neural network (GNN) models on relational data in enterprise data warehouses 1. The company was founded in 2021 by Vanja Josifovski (former CTO at Airbnb Homes and Pinterest), Jure Leskovec (Stanford professor and co-creator of PyTorch Geometric), and Hema Raghavan (former Sr. Director of Engineering at LinkedIn) 12. Kumo emerged from stealth in April 2022 2. The core graph ML technology underpinning the platform was developed over five years through Stanford and Dortmund University AI labs and the PyTorch Geometric (PyG) open-source framework 2. The company is based in Mountain View, California 3.

Funding History

Round Date Amount Lead Co-Investors
Series A Apr 2022 $18.5M Sequoia Capital A Capital, SV Angel, Samsung Next, Ron Conway, Igor Perisic, Li Fan, Tristan Hardy, Sridhar Ramaswamy, Greg Greeley, Rob Eldridge, David Chaiken, Cory Scott 24
Series B Sep 2022 $18M Sequoia Capital A Capital, SV Angel, Ron Conway, Michael Ovitz, Frank Slootman, Kevin Hartz, Clement Delangue, Michael Stoppelman 35

Total raised: $36.5M 6.

What Investors Say

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What Founders Say

“Kumo brings a new paradigm for predictive AI over cloud-based data powered by graph ML, which we are thrilled to be in a position to introduce more broadly to the world.” — Vanja Josifovski, Co-Founder and CEO, September 2022 5.

Sources

  1. Kumo.AI company page, accessed March 2026. https://kumo.ai/company/↩↩

  2. BusinessWire, “Kumo Emerges From Stealth to Launch Next Generation Predictive AI for Businesses; Raises $18.5 Million in Series A Funding led by Sequoia,” April 6, 2022. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220406005017/en/Kumo-Emerges-From-Stealth-to-Launch-Next-Generation-Predictive-AI-for-Businesses-Raises-18.5-Million-in-Series-A-Funding-led-by-Sequoia↩↩↩↩

  3. TechCrunch, “Kumo aims to bring predictive AI to the enterprise with $18M in fresh capital,” September 27, 2022. https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/27/kumo-aims-to-bring-predictive-ai-to-the-enterprise-with-18m-in-fresh-capital/↩↩

  4. The SaaS News, “Kumo Raises $18.5 Million in Series A,” April 2022. https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/kumo-raises-18-5-million-in-series-a↩

  5. The SaaS News, “Kumo Raises $18 Million in Series B,” September 2022. https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/kumo-raises-18-million-in-series-b↩↩

  6. Clay, “How Much Did Kumo.AI Raise? Funding & Key Investors,” accessed March 2026. https://www.clay.com/dossier/kumoai-funding↩