Voice, video & media · Palo Alto, US · founded 2021
Luma AI: who founded it, who funds it
Luma AI is a Palo Alto voice and video AI lab founded in 2021 by Amit Jain and Alex Yu, who came from Apple and UC Berkeley. What it is building: multimodal world models for video (Dream Machine, Ray); a 2GW supercluster with HUMAIN. It has raised $900M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Series C of $900M at a $4B valuation in November 2025, led by HUMAIN. It has a product on the market.
- Founders
- Amit Jain (ex-Apple), Alex Yu (ex-UC Berkeley)
- Founders from
- ex-Apple, ex-UC Berkeley
- Location
- Palo Alto, US (North America)
- Valuation
- $4B set by the last priced round
- Raised
- $900M disclosed
- Investors
- HUMAIN lead, AMD, Andreessen Horowitz
- What ships
- Product
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2025 | Series C | $900M | $4B | HUMAIN | cnbc.com |
Sources
- Luma news lumalabs.ai
News
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Oct 1, 2026
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Sep 9, 2026
+2 more coverage
- Law Commentary Carl Sagan Rights Holder Sues Luma AI Over ‘Cosmos’ Voice Clip in Ad
- CairoScene Luma AI to Launch Fully Arabic Interface for Creative Platform
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Aug 13, 2026
+1 more coverage
- Business Wire Luma and Dumbstruck Launch Creative Intelligence, the Missing Decision Layer for Advertis…
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Jun 1, 2026
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May 19, 2026
- Nov 19, 2025
Investors who back other labs here
- Andreessen Horowitz also: Safe Superintelligence, Thinking Machines Lab, TypeSafe AI, World Labs
- AMD also: Thinking Machines Lab, Hark, World Labs, Recursive Superintelligence
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