New architectures & efficiency · San Francisco, US · founded 2024
TypeSafe AI: who founded it, who funds it
TypeSafe AI is a San Francisco AI architecture lab founded in 2024 by Diogo Almeida, Erik Gafni and Sasha Sheng, who came from OpenAI. What it is building: machine-native, composable AI: Jev, a 'System One' model priced per billion tokens, 100x cheaper than LLMs. It has raised $910M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Series A of $870M at a $7.5B valuation in October 2026, led by Andreessen Horowitz. It sells access through an API.
- Founders
- Diogo Almeida (ex-OpenAI), Erik Gafni, Sasha Sheng
- Founders from
- ex-OpenAI
- Location
- San Francisco, US (North America)
- Valuation
- $7.5B set by the last priced round
- Raised
- $910M disclosed
- Investors
- DCVC lead, Andreessen Horowitz lead
- What ships
- Jev model, launched with the round.
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Series AReported by TechCrunch and Bloomberg 24 days after the seed; a16z published its investment note | $870M | $7.5B | Andreessen Horowitz | techcrunch.com |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Seed | $40M | · | DCVC | businesswire.com |
Sources
- techstartups techstartups.com
- Investing in TypeSafe AI (a16z) a16z.com
News
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Oct 9, 2026
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- TechCrunch The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch
- Andreessen Horowitz Investing in TypeSafe AI
- Wilson Sonsini Firm Advises TypeSafe AI on $870M Series A Led by a16z at $7.5B Valuation
- Startup Fortune TypeSafe AI Hits 7.5 Billion Dollar Valuation 24 Days After Launching Jev
- The Tech Buzz TypeSafe AI Hits $7.5B Valuation Weeks After Jev Launch
- Unite.AI TypeSafe AI Raises $870M Series A at $7.5B Valuation to Ship More AI Models
- UA.NEWS TypeSafe AI raises $870 mln at a $7.5 bln valuation — TechCrunch
- Investing.com TypeSafe AI raises $870 million led by Andreessen Horowitz - Bloomberg
- TradingView TypeSafe AI raises about $870 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz at $7.5 billi…
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Sep 16, 2026
- Sep 15, 2026
Investors who back other labs here
- Andreessen Horowitz also: Safe Superintelligence, Thinking Machines Lab, World Labs, Luma AI
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