Imbue
A deep look at Imbue's finances, team, and market position in the Foundation Models space.
Awaira Score
Out of 100
HQ
United States
Founded
2020
Raised
$220M
Stage
Series B
Team
30
About Imbue
Imbue is a foundation models company founded in 2020 and headquartered in the United States. The company has raised $220 million in total funding and achieved a valuation of $1.0 billion, currently operating at the Series B stage. Imbue develops large language models and AI systems designed for enterprise applications, focusing on creating models that can understand and generate human language…
Key Facts
- Imbue is valued at $1B as of March 2026.
- Imbue has raised a total of $220M in disclosed funding across 3 funding rounds.
- Imbue was founded in 2020 by Kanjun Qiu and is headquartered in United States.
- Imbue employs approximately 30 people.
- Imbue operates in the Foundation Models category and is currently at the Series B stage.
- Imbue has an Awaira Score of 52/100, ranking it among the tracked AI companies on Awaira.
- Imbue's most recent funding round was a Series B of $200M closed in January 2023.
Source: Awaira · Updated Mar 24, 2026
Valuation
$1B
Post-money
Total Raised
$220M
All rounds
Awaira Score
52/100
Founded
2020
30 employees
Strengths & Risks
Strengths
Based in the US, the world's largest AI market
Considerations
Small team may limit scaling capacity
Analysis based on publicly available data. Not investment advice.
Funding Velocity
3
Total Rounds
$110M
Avg Round Size
3.1yr
Funding Span
Imbue raised 3 rounds over 3.1 years, averaging $110M per round — a pace of roughly one round every 12 months.
Awaira estimate based on public data. Not financial advice.
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Investors in Imbue
Funding Rounds
Inactive$200M
Jan 2023
Led by Khosla Ventures
$20M
Oct 2022
Undisclosed
Jan 2020
Imbue Latest News
Imbue Expands AI Model Training Infrastructure with New GPU Cluster
Imbue Raises $200 Million to Build AI Agents That Can Reason and Code
Imbue Partners with Enterprise Clients for Custom AI Model Deployment
Imbue Achieves Breakthrough in AI Reasoning Benchmarks
Imbue Releases New Open-Weight Language Model Challenging GPT-4
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