Light Year
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Awaira Score
Out of 100
HQ
China
Founded
2021
Raised
$100M
Stage
Series B
Team
100-500
About Light Year
Light Year develops AI content generation infrastructure for the Chinese market, building large-scale generative AI tools for text, image, and multimodal content that serve digital marketing, media, and e-commerce content production workflows. The Beijing company targets content teams at Chinese internet companies seeking to reduce the cost and time of producing digital marketing content at…
Key Facts
- Light Year has raised a total of $100M in disclosed funding across 3 funding rounds.
- Light Year was founded in 2021 by Zhang Wei and is headquartered in China.
- Light Year employs approximately 100-500 people.
- Light Year operates in the Generative AI category and is currently at the Series B stage.
- Light Year has an Awaira Score of 58/100, ranking it among the tracked AI companies on Awaira.
- Light Year's most recent funding round was a Series B of $70M closed in February 2024.
Source: Awaira · Updated Mar 24, 2026
Valuation
N/A
Post-money
Total Raised
$100M
All rounds
Awaira Score
58/100
Founded
2021
100-500 employees
Strengths & Risks
Strengths
Large team of 100-500+ employees
Considerations
Valuation not publicly disclosed
Analysis based on publicly available data. Not investment advice.
Funding Velocity
3
Total Rounds
$33.33M
Avg Round Size
2.7yr
Funding Span
Light Year raised 3 rounds over 2.7 years, averaging $33.33M per round — a pace of roughly one round every 11 months.
Awaira estimate based on public data. Not financial advice.
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Funding Rounds
Inactive$70M
Feb 2024
$22M
Oct 2022
$8M
Jun 2021
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