Ex-OpenAI trio raising $350M at $3.25B valuation for Applied Compute after 15 months
himanshustwts · x · 2026-09-08
Per Forbes, three Stanford friends who worked at OpenAI founded Applied Compute, an enterprise company built on open source models as a cheaper, more open alternative. 15 months later, the twenty-something founders are raising $350M at a $3.25B valuation — nearly double what it was worth four months ago, growing faster than YC's fastest unicorn.
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