Arcee AI raises Series B at over $1B valuation to push open-source Trinity models
julsimon · x · 2026-09-16
Open-source model company Arcee AI announced its Series B round, valuing the company at over $1B. The round is led by Vista Equity with Cambium Capital and Emergence Capital, plus participation from Hitachi, M12, Wipro, and others.
Proceeds will fund:
- Next-gen Trinity open models across diverse infrastructure
- Expanded work with the DOE and national labs on Genesis-Science-1
- Platform tooling for building, evaluating, and operating open models in production
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