Third Moment exits stealth with $250M valuation, 8-figure revenue in ~6 months
jacobmbuckman · x · 2026-10-15
Adam Khakhar and Jeffrey Yan announced Third Moment's launch from stealth:
- The startup auto-optimizes enterprise AI inference endpoints (focused on data research) and builds RL environments to push model capabilities
- Raised at a $250M valuation this summer, with investors including Neo (Ali Partovi), Marco Mascorro, and Adam D'Angelo
- Went from 0 to 8-figure revenue within 6 months, winning $10M+ in contracts in the past month alone
- Hiring 15 more engineers in 45 days; based in SF with a NYC office opening soon
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