River AI Raises $1.1B Led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC to Build Open AI Stack
Additional investors include Y Combinator and Temasek. The round will accelerate River AI's mission to build powerful personal AI and to give developers and companies the tools to train, tune, and serve their own AI models, putting ownership of AI directly in the hands of the people and organizations who use it. Today, most companies using AI are running general-purpose models trained on the entire internet and designed for the broadest possible audience.
- ▪Additional investors include Y Combinator and Temasek.
- ▪The round will accelerate River AI's mission to build powerful personal AI and to give developers and companies the tools to train, tune, and serve their own AI models, putting ownership of AI directly in the hands of the people and organiz
- ▪Today, most companies using AI are running general-purpose models trained on the entire internet and designed for the broadest possible audience.
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Home News Business Wire River AI Raises $1.1B Led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC to Build Open AI Stack River AI Raises $1.1B Led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC to Build Open AI Stack Provided by Business Wire Aug 11, 2026, 4:30:00 PM River AI Raises $1.1B Led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC to Build Open AI Stack Founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, River AI gives developers and enterprises the tools to train, tune, and own custom AI models River AI, the full-stack AI company founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, today announced $1.1 billion in funding, led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC with strategic investment from NVIDIA and AMD Ventures. Additional investors include Y Combinator and Temasek.
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