# Applied Compute funding: rounds and investors > Applied Compute has raised $580M across 4 rounds since 2025. Investors include Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins and Elad Gil. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-compute (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Applied Compute* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 10 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. AI Enterprise Software Robotics Software Raised this month Follow Applied Compute and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fapplied-compute) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$580M** raised across 4 rounds since 2025, from 5 sources **$80M** Round **$70M** Round **$80M** Venture **$350M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $350M Nov 2026 - **Led by:** Elad Gil - **Step-up i:** 4.4× - **Investors:** 10 (3 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2026 **$80M** Round **$70M** Round **$80M** Venture **$350M** Round - **First round:** Round, $80M - **Biggest round:** $350M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 4 months ## The rounds - **Nov 2026** Round **$350M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) Lead [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) [HubSpot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hubspot-ventures) [Shopify Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shopify-ventures) Reported by Silicon Angle and 1 other - **Apr 2026** Venture **$80M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) Source recorded - **Jan 2026** Round **$70M** *1 new* [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) Lead Reported by TechStartups - **Sept 2025** Round **$80M** *5 new* [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) Lead [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Neo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) Reported by TechStartups ## Founders and team From Applied Compute's own website: 5 founders. **Brendan Foody** Co-Founder, Co-CEO at Mercor **Gabe Pereyra** Co-Founder, President at Harvey **Zach Abrams** Co-Founder, CEO at Bridge **Andy Fang** Co-Founder, CTO at DoorDash **Kenny Workman** Co-Founder, CTO at Latch Bio ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Round** 2025 **Round** 2026 **Venture** 2026 **Round** 2026 [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) L [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) L [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) L [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Neo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) [HubSpot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hubspot-ventures) [Shopify Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shopify-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Neo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) Accelerator **1** round [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) Company **1** round [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) VC firm **1** round [HubSpot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hubspot-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Shopify Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shopify-ventures) Growth equity **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=applied-compute). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Applied Compute as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Abstract Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract) VC firm Per its own site [Comcast](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast) Accelerator Per its own site [QuantumLight](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quantumlight) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Applied Compute ### Who invested in Applied Compute? Applied Compute's investors include Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil, Sequoia Capital and Lux Capital, and 5 more on record. Elad Gil led its latest round. ### How much has Applied Compute raised? Applied Compute has raised $580M across 4 rounds since 2025. ### When did Applied Compute last raise? Applied Compute's most recent round, $350M, was in Nov 2026, led by Elad Gil. ### What was Applied Compute's biggest round? Its most recent round, $350M in Nov 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Applied Compute first? Applied Compute's first round on record, in Sept 2025, was backed by Benchmark, Sequoia Capital and Lux Capital and 2 others. ### What stage is Applied Compute at? Applied Compute's latest named round is a Venture, in Apr 2026. ### Where is Applied Compute based? Applied Compute is based in the United States. ### Who led Applied Compute's rounds? Benchmark led the funding round in 2025; Kleiner Perkins led the funding round in 2026; Elad Gil led the funding round in 2026. ## Companies like Applied Compute In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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