# Ardent AI funding: rounds and investors

> Ardent AI has raised $2.6M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Crane Venture Partners, Active Capital and Y Combinator. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/ardent-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Ardent AI*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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

Raised 5 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.6M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 3 sources

**$2.1M** Pre-seed **$500K** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Jun 2026
- **Biggest round:** $2.1M Pre-seed · Sept 2025
- **Investors:** 3

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2026

**$2.1M** Pre-seed

**$500K** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Pre-seed, $2.1M
- **Biggest round:** $2.1M
- **Between rounds:** 9 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2026** Pre-seed **$500K** *1 new* *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) [Active Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/active-capital) Source recorded and 1 other
- **Sept 2025** Pre-seed **$2.1M** *2 new* [Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) [Active Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/active-capital) Source recorded

## 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.

**Pre-seed** 2025 **Pre-seed** 2026 [Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) [Active Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/active-capital) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## Everyone who backed them

[Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Active Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/active-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

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## Quick answers about Ardent AI

### Who invested in Ardent AI?

Ardent AI's investors include Crane Venture Partners, Active Capital and Y Combinator.

### How much has Ardent AI raised?

Ardent AI has raised $2.6M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Ardent AI last raise?

Ardent AI's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Jun 2026.

### What was Ardent AI's biggest round?

Ardent AI's largest round on record is $2.1M (Pre-seed), in Sept 2025.

### Who backed Ardent AI first?

Ardent AI's first round on record, in Sept 2025, was backed by Crane Venture Partners and Active Capital.

### What stage is Ardent AI at?

Ardent AI's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Jun 2026.

### Where is Ardent AI based?

Ardent AI is based in the United States.

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