# Persist AI funding: rounds and investors

> Persist AI has raised $12M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund and Global Brain Corporation. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Persist AI*

One round we have observed, with the 5 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Y Combinator: W23

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$12M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Series A, $12M Mar 2025
- **Investors:** 5

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Mar 2025** Series A **$12M** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [SignalFire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signalfire) [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) Source recorded

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Private equity **1** round

[Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) VC firm **1** round

[SignalFire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signalfire) VC firm **1** round

[Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) Corporate VC **1** round

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## Quick answers about Persist AI

### Who invested in Persist AI?

Persist AI's investors include Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Global Brain Corporation, SignalFire and Eli Lilly.

### How much has Persist AI raised?

Persist AI has raised $12M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Persist AI last raise?

Persist AI's most recent round was a Series A of $12M in Mar 2025.

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

Its most recent round, $12M in Mar 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Persist AI first?

Persist AI's first round on record, in Mar 2025, was backed by Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund and Global Brain Corporation and 2 others.

### What stage is Persist AI at?

Persist AI's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2025.

### Where is Persist AI based?

Persist AI is based in the United States.

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