# webAI funding: rounds and investors

> webAI has raised $30M across 2 rounds since 2026. Investors include Benchmark, Forerunner Ventures and Change Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *webAI*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

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Raised 2 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$30M** raised across 2 rounds since 2026, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture, $30M Sept 2026
- **Investors:** 4

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 2027

**?** Venture

**$30M** Venture

- **First round:** Venture
- **Biggest round:** $30M
- **Between rounds:** 8 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Venture **$30M** *2 returning* [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) Source recorded
- **Jan 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [Change Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/change-ventures) [Blockchange Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blockchange-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From webAI's own website: 13 on the team.

- **David Stout** Cofounder, CEO
- **Dr. Jason Rathje** President of Public Sector
- **Andrew Zilli** Chief Financial Officer
- **Anuneet Kumar** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Dr. Paul J. Maykish** Chief Intelligence Officer
- **Ethan Baird** Cofounder, Chief Research Officer
- **Tyler Mauer** Cofounder, Chief Product Officer
- **Hossein Moghimifam** VP of Engineering
- **Kellen McCormick** VP of Operations
- **Mike Morin** VP of Business Development & Partnerships
- **Sebastien Charroud** VP of Application
- **David Shuman** Board Chairman, webAI
- **Larry Webster** General Counsel

## 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.

**Venture** 2026 **Venture** 2026 [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [Change Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/change-ventures) [Blockchange Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blockchange-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) VC firm **2** rounds

[Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Change Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/change-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Blockchange Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blockchange-ventures) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=webai).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list webAI 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.

[Wakestream Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wakestream-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Invest Michigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-michigan) VC firm Per its own site

[Ascolta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascolta-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Lateralus Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lateralus-holdings) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about webAI

### Who invested in webAI?

webAI's investors include Benchmark, Forerunner Ventures, Change Ventures and Blockchange Ventures.

### How much has webAI raised?

webAI has raised $30M across 2 rounds since 2026. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did webAI last raise?

webAI's most recent round was a Venture of $30M in Sept 2026.

### What was webAI's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $30M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed webAI first?

webAI's first round on record, in Jan 2026, was backed by Benchmark, Forerunner Ventures and Change Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is webAI at?

webAI's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2026.

### Where is webAI based?

webAI is based in the United States.

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