Liquid Compute
Stock Exchanges & Market Infrastructure
Overview
The financial layer for compute: reference indices, a derivatives exchange pending CFTC designation as a DCM and registration as a DCO, physical settlement and credit.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$15M
1 round on record
Latest round
$15M
Seed · Sep 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
1
Y Combinator
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 32%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Sep 2026 | $15M | K8 Capita | Pulse 2.0 |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Strike DFS, Inc. | its site |
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Financials
Total raised
$15M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2026 | $15M | Details |
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News
Report
Liquid Compute raises $15 million to build regulated AI compute trading market
Liquid Compute emerges from stealth with $15 million in seed funding to build regulated markets for trading AI compute infrastructure.
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Liquid Compute Raises $15 Million Seed Round To Build Regulated AI Infrastructure Marketplace
Liquid Compute has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a marketplace and financial infrastructure platform for buying, selling, pricing and managing AI computing capacity. FirstMark and Chemistry co-led the round, with participation from K8 Capita
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Liquid Compute Launches with $15M to Build a Regulated Exchange for AI Infrastructure
NEW YORK, September 15, 2026--Liquid Compute, a marketplace company building regulated venues for trading AI infrastructure, today emerged from stealth with $15 million in seed funding co-led by FirstMark and Chemistry, with participation from K8 Capital,
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York
United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff