Luminal
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Total raised
$15.3M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$5.3M
Seed · Nov 2025 · 10 mo ago
Backers
2
Y Combinator, Felicis
The money's age
Fresh money
10 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
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Nov 17, 2025
Raised a round Seed $5.3M · led by Felicis Ventures · YahooFinance
Jun 2025
Went through Y Combinator
Aug 14, 2014
Raised a round Series B $10M · TechCrunch
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Nov 2025 | $5.3M | Felicis Ventures lead | YahooFinance |
| Series B | Aug 2014 | $10M | — | TechCrunch |
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Producing The Perfect Token
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Compiling Models to Megakernels
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Luminal raises $5.3 million to build a better GPU code framework
Inference optimization startup Luminal has announced $5.3 million in a seed funding round led by Felicis Ventures, with angel investment from Paul Graham, Guillermo Rauch, and Ben Porterfield.
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