When was Luel founded?

Luel was founded in 2026 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Luel located?

Luel is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Luel?

William Namgyal of Luel. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Luel have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Luel is 92.

Is Luel a funded company?

Luel is a funded company, having raised a total of $31.7M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Jan 01, 2026.

When was the latest funding round of Luel?

Luel's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on May 21, 2026, with participation from 5 investors. Its primary sector is AI Infrastructure. In United States, the AI Infrastructure sector has seen $243B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Luel rank among its competitors?

Luel ranks 6th amongst 83 active competitors, of which 15 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was OpenRouter, which secured $113M in May, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Luel?

Luel's top competitors include OpenRouter, Fixie.ai and Olas. Among them, OpenRouter secured the most recent funding round in May, 2026.

Luel - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Provider of curated, rights-cleared training data from verified contributors for AI. The company connects enterprises with contributors to create high-quality datasets. It offers custom sourcing, verified quality, and fast delivery of training data. The platform facilitates earning opportunities for contributors through content creation.

Website: www.luel.ai/
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Email ID: *****@luel.ai

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2026

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$31.7M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Seed, May 21, 2026, $*****

Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners & 5 more

Ranked

6^th among 83 active competitors

Employee Count

92 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

OpenRouter & 85 more

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Luel is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
LUEL INC. CIN: 10422270 , United States, Active	Dec 02, 2025	-	-	-

Luel has raised a total funding of $31.7M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 01, 2026. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on May 21, 2026 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. Luel has 5 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Luel:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
May 21, 2026	5085378	Seed	3873714	9122268	4668437	3997193
Jan 01, 2026	2531808	Seed	3521679	8220520	2283287	Y Combinator

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The founders of Luel are Inigo Lenderking and William Namgyal. William Namgyal is the CEO of Luel.

Here are the details of Luel's key team members:

Inigo Lenderking: Co-Founder & COO of Luel.
William Namgyal: Co-Founder & CEO of Luel.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Luel's employee count trend

Luel has 92 employees as of May 26. Here is Luel's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Luel include OpenRouter, Fixie.ai and Olas. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Luel, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	OpenRouter 2023, New York City (United States), Series B	Platform offering access to LLM models	$173M	Menlo Ventures, CapitalG & 9 others	68/100
2nd	Fixie.ai 2022, Seattle (United States), Seed	Developer of voice AI platform providing real-time speech processing capabilities	$17M	Redpoint Ventures, SignalFire & 4 others	57/100
3rd	Olas 2022, Einsiedeln (Switzerland), Series A	Operator of a network for co-owning and monetizing AI agents	$13.8M	1kx, Generative Ventures & 9 others	56/100
4th	Super AGI 2020, Palo Alto (United States), Series A	Provider of an AI-native platform with applications and agents for business	$15M	Kae Capital, Newlands & 1 others	56/100
5th	SingularityNET 2017, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series A	Online platform offering decentralized AI services and marketplace	$1.64M	Fundamental Labs, Alpha Sigma Capital & 11 others	54/100
6th	Luel 2026, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Provider of curated, rights-cleared training data from verified contributors for AI	$31.7M	Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst ... & 4 others	50/100
7th	TAUS 2004, De Rijp (Netherlands), Funding Raised	Provider of an online marketplace for AI projects	-	Europa	49/100
8th	Venice Sheridan (United States), Unfunded	Provider of private artificial intelligence models for text, images, and code	-	-	43/100
9th	WaveSpeed AI 2024, Singapore (Singapore), Seed	Provider of a platform for accelerated AI image and video generation	-	-	42/100
10th	Kled 2025, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Provider of a platform where users license personal data for AI	$9M	Aglae Ventures, K5 Global & 3 others	40/100