Poolside - About the company
Poolside is a series C company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2023 by Jason Warner. It operates as a Developer of artificial intelligence models and systems for software engineering. Poolside has raised $1.63B in funding from investors like Redpoint Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and Felicis Ventures, with a current valuation of $12B. The company has 1183 active competitors, including 159 funded and 49 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like OpenAI, Mistral AI and Anthropic.
Sectors and market segments that Poolside operate in
Poolside serves in the High Tech, Native AI market segments.The primary business model of Poolside are:- High Tech > Natural Language Processing > ***** **** > ***** ******
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Company Details
Developer of artificial intelligence models and systems for software engineering. It builds models purpose-built to excel at software engineering. It allows models to learn through trial and error, navigating ambiguity to discover solutions. The intelligence understands architecture, development processes, and how software reflects business. It delivers intelligence that integrates across the entire development ecosystem.
- Website
- poolside.ai
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@poolside.ai
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2023
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$1.63B in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$12B as on Oct 31, 2025
Investors
Ranked
32nd among 1183 active competitors
Employee Count
343 as on Jul 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Poolside
Poolside is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poolside, Inc CIN: 7424203 , United States, Active | Apr 25, 2023 | - | - | - |
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Poolside's funding and investors
Poolside has raised a total funding of $1.63B over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on May 24, 2023. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Aug 21, 2026 for $1B. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Poolside has 30 institutional investors and 6 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Poolside:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Aug 21, 2026 | $1B | Series C | - | - | - | |
Oct 02, 2024 | $500M | Series B | $3B | - | ||
Aug 24, 2023 | $100M | Series A | $500M | - |
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Poolside's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Poolside is Jason Warner. Jason Warner is the CEO of Poolside.
Here are the details of Poolside's key team members:
- Jason Warner: Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Poolside. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
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Poolside's employee count trend
Poolside has 343 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Poolside's employee count trend over the years:
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Poolside's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Poolside include OpenAI, Mistral AI and Anthropic. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Poolside, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  OpenAI 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series F | Artificial intelligence research and development platform offering advanced language models | $180B | 89/100 | |
2nd | Mistral AI 2023, Paris (France), Series C | Provider of customizable, open-source artificial intelligence models and solutions for various applications | $3.05B | 83/100 | |
3rd | Anthropic 2021, San Francisco (United States), Series H | Provider of AI safety and research company | $132B | 83/100 | |
4th | Developer of enterprise AI platform and multilingual language and retrieval models | $1.54B | 78/100 | ||
5th |  Sierra 2023, San Francisco (United States), Series E | A conversational AI platform that helps businesses to build customer experiences | $1.58B | 72/100 | |
6th | Provider of AI research laboratory services | $379M | 71/100 | ||
7th |  Inflection 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired | Provider of emotionally intelligent artificial intelligence for personal and enterprise use | $1.52B | 71/100 | |
8th | Hyro 2014, New York City (United States), Series C | Provider of an AI-based conversational platform | $115M | 70/100 | |
9th | Provider of AI cloud infrastructure, foundational models, and applications | $74.9M | 68/100 | ||
10th | Open source based AI assistant for enterprises | $4.4B | 67/100 | ||
32nd | Poolside 2023, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Developer of artificial intelligence models and systems for software engineering | $1.63B | 59/100 |
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Poolside's Investments and acquisitions
Poolside has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Poolside
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News related to Poolside
Filter this listMedia has covered Poolside for a total of 6 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Nvidia Pays $6 Billion to License AI Models from Poolside and Invests $1 Billion in StartupCryptocurrency•Aug 21, 2026•Nvidia, Poolside
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Poolside Launches Laguna XS.2: Free, High-Performing Open AI Model for Local Agentic CodingVentureBeat•Apr 29, 2026•Poolside
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Nvidia Plans Up to $1 Billion Investment in AI Startup PoolsideTechStartups.com•Oct 31, 2025•Nvidia, ReserveAmerica, Poolside, Crusoe
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AI Startup Poolside Teams With CoreWeave on Massive Data CenterFinancial Post•Oct 15, 2025•CoreWeave, Poolside
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Bpifrance to invest $10B in French AI ecosystem by 2029esdelatino.com•Feb 08, 2025•Bpifrance, Mistral AI, H&R Block, Poolside and 6 others
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Is France to be the next powerhouse AI hub in Europe?Tech Funding News•Feb 06, 2025•Mistral AI, Poolside, H Company, Partech Partners and 2 others
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Amazon Bedrock’s new marketplace kicks off with more than 100 AI modelsSiliconAngle•Dec 04, 2024•Amazon Web Services, Poolside
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Poolside raises $500M to take on GitHub and others with its AI coding assistantsSiliconAngle•Oct 03, 2024•Poolside, Bain Capital Ventures, eBay, Nvidia and 16 others
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AI Startup Poolside Nears $3 Billion Valuation to Rival Microsoft's GitHubFinancial Post•Sep 13, 2024•Poolside, Bain Capital Ventures
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Balderton Capital Fuels European Tech Growth With $1.3b InvestmentTech.eu•Aug 12, 2024•Balderton Capital, Mistral AI, Wayve, Poolside
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