Recogni - About the company
Recogni is a series C company based in Cupertino (United States), founded in 2017 by Anand and Gilles Backhus. It operates as a Developer of systems and silicon for generative artificial intelligence inference. Recogni has raised $176M in funding from investors like GreatPoint Ventures, HSBC and Mayfield. The company has 1441 active competitors, including 180 funded and 90 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Blaize, Cerebras and Behavox.
Company Details
Developer of systems and silicon for generative artificial intelligence inference. The company re-engineered the math beneath artificial intelligence and built custom silicon. It collaborates with industry to scale up silicon into energy-efficient systems. The company also provides a token economics calculator and software development kit.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2017
Location
Cupertino, United States
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$176M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
22nd among 1441 active competitors
Employee Count
115 as on Feb 28, 2026
Legal entities associated with Recogni
Recogni is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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Recogni Inc. CIN: 82-4802548 , United States, Active | Nov 07, 2017 | - | 25 (As on Dec 31, 2020) | - |
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Recogni's funding and investors
Recogni has raised a total funding of $176M over 5 rounds. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Feb 20, 2024 for $*****. 9 investors participated in its latest round. Recogni has 17 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Recogni:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Feb 20, 2024 | 7470463 | Series C | 2171542 | 7490402 | 5453425 | 7728272 |
Feb 20, 2024 | 3367887 | Conventional Debt | 8510975 | 1152618 | 8045917 | |
Feb 17, 2021 | 1396561 | Series B | 5291123 | 4301485 |
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Recogni's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Recogni's key team members:
- Anand: Co-Founder & CPO of Recogni.
- Gilles Backhus: Co-Founder, VP of AI & Product of Recogni. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Marc Bolitho: CEO of Recogni. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Recogni's employee count trend
Recogni has 115 employees as of Feb 26. Here is Recogni's employee count trend over the years:
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Recogni's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Recogni include Blaize, Cerebras and Behavox. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Recogni, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Blaize 2010, El Dorado Hills (United States), Public | Developer of hardware and software solutions optimizing artificial intelligence applications | $136M | 76/100 | |
2nd | Cerebras 2015, Sunnyvale (United States), Public | Platform offering computing and artificial intelligence solutions | $2.55B | 72/100 | |
3rd | Behavox 2014, London (United Kingdom), Series B | Provider of AI-driven platform for regulatory compliance and risk management | $168M | 71/100 | |
4th | AI based platform offering image recognition solutions | $2.82B | 71/100 | ||
5th | Biren Technology 2019, Minhang (China), Public | Developer of AI acceleration modules, cards, and software development platforms | $904M | 70/100 | |
6th | Modal 2021, New York City (United States), Series B | Provider of serverless platform for developing and deploying AI applications | $111M | 69/100 | |
7th | Ambarella 2004, Santa Clara (United States), Public | Manufacturer of AI-enabled image processors | $15.4M | 69/100 | |
8th | Celestial AI 2020, Santa Clara (United States), Acquired | Developer of optical interconnect technology for artificial intelligence infrastructure systems | $589M | 68/100 | |
9th | OnFinance AI 2023, Bengaluru (India), Seed | Developer of artificial intelligence agents for automated regulatory compliance management | $5.25M | 67/100 | |
10th | Axelera AI 2021, Eindhoven (Netherlands), Series C | Manufacturer of hardware accelerators and software for artificial intelligence inference | $450M | 66/100 | |
22nd | Recogni 2017, Cupertino (United States), Series C | Developer of systems and silicon for generative artificial intelligence inference | $176M | 62/100 |
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Recogni's Investments and acquisitions
Recogni has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to Recogni
Media has covered Recogni for 1 event in last 1 year, It was about partnerships.
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Recogni and DataVolt Partner for Energy-Efficient AI Cloud InfrastructureAiThority•May 28, 2025•DataVolt, Recogni
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Juniper Networks To Back AI Startup Recogni In $102M Funding RoundCRN•Nov 15, 2024•Juniper Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Recogni, Celesta Capital and 1 other
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Recogni’s new Pareto system optimizes AI compute with minimal accuracy lossSiliconAngle•Aug 20, 2024•Recogni
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AI startup Recogni unveils new computing method to slash costs, power requirementsThe Star Online•Aug 20, 2024•Recogni
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Recogni Raises $102 Million to Advance Next GenAI Inference System for GenAI and Intelligent AutonomyTechCodex•Feb 21, 2024•Recogni, Celesta Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, Mayfield and 8 others
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