Refuel - About the company
Refuel is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2021 by Nihit Desai and Rishabh Bhargava. It operates as a Provider of a platform using LLMs to transform enterprise data. Refuel has raised $5.2M in funding from General Catalyst and XYZ Venture Capital. The company has 170 active competitors, including 50 funded and 13 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Scale AI, Matillion and Fivetran.
Company Details
Provider of a platform using LLMs to transform enterprise data. The platform offers tools to clean, structure, and enrich data at scale. It allows users to instruct the system using natural language and refine results with feedback. The platform supports both streaming and batch processing, with enterprise-grade connectors. It automates prompt engineering, model evaluation, and hyper-parameter optimization.
- Website
- www.refuel.ai/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@refuel.ai
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2021
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$5.2M in 1 round
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
15th among 170 active competitors
Employee Count
1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024
Exit Details
Acquired by Together AI (May 16, 2025)
Legal entities associated with Refuel
Refuel is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Refuel.ai, Inc CIN: 87-0940488 , United States, Deadpooled | Jul 12, 2022 | - | - | - |
Refuel's acquisition details
Refuel got acquired by Together AI on May 16, 2025.
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Refuel's funding and investors
Refuel has raised a total funding of $5.2M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Jun 15, 2023 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Refuel has 2 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Refuel:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 15, 2023 | 1376745 | Seed | 2777901 | 9606799 | 3021396 | 7681156 |
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Refuel's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Refuel's key team members:
- Nihit Desai: Co-Founder & CTO of Refuel.
- Rishabh Bhargava: Co-Founder & CEO of Refuel. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Refuel's employee count trend
Refuel has 1 - 10 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Refuel's employee count trend over the years:
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Refuel's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Refuel include Scale AI, Matillion and Fivetran. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Refuel, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Scale AI 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series G | Labeled data to train AI applications | $15.9B | 76/100 | |
2nd |  Matillion 2010, Altrincham (United Kingdom), Series E | Developer of a cloud platform for data integration and transformation | $312M | 74/100 | |
3rd |  Fivetran 2012, Oakland (United States), Series D | Provider of a platform for automated data movement and integration | $730M | 72/100 | |
4th | Nexla 2016, San Mateo (United States), Series B | Provider of AI-powered data integration platform designed for enterprise agent applications | $33.5M | 71/100 | |
5th |  Dataiku 2013, New York (United States), Series F | Provider of a platform for end-to-end enterprise AI and analytics | $1.04B | 69/100 | |
6th | Astronomer 2015, Cincinnati (United States), Series D | Cloud-based platform for data pipelines | $376M | 65/100 | |
7th |  Prefect 2017, Washington, DC (United States), Series B | Offers an open source data flow automation platform | $43.6M | 64/100 | |
8th |  iMerit 2012, San Jose (United States), Series B | AI based data annotation, model fine-tuning, and validation solutions | $24.3M | 63/100 | |
9th |  Striim 2012, Palo Alto (United States), Series C | Provider of real-time data integration and streaming platform for businesses | $108M | 61/100 | |
10th |  Crux 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Provider of a platform for external data onboarding and monitoring | $157M | 61/100 | |
15th |  Refuel 2021, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of a platform using LLMs to transform enterprise data | $5.2M | 57/100 |
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Refuel's Investments and acquisitions
Refuel has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to Refuel
Media has covered Refuel for a total of 2 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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ReFuel to revamp loyalty platform by year-end to improve customer experience.Mobilityplaza•Oct 13, 2025•Refuel
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Together AI Acquires Refuel.ai to Boost AI App DevelopmentAiThority•May 16, 2025•Together AI, Refuel
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