When was Sentient founded?

Sentient was founded in 2024 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Sentient located?

Sentient is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Sentient?

Himanshu Tyagi and Ha Cuong s of Sentient. Himanshu Tyagi has also founded 2 companies.

How many employees does Sentient have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Sentient is 69.

Is Sentient a funded company?

Sentient is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round on Jul 02, 2024.

When was the latest funding round of Sentient?

Sentient's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Jul 02, 2024, with participation from 26 investors.

Where does Sentient rank among its competitors?

Sentient ranks 28th amongst 164 active competitors, of which 49 are funded. It stands 10th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Zhipu, which secured $4B in Jul, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Sentient?

Sentient's top competitors include OpenAI, Mistral AI and Anthropic. Among them, Zhipu secured the most recent funding round in July, 2026.

Sentient - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Non-profit organization advancing open-source AGI research. It empower the development of open-source artificial intelligence that is aligned with humanity and never controlled by a single entity. It is an open framework for building multi-agent AI systems with structured reasoning and coordination. It unites researchers and builders to empower open-source artificial general intelligence development. It also funds researchers and builders to pursue ideas that keep artificial general intelligence open. The foundation provides access to mentorship and opportunities to present at events.

Website: sentient.foundation
Email ID: *****@sentient.foundation

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2024

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$85M in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Jul 02, 2024, $*****

Investors

Founders Fund & 25 more

Ranked

28^th among 164 active competitors

Employee Count

69 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

OpenAI & 169 more

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Sentient has raised a total funding of $85M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Jul 02, 2024 for $*****. 26 investors participated in its latest round. Sentient has 26 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Sentient:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jul 02, 2024	6204386	Seed	3542010	6954730	2980602	9633310

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The founders of Sentient is Himanshu Tyagi. Himanshu Tyagi and Ha Cuong are the CEOs of Sentient.

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

Himanshu Tyagi: Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Sentient and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses and 1 phone number
Ha Cuong: Co-CEO of Sentient.

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Sentient's employee count trend

Sentient has 69 employees as of May 26. Here is Sentient's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Sentient include OpenAI, Mistral AI and Anthropic. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Sentient, ranked by Tracxn score:

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	SoftBank Group, Microsoft & 89 others	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	Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst ... & 51 others	83/100
3rd	Anthropic 2021, San Francisco (United States), Series H	Provider of AI safety and research company	$132B	Amazon, GIC & 121 others	83/100
4th	Cohere 2019, Toronto (Canada), Series D	Developer of enterprise AI platform and multilingual language and retrieval models	$1.54B	Inovia Capital, Sapphire Ventures & 35 others	78/100
5th	Sakana 2023, Tokyo (Japan), Series B	Provider of AI research laboratory services	$379M	Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures & 29 others	71/100
6th	Krutrim 2023, Bengaluru (India), Series B	Provider of AI cloud infrastructure, foundational models, and applications	$74.9M	Sarin Family India, Z47 & 2 others	68/100
7th	DeepSeek 2023, Hangzhou (China), Series A	Open source based AI assistant for enterprises	$4.4B	NetEase, JD.com & 3 others	67/100
8th	Zhipu 2021, Haidian (China), Public	AI powered code generation tool for developers	$1.4B	Prosperity7 Ventures, Alibaba Group & 12 others	67/100
9th	Aleph Alpha 2019, Heidelberg (Germany), Acquired	Provider of an AI-enabled text and image analytics platform	$533M	Gruppe, Sapphire Ventures & 23 others	66/100
10th	AI21 Labs 2017, Tel Aviv (Israel), Series D	Platform offering AI focused writing and reading assistants	$636M	Pitango, Walden Catalyst & 14 others	66/100
28th	Sentient 2024, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Non-profit organization advancing open-source AGI research	$85M	Republic Capital, Founders Fund & 24 others	52/100