Venice - About the company
Venice is a series A company based in Sheridan (United States), founded in 2024 by Jesse Proudman, Teana Baker-taylor and Erik Voorhees. It operates as a Provider of private artificial intelligence models for text, images, and code. Venice has raised $65M in funding from DRAGONFLY. The company has 99 active competitors, including 16 funded and 1 that has exited. Its top competitors include companies like OpenRouter, Super AGI and Olas.
Company Details
Provider of private artificial intelligence models for text, images, and code. The company offers access to open-source models for unbiased artificial intelligence experiences. It provides tools for text generation, image creation, and code development. The platform offers an application programming interface for building artificial intelligence applications. It allows users to access models privately or anonymously.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2024
Location
Sheridan, United States
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$65M in 1 round
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
4th among 99 active competitors
Employee Count
20 as on Apr 30, 2026
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Venice's funding and investors
Venice has raised a total funding of $65M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Jul 01, 2026 for $*****. 7 investors participated in its latest round. Venice has 7 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Venice:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 01, 2026 | 2261048 | Series A | 4484816 | 6955718 | 6961496 | 7498005 |
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Venice's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Venice's key team members:
- Jesse Proudman: Co-Founder, President & CTO of Venice.
- Teana Baker-taylor: Cofounder & Chief Operating Officer of Venice.
- Erik Voorhees: Founder of Venice and founder of 1 other company.
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Venice's employee count trend
Venice has 20 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Venice's employee count trend over the years:
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Venice's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Venice include OpenRouter, Super AGI and Olas. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Venice, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | OpenRouter 2023, New York City (United States), Series B | Platform offering access to LLM models | $174M | 68/100 | |
2nd | Super AGI 2020, Palo Alto (United States), Series A | Provider of an AI-native platform with applications and agents for business | $15M | 58/100 | |
3rd | Olas 2022, Einsiedeln (Switzerland), Series A | Operator of a network for co-owning and monetizing AI agents | $13.8M | 56/100 | |
4th | ![]() Venice 2024, Sheridan (United States), Series A | Provider of private artificial intelligence models for text, images, and code | $65M | 54/100 | |
5th | SingularityNET 2017, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series A | Online platform offering decentralized AI services and marketplace | $1.64M | 54/100 | |
6th | Luel 2026, San Francisco (United States), Seed | Provider of curated, rights-cleared training data from verified contributors for AI | $31.7M | 50/100 | |
7th | TAUS 2004, De Rijp (Netherlands), Funding Raised | Provider of an online marketplace for AI projects | - | 49/100 | |
8th | Gravity AI 2018, New York City (United States), Seed | Provider of a marketplace for AI solutions | $20K | 46/100 | |
9th | Fixie.ai 2022, Seattle (United States), Seed | Developer of voice AI platform providing real-time speech processing capabilities | $17M | 45/100 | |
10th | WaveSpeed AI 2024, Singapore (Singapore), Seed | Provider of a platform for accelerated AI image and video generation | - | - | 42/100 |
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Venice's Investments and acquisitions
Venice has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Venice
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News related to Venice
Media has covered Venice for a total of 10 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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Galaxy: AI-driven inference capital markets are taking shape on-chain.wublock123.com•Jul 19, 2026•Venice
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Venice AI Secures $65M Series A at $1B Valuation for Privacy-First AI Platform ExpansionThe SaaS News•Jul 02, 2026•Venice, DRAGONFLY, Dragonfly, North Island Ventures and 2 others
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Venice.ai Reduces VVV Token Emissions: What Investors Should KnowValuethemarkets•Jul 01, 2026•Venice
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Venice Token (VVV) Rockets 24% as Robinhood Listing Ignites RallyThe Crypto Times•May 20, 2026•Venice
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Wix founders-backed Israeli identity security firm raises $25mTech in Asia•Feb 19, 2026•Venice, Vine Ventures, Wiz, Wix and 2 others
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