Fireworks AI

Fireworks AI provides a generative AI platform for product developers.

Latest funding

$1.5B Series B+ · July 15, 2026

Source: fireworks.ai

Total raised: $1.53B across 2 sourced rounds

All 2 rounds ↓

Website: fireworks.ai.

X: @FireworksAI_HQ · 36,279 followers.

GitHub: fw-ai.

LinkedIn: fireworks-ai.

Categories: AI infrastructure and compute AI coding and devtools Foundation models and research.

Subcategory: AI inference and model serving infrastructure.

Stage: Series B+.

Total raised: $1.53B in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Jul 15, 2026 · 120 days ago.

Headcount: 51–100 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Oct 13, 2026.

Signals

X account@FireworksAI_HQ · created Sep 30, 2022 (4 years old) · 36,279 followers

Website registeredMar 11, 2020 (6 years old)

About Fireworks AI

It enables them to run, fine-tune, and share large language models. The company helps businesses transform general-purpose models into specialized intelligence trained on their own data. Fireworks AI makes money by charging for serverless, on-demand, and reserved inference, as well as for training services.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Fireworks AI | 544 days from X account to first raise on record

@FireworksAI_HQ·Raised $1530M in 2 sourced rounds·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

July 15, 2026
Series B+ · $1.5B · $17.5B valuation
Source: fireworks.ai
March 27, 2024
Series A · $25M
Source: FinSMEs
September 30, 2022
X account created
March 11, 2020
Website created

Founders and team

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Lin Qiao Co-Founder, CEO

source: fireworks.ai
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Benny Chen Co-Founder

source: fireworks.ai
CZ
Chenyu Zhao Co-Founder

source: fireworks.ai
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Dmytro Dzhulgakov Co-Founder

source: fireworks.ai
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Dmytro Ivchenko Co-Founder

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JR
James Reed Co-Founder

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Pawel Garbacki Co-Founder, Engineer
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Aishwarya Srinivasan Head of AI Developer Relations
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Mat Keep Product Marketing Consultant
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Peter Kuo Vice President of Strategic Alliances

Acquisitions

Acquired company	Price	Announced
HHathora	Not disclosed	Mar 4, 2026 · SiliconANGLE

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Sources and API

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