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Inception

Pioneering a new generation of LLMs.

Foundation models and researchAI Grant
Latest funding

$50M ·

Source: TechCrunch

Latest round on record: Seed, December 2025, amount undisclosed.

All 3 rounds ↓
Website: inceptionlabs.ai.
X: @_inception_ai · 20,758 followers.
LinkedIn: inception-labs-ai.
Category: Foundation models and research.
Sectors: AI.
Subcategory: next-generation LLMs.
Stage: Seed.
Based in: Palo Alto, United States.
Last round: Dec 3, 2025 · 344 days ago.
On Recent Funding since: Sep 22, 2026.

Signals

X account@_inception_ai · created Feb 24, 2025 (21 months old) · 20,758 followers
Website registeredOct 25, 2024 (2 years old)
TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Inception | 377 days from website to first raise on record

@_inception_ai·Raised $50M in 1 sourced round·2 signals before the first raise
$13M$25M$38M$50MNOVMARJULNOVMARJULNOV$50M||WEBSITE CREATED · OCT 25, 2024||X ACCOUNT CREATED @_INCEPTION_AI · FEB 24, 2025$50M Round · Nov 6, 2025$50M ROUND · NOV '25Seed · Dec 3, 2025SEED · DEC '25

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

Funding rounds

  1. Seed · amount undisclosed
    Source: fundraisingfox.com
  2. Round · $50M
    Source: TechCrunch
  3. X account created
  4. Website created
  5. Batch 4
    AAI Grant · batch
    Source: aigrant.com

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