Ocular AI

AI Data Research Lab Encoding Human Expertise into Machines. Fueling Frontier AI Labs & F100s with Frontier AI Data.

Foundation models and research Voice and audio AI Data and analyticsY Combinator

Latest funding

$2M Pre Seed · October 5, 2026

Led by Drive Capital · Source: thesaasnews.com

Total raised: $2.5M* across 2 sourced rounds

All 2 rounds ↓

Website: useocular.com.

X: @OcularHQ · 148 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: Foundation models and research Voice and audio AI Data and analytics.

Sectors: B2B, Machine Learning, Speech Recognition, Data Engineering, AI.

Stage: Pre Seed.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Total raised: $2.5M* in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Oct 5, 2026 · 38 days ago.

Team: 8 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@OcularHQ · created Mar 4, 2024 (2 years old) · 148 followers

Website registeredJan 19, 2024 (2 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Ocular AI | 990 days from website to first raise on record

@OcularHQ·Raised $2.0M in 1 sourced round·2 signals 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

October 5, 2026
Pre Seed · $2M
DDrive Capital (lead), 11745 Ventures, AAlumni Ventures, MMyAsia VC, OOrange Collective, YY Combinator
Source: thesaasnews.com
March 4, 2024
X account created
January 19, 2024
Website created
Date unknown
Round · $500K*
YY Combinator
Source: ycombinator.com

Founders and team

LM
Louis Murerwa Co-Founder and CTO @ OcularAI

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
MM
Michael Moyo Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com

Investors

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Sources and API

Every amount links to the page it came from. * Estimated from an accelerator's published standard deal, not a company-specific disclosure. How Recent Funding sources and verifies funding data. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/companies/ocular-ai (get a free API key).