Outset

Outset provides an AI-moderated research platform that helps research teams analyze and share qualitative and quantitative studies.

Data and analyticsY Combinator

Latest funding

$30M Series B+ · December 10, 2025

Led by Radical Ventures · Source: fundraisingfox.com

Total raised: $47.5M* across 3 sourced rounds

All 3 rounds ↓

Website: outset.ai.

X: @OutsetAI · 700 followers.

LinkedIn: 89983910.

Category: Data and analytics.

Sectors: B2B, Analytics, SaaS, Market Research, Enterprise Software, AI.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Total raised: $47.5M* in 3 sourced rounds.

Last round: Dec 10, 2025 · 337 days ago.

Team: 120 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@OutsetAI · created Jan 27, 2023 (3 years old) · 700 followers

Website registeredJan 4, 2023 (3 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Outset | 889 days from website to first raise on record

@OutsetAI·Raised $47M in 2 sourced rounds·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

December 10, 2025
Series B+ · $30M
RRadical Ventures (lead), 88VC, AAdverb Ventures, MM12, WWeekend Fund, YY Combinator
Source: fundraisingfox.com
June 11, 2025
Series A · $17M
88VC (lead), AAdverb Ventures, AAlt Capital, FFuture Back Ventures by Bain & Company, RRebel Fund, RRitual Capital, YY Combinator
Source: fundraisingfox.com
January 27, 2023
X account created
January 4, 2023
Website created
Date unknown
Round · $500K*
YY Combinator
Source: ycombinator.com

Founders and team

AC
Aaron Cannon Co-Founder & CEO

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
MH
Michael Hess 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/outset (get a free API key).