Klu Raises $1.7M in Pre-Seed Funding

Klu

Klu, a London, UK- and San Francisco, CA-based provider of a large language model (LLM) application platform for building, evaluating and optimising AI applications, raised $1.7M in Pre-Seed funding.

The round was led by Firstminute Capital with participation from 16z, Sequoia Capital, Craft Ventures, and Atomico alongside angel investors from Superhuman, IBM, Productboard, and others.

The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach.

Founded in 2022 by Stephen M. Walker II and Stefan Sabev, Klu provides a large language model (LLM) application platform that empowers organisations to build, evaluate, and optimise AI applications. The company offers a suite of integrated products enabling companies to go from idea to optimised LLM-powered features built on large language models like GPT-4.

The company has launched its closed beta launch in March, and has been serving over 500,000 requests weekly, counting B2B SaaS companies as clients, including Colab, Zavvy, and Productlane.

Klu has office in London and San Francisco.

FinSMEs

24/10/2023