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Expanse: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Expanse is a cluster optimization platform that improves GPU utilization by predicting resource fit and failure risk at job submission time. It helps research and compute teams unlock more throughput from existing hardware without needing additional GPUs, increasing efficiency and reducing wasted compute.

expanse.sh LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 1-10 employees Founded 2025
AI Infrastructure Developer Tools GPU Software B2B
Total raised
$5.8M
Rounds
2
Latest
Seed
Sep 2026

Expanse has raised $5.8M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Seed of $5.3M announced in Sep 2026.

That round is in line with the $5.8M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Expanse Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$5.8M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Seed
$5.3M in Sep 2026
Employees
1-10
reported band
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Investors on record
4
4 named below

Latest funding round on record: Sep 2026.

Expanse Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
$5.3M
Pre-Seed
$500k

Expanse raised $500k in a Pre-Seed announced in Jun 2026.

3 months later, a Seed of $5.3M was announced in Sep 2026.

Expanse Investors

Crane Venture Partners Y Combinator AIP Seed PXN Ventures

Expanse Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Ismaeel Bashir
Chief Executive Officer
Locked
Eren Mendi
Co-Founder & CPO (YC P26)
Locked
Tim Junio
Founder

Contact details for the Expanse team: 2 of 3 have an email address on file, 2 have a LinkedIn profile.

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Expanse Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,981
$7.5M
16,790
$3.1M

Expanse's latest round of $5.3M is in line with the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Expanse Funding FAQs

What does Expanse do?

Expanse is a cluster optimization platform that improves GPU utilization by predicting resource fit and failure risk at job submission time. It helps research and compute teams unlock more throughput from existing hardware without needing additional GPUs, increasing efficiency and reducing wasted compute.

How much funding has Expanse raised?

Expanse has raised $5.8M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Seed of $5.3M announced in Sep 2026.

When did Expanse last raise funding?

Expanse's most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $5.3M, announced in Sep 2026.

Who has invested in Expanse?

Investors on record for Expanse include Crane Venture Partners, Y Combinator, AIP Seed, PXN Ventures.

Who founded Expanse?

FundedIQ lists Eren Mendi (Co-Founder & CPO (YC P26)), Tim Junio (Founder) at Expanse.

Who is the CEO of Expanse?

Ismaeel Bashir is listed as Chief Executive Officer at Expanse.

Where is Expanse headquartered?

Expanse is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does Expanse have?

Expanse is in the 1-10 employee band.

When was Expanse founded?

Expanse was founded in 2025.

How does Expanse's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?

Expanse's latest round of $5.3M is in line with the $5.8M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,237 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Expanse Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Expanse is left off this page rather than filled in.

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