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Fireworks AI: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Fireworks.ai offers generative AI platform as a service. We optimize for rapid product iteration building on top of gen AI as well as minimizing cost to serve. https://fireworks.ai/careers

fireworks.ai LinkedIn Redwood City, United States 11-50 employees Founded 2022
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software B2B
Total raised
$1.8B
Rounds
4
Latest
Series D
Jul 2026

Fireworks AI has raised $1.8B across 4 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series D of $1.5B announced in Jul 2026.

That round is above the $5.7M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Fireworks AI Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$1.8B
across 4 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
4
Latest funding round
Series D
$1.5B in Jul 2026
Employees
11-50
reported band
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Redwood City, United States
Investors on record
18
5 named below

Latest funding round on record: Jul 2026.

Fireworks AI Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series D
$1.5B
Series C
$230M
Undisclosed round
$20.0M
Series B
$52.0M

Fireworks AI raised $52.0M in a Series B announced in Jul 2024.

1.3 years later, an undisclosed round of $20.0M was announced in Oct 2025.

A Series C of $230M was announced in Oct 2025.

9 months later, a Series D of $1.5B was announced in Jul 2026.

Fireworks AI Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners NVIDIA Menlo Ventures Index Ventures Sequoia Capital

18 investors are recorded in total; the 5 named above are those the record identifies.

Fireworks AI Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Monica Ho
Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer
Locked
Lin Qiao
Founder
Locked

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

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Fireworks AI Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups

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Median round

Fireworks AI's latest round of $1.5B is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Fireworks AI Funding FAQs

What does Fireworks AI do?

Fireworks.ai offers generative AI platform as a service. We optimize for rapid product iteration building on top of gen AI as well as minimizing cost to serve. https://fireworks.ai/careers

How much funding has Fireworks AI raised?

Fireworks AI has raised $1.8B across 4 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series D of $1.5B announced in Jul 2026.

When did Fireworks AI last raise funding?

Fireworks AI's most recent funding round on record is a Series D of $1.5B, announced in Jul 2026.

Who has invested in Fireworks AI?

Investors on record for Fireworks AI include Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVIDIA, Menlo Ventures, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital. FundedIQ records 18 investors in total.

Who founded Fireworks AI?

FundedIQ lists Lin Qiao (Founder) at Fireworks AI.

Who is the CEO of Fireworks AI?

Monica Ho is listed as Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer at Fireworks AI.

Where is Fireworks AI headquartered?

Fireworks AI is based in Redwood City, California, United States.

How many employees does Fireworks AI have?

Fireworks AI is in the 11-50 employee band.

When was Fireworks AI founded?

Fireworks AI was founded in 2022.

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

Fireworks AI's latest round of $1.5B is above the $5.7M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,234 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Fireworks AI 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 Fireworks AI is left off this page rather than filled in.

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