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Instinct: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)

Instinct is an artificial intelligence startup developing AI technology.

instinct.co San Francisco, United States Founded 2025
Total raised
$250M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series B
Aug 2026

Instinct has raised $250M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series B of $250M announced in Aug 2026.

That round is above the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Instinct Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$250M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series B
$250M in Aug 2026
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Investors on record
5
5 named below

Latest funding round on record: Aug 2026.

Instinct Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series B
$250M

Instinct Investors

Index Ventures Kleiner Perkins Benchmark Neil Mehta Sarah Guo-Grady

Instinct Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,722
$7.5M
4,289
$30M

Instinct's latest round of $250M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Instinct Funding FAQs

What does Instinct do?

Instinct is an artificial intelligence startup developing AI technology.

How much funding has Instinct raised?

Instinct has raised $250M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series B of $250M announced in Aug 2026.

When did Instinct last raise funding?

Instinct's most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $250M, announced in Aug 2026.

Who has invested in Instinct?

Investors on record for Instinct include Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Benchmark, Neil Mehta, Sarah Guo-Grady.

Where is Instinct headquartered?

Instinct is based in San Francisco, United States.

When was Instinct founded?

Instinct was founded in 2025.

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

Instinct's latest round of $250M is above the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,233 tracked companies over the last two years.

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

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