Lightwheel: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)
Lightwheel is accelerating the real-world deployment of AI through simulation, reshaping how machines perceive, learn from, and interact with the physical world. Our offering includes highly generalizable, physics-accurate 3D assets and scenes, teleoperation-based data collection in simulation, a ... see more
Lightwheel has raised $293M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $147M announced in Jun 2026.
That round is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Lightwheel Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Jun 2026.
Lightwheel Funding Rounds
1 of 3 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.
Lightwheel raised $146M in a Series A announced in Mar 2026.
2 months later, an undisclosed round was announced in May 2026 with no disclosed amount.
1 month later, an undisclosed round of $147M was announced in Jun 2026.
Lightwheel Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Lightwheel team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file, 1 has a LinkedIn profile.
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Lightwheel's latest round of $147M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Lightwheel Funding FAQs
What does Lightwheel do?
Lightwheel is accelerating the real-world deployment of AI through simulation, reshaping how machines perceive, learn from, and interact with the physical world. Our offering includes highly generalizable, physics-accurate 3D assets and scenes, teleoperation-based data collection in simulation, a ... see more
How much funding has Lightwheel raised?
Lightwheel has raised $293M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $147M announced in Jun 2026.
When did Lightwheel last raise funding?
Lightwheel's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $147M, announced in Jun 2026.
Who founded Lightwheel?
FundedIQ lists Steve Xie (Founder) at Lightwheel.
Where is Lightwheel headquartered?
Lightwheel is based in Santa Clara, California, United States.
How many employees does Lightwheel have?
Lightwheel is in the 101-250 employee band.
How does Lightwheel's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?
Lightwheel's latest round of $147M is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,241 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Lightwheel 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 Lightwheel is left off this page rather than filled in.
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