# fal

Developer-first generative media inference platform running image and video inference at high speed

Developer-first generative media platform built to run ultra-fast image and video inference.

Canonical: https://uniquebase.ai/companies/fal
Stable identifier: UB-C2263
Snapshot captured: 2026-10-15T14:23:27.067Z
English updated: 2026-10-15T21:09:05.938Z

## Funding

Listed 8 records.
Latest: $140M (Series D), 2026-02-19.
Total raised (as reported): ~$200M, as of 2025-07-31.

- 2026-02-19 · $140M · Series D · https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/fal-raises-140m-series-d/
  > On 2026/2/19, TechCrunch reported that generative media infrastructure company Fal had raised USD 140 million in Series D funding at a USD 4.5 billion valuation, reaching USD 200 million ARR. Burkay and Gorkem founded the company. (translated source brief)
- 2025-12-10 · $140M · Series D · Kleiner Perkins, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital · https://blog.fal.ai/our-series-d-scaling-fal/
  > On 2025/12/10, Fal.ai reported that AI inference cloud platform Fal had raised USD 140 million in Series D funding at a USD 4.5 billion valuation, expanding its team to 70. Burkay and Gorkem founded the company; specific investors were undisclosed. (translated source brief)
- 2025-10-23 · $250M · Equity · Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital
- 2025-07-31 · $125M · Series C · https://blog.fal.ai/series-c/
  > Generative media platform Fal.ai raised USD 125 million in Series C funding at an approximately USD 1.5 billion valuation, bringing total funding to approximately USD 200 million. (translated source brief)
- 2025-07-31 · $125M · Series C · Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Google AI Futures Fund, Kindred Ventures, Meritech Capital, Notable Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Shopify Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Village Global · https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fal-raises-125m-series-c-123000406.html
  > On 2025/7/31, Yahoo Finance reported that AI media inference platform Fal had raised USD 125 million in Series C funding led by Meritech, with Salesforce Ventures, Shopify Ventures and Google AI Futures Fund participating. Total funding reached USD 197 million, with current annualized revenue of approximately USD 100 million. Founded by Burkay and Gorkem, it supports real-time generation of images, video, audio and 3D content. (translated source brief)
- 2025-02-12 · $49M · Series B · Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Kindred Ventures, Notable Capital · https://kindredventures.com/announcement/fal-series-b-announcement/
  > On 2025/2/12, Kindred Ventures reported that US AI inference platform Fal raised USD 49 million in Series B funding and had USD 40 million in annual revenue. Founded by Burkay and Gorkem, it had 1.5 million developers and more than 50 enterprise customers, processing 1 trillion inference requests each day. (translated source brief)
- 2024-09-19 · $14M · Series A · Kindred Ventures
- 2024-09-01 · $9M · Seed · Andreessen Horowitz, Aravind Srinivas, Robin Rombach

## Valuation

Listed 9 records.
Latest: $8B, 2026-03-20.

- 2026-03-20 · $8B · https://www.theinformation.com/articles/video-hosting-startup-fal-funding-talks-8-billion-valuation
  > On 2026/3/20, The Information reported that generative media infrastructure company Fal had reached USD 400 million in annual revenue, growing more than 10 times from USD 35 million a year earlier. It was discussing funding at a proposed USD 8 billion valuation. The company was founded by Burkay and Gorkem. (translated source brief)
- 2026-02-19 · $4.5B · Series D · https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/fal-raises-140m-series-d/
  > On 2026/2/19, TechCrunch reported that generative media infrastructure company Fal had raised USD 140 million in Series D funding at a USD 4.5 billion valuation, reaching USD 200 million ARR. Burkay and Gorkem founded the company. (translated source brief)
- 2025-12-10 · $4.5B · Series D · Kleiner Perkins, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital · https://blog.fal.ai/our-series-d-scaling-fal/
  > On 2025/12/10, Fal.ai reported that AI inference cloud platform Fal had raised USD 140 million in Series D funding at a USD 4.5 billion valuation, expanding its team to 70. Burkay and Gorkem founded the company; specific investors were undisclosed. (translated source brief)
- 2025-10-23 · amount unavailable · Equity · Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital
- 2025-07-31 · ~$1.5B · Series C · https://blog.fal.ai/series-c/
  > Generative media platform Fal.ai raised USD 125 million in Series C funding at an approximately USD 1.5 billion valuation, bringing total funding to approximately USD 200 million. (translated source brief)
- 2025-07-31 · amount unavailable · Series C · Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Google AI Futures Fund, Kindred Ventures, Meritech Capital, Notable Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Shopify Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Village Global · https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fal-raises-125m-series-c-123000406.html
  > On 2025/7/31, Yahoo Finance reported that AI media inference platform Fal had raised USD 125 million in Series C funding led by Meritech, with Salesforce Ventures, Shopify Ventures and Google AI Futures Fund participating. Total funding reached USD 197 million, with current annualized revenue of approximately USD 100 million. Founded by Burkay and Gorkem, it supports real-time generation of images, video, audio and 3D content. (translated source brief)
- 2025-02-12 · amount unavailable · Series B · Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Kindred Ventures, Notable Capital · https://kindredventures.com/announcement/fal-series-b-announcement/
  > On 2025/2/12, Kindred Ventures reported that US AI inference platform Fal raised USD 49 million in Series B funding and had USD 40 million in annual revenue. Founded by Burkay and Gorkem, it had 1.5 million developers and more than 50 enterprise customers, processing 1 trillion inference requests each day. (translated source brief)
- 2024-09-19 · amount unavailable · Series A · Kindred Ventures
- 2024-09-01 · amount unavailable · Seed · Andreessen Horowitz, Aravind Srinivas, Robin Rombach

## Revenue

Listed 8 records.
Latest: $400M, 2026-03-20.

- 2026-03-20 · $400M · https://www.theinformation.com/articles/video-hosting-startup-fal-funding-talks-8-billion-valuation
  > On 2026/3/20, The Information reported that generative media infrastructure company Fal had reached USD 400 million in annual revenue, growing more than 10 times from USD 35 million a year earlier. It was discussing funding at a proposed USD 8 billion valuation. The company was founded by Burkay and Gorkem. (translated source brief)
- 2026-02-19 · $200M (ARR) · Series D · https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/fal-raises-140m-series-d/
  > On 2026/2/19, TechCrunch reported that generative media infrastructure company Fal had raised USD 140 million in Series D funding at a USD 4.5 billion valuation, reaching USD 200 million ARR. Burkay and Gorkem founded the company. (translated source brief)
- 2025-08-01 · $100M (ARR) · https://x.com/oanaolt/status/1951134565415961007
  > On 2025/8/1, X reported that Fal disclosed annual recurring revenue (ARR) of USD 100 million in the AI Infrastructure sector. (translated source brief)
- 2025-07-31 · $100M (annualized) · Series C · Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Google AI Futures Fund, Kindred Ventures, Meritech Capital, Notable Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Shopify Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Village Global · https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fal-raises-125m-series-c-123000406.html
  > On 2025/7/31, Yahoo Finance reported that AI media inference platform Fal had raised USD 125 million in Series C funding led by Meritech, with Salesforce Ventures, Shopify Ventures and Google AI Futures Fund participating. Total funding reached USD 197 million, with current annualized revenue of approximately USD 100 million. Founded by Burkay and Gorkem, it supports real-time generation of images, video, audio and 3D content. (translated source brief)
- 2025-05-13 · $55M (ARR) · https://www.arr.club/fal/fal-reaches-55m-arr
  > On 2025/5/13, ARR Club reported that Fal, a US AI inference platform, disclosed annual recurring revenue of USD 55 million. Co-founded by Burkay and Gorkem, it provides developers with high-throughput GPU inference services and grew rapidly from USD 1 million in ARR in 2024/2. (translated source brief)
- 2025-02-23 · $40M (ARR) · https://www.arr.club/fal/fal-reaches-40m-arr
  > On 2025/2/23, ARR Club reported that Fal disclosed annual recurring revenue (ARR) of USD 40 million in the AI Infrastructure sector. (translated source brief)
- 2025-02-12 · $40M · Series B · Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Kindred Ventures, Notable Capital · https://kindredventures.com/announcement/fal-series-b-announcement/
  > On 2025/2/12, Kindred Ventures reported that US AI inference platform Fal raised USD 49 million in Series B funding and had USD 40 million in annual revenue. Founded by Burkay and Gorkem, it had 1.5 million developers and more than 50 enterprise customers, processing 1 trillion inference requests each day. (translated source brief)
- 2024-02-10 · $1M (ARR) · https://www.arr.club/fal/fal-arr-hit-1m
  > On 2024/2/10, ARR Club reported that US AI image generation infrastructure platform Fal had disclosed USD 1 million in annual recurring revenue. Co-founded by Burkay and Gorkem, it provides high-throughput GPU inference backends for developers. This milestone marked a stable commercialization stage. (translated source brief)

## Team

- [Burkay](/people/burkay)
- [Burkay Gur](/people/burkay-gur)

## Products

- [Fal](/products/fal)

## Investors

- [Andreessen Horowitz](/institutions/andreessen-horowitz)
- [Aravind Srinivas](/institutions/aravind-srinivas)
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](/institutions/bessemer-venture-partners)
- [First Round Capital](/institutions/first-round-capital)
- [Google AI Futures Fund](/institutions/google-ai-futures-fund)
- [Kindred Ventures](/institutions/kindred-ventures)
- [Kleiner Perkins](/institutions/kleiner-perkins)
- [Meritech Capital](/institutions/meritech-capital)
- [Notable Capital](/institutions/notable-capital)
- [NVIDIA](/institutions/nvidia)
- [Robin Rombach](/institutions/robin-rombach)
- [Salesforce Ventures](/institutions/salesforce-ventures)
- [Sequoia Capital](/institutions/sequoia-capital)
- [Shopify Ventures](/institutions/shopify-ventures)
- [Unusual Ventures](/institutions/unusual-ventures)
- [Village Global](/institutions/village-global)

## Sources

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