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Funding RSS ↗Venice AI raises USD 65 million in Series A financing
On 2026-07-03, according to Xiniu Data, Venice AI completed Series A financing, raising USD 65 million. Investors were lead investor Dragonfly, participating investor Coinbase Ventures, participating investor North Island Ventures, other participating investors. The company is an AI chatbot developer.
Duckie reaches USD 1 million ARR four months after pivot
On 2026/4/19, LinkedIn reported that customer service AI company Duckie had pivoted from basic RAG chatbots to agent systems and grown ARR from 40 thousand to USD 1 million in four months. It did not disclose funding or valuation.
Chatbase reaches USD 8 million ARR
On 2025/12/2, LinkedIn reported that US AI chatbot platform Chatbase had reached USD 8 million in annual recurring revenue through 100% bootstrapped growth. It did not disclose funding or valuation.
AI agent startup Sierra nears USD 350 million funding at USD 10 billion valuation, annual revenue near USD 100 million
On 2025/9/3, The Economic Times of India reported that AI customer service agent company Sierra was nearing USD 350 million funding at a USD 10 billion valuation, with ARR approaching USD 100 million. The previous USD 175 million round was led by Greenoaks Capital, with Thrive Capital and Iconiq participating. Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor founded it in 2023 to develop AI chatbots for large enterprises.
Chatbase reaches USD 6 million ARR
On 2025/6/19, ARR Club reported that AI chatbot building platform Chatbase had disclosed USD 6 million in annual recurring revenue. Thousands of small and medium-sized businesses had adopted it for customer service automation.
We are moving upmarket with Chatbase
In 2025/8, LinkedIn reported that AI chatbot building platform Chatbase reached USD 7 million in annual recurring revenue, having been entirely self-funded over the previous two years. It had just launched its first enterprise plan and aimed to become a self-funded company with USD 1 billion in ARR.
Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $60 billion valuation
On 2025/1/7, CNBC reported that US AI company Anthropic was in late-stage funding talks, planning to raise up to USD 2 billion at a valuation of USD 60 billion. The developer of the Claude chatbot currently had annual revenue of approximately USD 875 million.
Chatbase ARR crossed $4M
On 2024/8/10, X reported that Chatbase, a US AI chatbot building platform, reached USD 4 million in annual recurring revenue and had become fully self-sustaining. The product lets users train custom chatbots on their own data and embed them in websites. ARR had continued growing from nearly USD 3 million in month 1.
Chatbase nearing $3M ARR
On 2024-01-03, according to X, U.S. website AI chatbot platform Chatbase exceeded USD 228,000 in monthly recurring revenue, equivalent to nearly USD 3 million in annual recurring revenue. The company had only 6 full-time employees and had raised no external funding. By 2023-11, cumulative sales had reached USD 1.25 million.
Chatbase founder Yasser says on X that cumulative sales exceeded USD 1.25 million; this is lifetime sales, not ARR
On 2023/11/21, X reported that Chatbase had exceeded USD 1.25 million in cumulative sales, a lifetime sales measure rather than ARR. This AI chatbot product for websites gained early adoption among developers and small and medium-sized businesses.