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Elorian
seed · 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, United States · Founded 2026 · 1-10 employees
Visual AI startup developing models focused on visual understanding and reasoning toward visual artificial general intelligence. Elorian is a deeptech and AI startup based in Palo Alto, United States, founded 2026, at seed stage, with $55M raised to date.
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Total raised
$55M
Stage
seed
Business model
SaaS
Key differentiator
Elorian builds purpose-built multimodal models that reason directly on visual content instead of translating images into text, enabling native spatial and structural understanding.
Target customer
architecture firms, automotive companies, robotics developers, engineering and medical industries focused on physical-world applications
Sectors
Funding rounds
seed
1 April 2026
Led by Nvidia, Menlo Ventures, Striker Ventures and Altimeter Capital
With Nvidia, Jeff Dean and Jeff Dean (Google)
Key investors
Striker Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Nvidia Corp., Jeff Dean, 49 Palms
Notable achievements
- Emerged from stealth on April 9, 2026
- Secured $55 million in seed funding at a $300 million valuation
- Backed by Nvidia, Jeff Dean, and top-tier VCs including Striker, Menlo, and Altimeter
- First multimodal reasoning research lab founded by former pretraining and multimodal leads from DeepMind and Apple
Backed by
Frequently asked questions
- What does Elorian do?
- Visual AI startup developing models focused on visual understanding and reasoning toward visual artificial general intelligence.
- Where is Elorian based?
- Elorian is based in Palo Alto, United States, founded in 2026.
- How much has Elorian raised?
- Elorian has raised $55M in tracked funding and is currently at the seed stage.
- Who has invested in Elorian?
- Investors in Elorian include Striker Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Nvidia Corp., Jeff Dean and 49 Palms.