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PROVEN$150.0M · 18 Jul 2026 · 1 MIN

A $100M Bet That Video Is the Last Unindexed Medium

TwelveLabs raised $100M to build AI that understands existing video, not generate new ones – and Amazon signed a multiyear deal to prove it.

TWELVELABStwelvelabs.io ↗

TOTAL RAISED$150.0M

FOUNDED2021

A $100M Bet That Video Is the Last Unindexed Medium

TwelveLabs raised $100M to build AI that understands existing video, not generate new ones – and Amazon signed a multiyear deal to prove it.

Founded2021

HQSan Francisco + Seoul

Series B$100M (Jul 2026)

Lead investorsNEA + NAVER Ventures

Total funding~$150M

Key modelMarengo 3.0 (2-hr video context)

Key partnershipAmazon Bedrock (multiyear)

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