Sequoia Leads $140 Million Round in Fal

<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Fal&comma; a real-time generative-media platform powering the next decade of AI-driven content&comma; has scored a &dollar;140 million Series D financing&period; The round is led by Sequoia&comma; with significant participation from Kleiner Perkins and new investment from NVentures&comma; NVIDIA’s venture capital arm&comma; and Alkeon Capital&period; The round also includes continued support from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz &lpar;a16z&rpar;&comma; Kindred Ventures&comma; Meritech&comma; Bessemer Venture Partners&comma; Notable Capital&comma; Shopify Ventures&comma; Salesforce Ventures&comma; and others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is fal’s third fundraise in 2025—following its Series B and Series C—each driven by surging&comma; usage-based demand rather than runway needs&period; It signals that fal has moved well beyond product–market fit and is now in a period of rapid growth and acceleration&comma; building the foundational platform for the entire generative media space at a time when generative media is one of the fastest growing areas in AI&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sequoia&comma; Kleiner Perkins and NVentures joining fal is a powerful signal about where generative media is heading—and who is going to define it&comma;” said Burkay Gur&comma; co-founder and CEO of fal&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Developers and enterprises are building entirely new categories of applications around real-time&comma; personalized&comma; generative content&period; fal is the infrastructure that makes that possible at global scale&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The financing follows fal’s &dollar;125 million Series C announced in July 2025&period; At that time&comma; the company had more than tripled its revenue since 2024 and surpassed 2&plus; million developers using the platform&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;fal&&num;8217&semi;s momentum has been undeniable—developers and enterprises kept telling us they were the platform to use for creating media with AI&comma;” said Sonya Huang&comma; Partner at Sequoia&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As inference is one of the largest technology markets and video its most demanding slice&comma; fal&&num;8217&semi;s speed&comma; model selection&comma; and workflow and collaboration features position them to define the category&period; We’re proud to back a team enabling high‑quality&comma; AI‑generated video at scale&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fal is a leading platform for real-time generative media&comma; offering cutting-edge inference solutions for AI-powered video&comma; image&comma; 3D&comma; and audio applications&period; The company partners with enterprises&comma; research labs&comma; and developers worldwide to accelerate the future of real-time generative AI content creation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;