Sequoia Leads $140 Million Round in Fal

SAN FRANCISCO &&num;8212&semi; Fal, a real-time generative-media platform powering the next decade of AI-driven content, has scored a &dollar;140 million Series D financing&period; The round is led by Sequoia, with significant participation from Kleiner Perkins and new investment from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Alkeon Capital&period; The round also includes continued support from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Kindred Ventures, Meritech, Bessemer Venture Partners, Notable Capital, Shopify Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and others&period;&NewLine;This is fal’s third fundraise in 2025—following its Series B and Series C—each driven by surging, 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, 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;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins and NVentures joining fal is a powerful signal about where generative media is heading—and who is going to define it,” said Burkay Gur, co-founder and CEO of fal&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Developers and enterprises are building entirely new categories of applications around real-time, personalized, generative content&period; fal is the infrastructure that makes that possible at global scale&period;”&NewLine;The financing follows fal’s &dollar;125 million Series C announced in July 2025&period; At that time, the company had more than tripled its revenue since 2024 and surpassed 2+ million developers using the platform&period;&NewLine;&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,” said Sonya Huang, Partner at Sequoia&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As inference is one of the largest technology markets and video its most demanding slice, fal&&num;8217&semi;s speed, model selection, and workflow and collaboration features position them to define the category&period; We’re proud to back a team enabling highâquality, AIâgenerated video at scale&period;”&NewLine;Fal is a leading platform for real-time generative media, offering cutting-edge inference solutions for AI-powered video, image, 3D, and audio applications&period; The company partners with enterprises, research labs, and developers worldwide to accelerate the future of real-time generative AI content creation&period;&NewLine;

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