# Arcee AI

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/arcee-ai

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Website: www.arcee.ai
- Total disclosed funding: $180M
- Latest round: Series B (Sep 16, 2026)
- Investors on record: 15

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2023, Arcee.ai, Inc is a company that focuses on the development of small language models (SLMs) within the technology and artificial intelligence industries. The company was co-founded by Mark McQuade (CEO), Jacob Solawetz (CTO), and Brian Benedict (CRO).  In September 2026, Arcee AI, Inc. raised USD 150 million in series B funding co-led by Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital, and Emergence Capital, with participation from M12, AI10 Ventures, Hitachi, IAG Capital Partners, Prosperity7, and Wipro Ventures.

The company specializes in developing small language models (SLMs) for various industries such as finance, healthcare, legal, and insurance. The company offers a domain-adapted language model system (DALM) that includes in-domain pre-trained LLMs, fine-tuned retriever models, and tuned generator LLMs, all in one system. Arcee.ai's VPC product allows users to train and deploy their models in their virtual private cloud (VPC) environment. When users build their specialized language models (SLMs) with Arcee, everything stays in their cloud, including data and SLMs. Arcee.ai's end-to-end adaptation system can help users build specialized LLMs for various use cases, whether it is for internal tooling or customers. 

The company will use the September 2026 funding to develop AI models, expand products, and support DOE collaboration.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Sep 16, 2026, $150M — Emergence Capital, Vista Equity Partners, M12, Wipro Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, IAG Capital Partners, Cambium Capital, Prosperity7, AI10 Ventures
- Series A, Jul 16, 2024, $24M — Emergence Capital
- Seed, Jan 24, 2024, $5.5M — Centre Street Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners, WndrCo, Thirty5 Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, AIN Ventures

## Investors

- Centre Street Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/centre-street-partners) — Seed
- Flybridge Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/flybridge-capital-partners) — Seed
- WndrCo (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/wndrco) — Seed
- Thirty5 Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/thirty5-ventures) — Seed
- Long Journey Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/long-journey-ventures) — Seed
- AIN Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ain-ventures) — Seed
- Emergence Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/emergence-capital) — Series A, Series B
- Vista Equity Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/vista-equity-partners) — Series B
- M12 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/m12) — Series B
- Wipro Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/wipro-ventures) — Series B
- Hitachi Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hitachi-ventures) — Series B
- IAG Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/iag-capital-partners) — Series B
- Cambium Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cambium-capital) — Series B
- Prosperity7 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/prosperity7) — Series B
- AI10 Ventures — Series B