# Sahara AI

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

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
- Website: www.saharalabs.ai
- Total disclosed funding: $34M
- Latest round: Series A (Jul 17, 2024)
- Investors on record: 19

## About

Based in Cayman Islands, and founded in 2023, Sahara AI Ltd., operates a software company that helps individuals and businesses own, monetize, and scale proprietary knowledge through privacy-preserving and personalized knowledge agents. It was founded by its CEO, Sean Ren, and COO, Tyler Zhou. In August 2024, Sahara AI Ltd. raised USD 43 million in series A funding co-led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs, and Polychain Capital, with participation from Samsung Electronics, Sequoia Capital Global Equities, SCB10X, Mirana Ventures, Foresight Ventures, Aegis Ventures, Tangent Ventures, Matrix Partners, dao5, Geekcartel, Nomad Capital, Canonical Crypto, Dispersion Capital, Alumni Ventures Group, individuals, and other unspecified investors.

The company offers an artificial intelligence-based platform that allows users to create personalized replicas trained with their knowledge in Vault, enabling privacy-preserving interaction and adaptability.

The company uses blockchain and AI technology to provide workflow automation, predictive analytics to users for better decision-making.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Jul 17, 2024, $28M — Matrix Partners, Hong Shan, Pantera Capital, Alumni Ventures Group, Polychain Capital, SCB10X, Samsung NEXT Ventures, YZi Labs, Mirana Ventures, Canonical Crypto, dao5, Dispersion Capital, Motherson Group, Nomad Capital, Coho Deeptech, Foresight Ventures, Aegis Ventures, GeekCartel, Tangent Ventures
- Seed, Mar 5, 2024, $6M — Matrix Partners, Alumni Ventures Group, Polychain Capital, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Canonical Crypto, dao5, Dispersion Capital, Motherson Group, Nomad Capital, Coho Deeptech, GeekCartel, Tangent Ventures

## Investors

- Matrix Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/matrix-partners) — Seed, Series A
- Alumni Ventures Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alumni-ventures-group) — Seed, Series A
- Polychain Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/polychain-capital) — Seed, Series A
- Samsung NEXT Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/samsung-next-ventures) — Seed, Series A
- Canonical Crypto (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/canonical-crypto) — Seed, Series A
- dao5 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dao5) — Seed, Series A
- Dispersion Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dispersion-capital) — Seed, Series A
- Motherson Group — Seed, Series A
- Nomad Capital — Seed, Series A
- Coho Deeptech (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/coho-deeptech) — Seed, Series A
- GeekCartel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/geekcartel) — Seed, Series A
- Tangent Ventures — Seed, Series A
- Hong Shan — Series A
- Pantera Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/pantera-capital) — Series A
- SCB10X (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/scb10x) — Series A
- YZi Labs (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/yzi-labs) — Series A
- Mirana Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mirana-ventures) — Series A
- Foresight Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/foresight-ventures) — Series A
- Aegis Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/aegis-ventures) — Series A