# Sand.ai

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

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Beijing, China
- Website: sand.ai
- Total disclosed funding: $200M
- Latest round: Series A (Nov 7, 2026)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Based in Beijing, China and founded in 2024, Beijing Sandai Technology Co., Ltd., trading under the name Sand.ai, is a software company focusing on developing AI (artificial intelligence)-driven video generation technologies. The company's CEO, Yue Cao, graduated from Tsinghua University's School of Software and is the ex-head of the Vision Model Research Center at Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence. Between 2019 and 2022, the CEO was a senior researcher at Microsoft Research Asia. In June 2026, it raised over USD 100 million in venture funding. Sand.ai focuses on the research and development of artificial intelligence models and agents that generate videos from various input data such as text descriptions, images and videos. The company's main products include Magi, an autoregressive AI video generation model supporting Image-to-Video transformation, and VidMuse, an AI platform that is centered around an audio-driven video creation paradigm. Sand.ai focuses on the research and development of artificial intelligence models and agents that generate videos from various input data such as text descriptions, images and videos. The company's main products include Magi, an autoregressive AI video generation model supporting Image-to-Video transformation, and VidMuse, an AI platform that is centered around an audio-driven video creation paradigm. The company generates revenue by developing AI-driven video generative models.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Nov 7, 2026, $200M — Cornerstone Capital, Wangsu Science & Technology, Shandong state-backed investors, Shanghai state-backed investors
- Series A, Apr 21, 2025 — IDG Capital, Sinovation Ventures, Xiang He Capital, HUA Capital, MPCi, Sense Capital
- Seed, Jun 10, 2024 — Source Code Capital

## Investors

- Source Code Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/source-code-capital) — Seed
- IDG Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/idg-capital) — Series A
- Sinovation Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sinovation-ventures) — Series A
- Xiang He Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/xiang-he-capital) — Series A
- HUA Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hua-capital) — Series A
- MPCi (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mpci) — Series A
- Sense Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sense-capital) — Series A
- Cornerstone Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cornerstone-capital) — Series A
- Wangsu Science & Technology — Series A
- Shandong state-backed investors — Series A
- Shanghai state-backed investors — Series A