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Lakera AI IPO date and status

2020
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S-1 Filed
IPO

Company details

Lakera is a company that provides AI safety and validation solutions designed to ensure reliable AI deployments. The company offers tools for testing, monitoring, and validating AI models. Lakera's solutions aim to support compliance with ethical standards and regulatory requirements. The company's platform strives to help organizations verify the robustness and fairness of their AI systems, with the goal of promoting responsible and transparent AI practices. Lakera was founded in 2020 by David Haber, Mateo Rojas-Carulla, and Matthias Kraft and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
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2020
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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Will Lakera AI go IPO?

Lakera AI has not yet filed for an IPO. However, it’s important to note that IPOs are not the sole avenue for a private company to transition to public trading. Private companies can also go public through alternative methods such as but limited to Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), direct listings, or mergers and acquisitions. Find out which companies are eyeing an IPO on our Tech IPO Calendar 2025.

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When was Lakera AI founded?

Lakera AI was founded in 2020.

What is Lakera AI funding to date?

The funding to date for Lakera AI is not currently available.

Lakera AI major investors

Creative Destruction Lab
Fly Ventures
Hammer Team
Inovia Capital
Redalpine Venture Partners

Lakera AI pre-IPO valuation and funding rounds

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Funding Date Round Amount Raised Price per Share Post-Money Valuation 3 Key Investors
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Lakera AI IPO news and media highlights

Lakera AI raises $20M to ward off malicious prompts on generative AI models

Generative artificial intelligence threat detection startup Lakera AI AG, which is notable for creating one of the world’s largest “AI red-teams” for testing generative AI models, said today it has closed on a $20 million early-stage round of funding. Today’s Series A round was led by the European venture capital firm Atomico and saw participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures and Redalpine, bringing the startup’s total funding to $30 million.

Lakera: Helping Enterprises Build AI Apps By Safeguarding Them From Cyber Risks In A $200+ Billion Market

Lakera is a company that enables enterprises to build exciting AI applications by safeguarding them from cyber risks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Lakera CEO and co-founder David Haber to learn more about the company.

Lakera Raises $10M in Funding

Lakera, a Zurich, Switzerland-based AI security company, raised $10M in funding. The round was led by Redalpine with participation from Fly Ventures, Inovia Capital and angels investors. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach. Co-founded by David Haber, Matthias Kraft and Mateo Rojas-Carulla, Lakera provides a Developer-First AI Security Platform that empowers developers with a large AI vulnerability database to accelerate the secure development of AI products.

Lakera launches to protect large language models from malicious prompts

Lakera is officially launching to the world today with the promise of protecting enterprises from various LLM security weaknesses such as prompt injections and data leakage. Alongside its launch, the company also revealed that it raised a hitherto undisclosed $10 million round of funding earlier this year.
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Sector: Enterprise Software
Subsector: Cybersecurity
Trade Metrics Last Funding Round
Company Forge Price Last Matched Round Post-Money Valuation 3 Price Per Share Amount Raised
CohesityCohesity$15.67 +$0.01 (0.06%)$ xx.xxSeries H-1$4.69B$15.66$27.5MM
DeelDeelNot available$ xx.xxSeries E$17.3B$38.92$300MM
GenesysGenesysNot available$ xx.xxNot available------
EnvoyEnvoyNot available$ xx.xxSeries C$1.4B$3.14$111MM
4C4CNot available$ xx.xxNot available------

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Anthropic Anthropic $259.14 -$13.84 (5.07%)High $xxx.xx
SpaceX SpaceX $550.00 +$102.77 (22.98%)High $xxx.xx
OpenAI OpenAI $723.12 +$0.12 (0.02%)High $xxx.xx
Anduril Anduril $114.78 +$9.78 (9.31%)High $xxx.xx
Databricks Databricks $197.72 +$0.06 (0.03%)High $xxx.xx

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Company Forge Price Market Activity Last Matched
Anthropic Anthropic $259.14 -$13.84 (5.07%)High $xxx.xx
OpenAI OpenAI $723.12 +$0.12 (0.02%)High $xxx.xx
Anduril Anduril $114.78 +$9.78 (9.31%)High $xxx.xx
Databricks Databricks $197.72 +$0.06 (0.03%)High $xxx.xx
Perplexity Perplexity $69.54 +$6.59 (10.47%)High $xxx.xx

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