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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>1) Deal snapshot </h2><ul><li><p><strong>Company:</strong> Resolve AI (San Francisco)</p></li><li><p><strong>Round:</strong> <strong>$125M Series A</strong>, described as <strong>non&#8209;blended</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Valuation:</strong> <strong>$1B</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Lead investor:</strong> <strong>Lightspeed Venture Partners</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Participating investors (existing):</strong> <strong>Greylock</strong> (seed lead), <strong>Unusual Ventures</strong>, <strong>Artisanal Ventures</strong>, <strong>A*</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Total funding to date:</strong> <strong>&gt; $150M</strong> (company-stated)</p></li><li><p><strong>Time since emerging from stealth:</strong> <strong>~16 months</strong> (company-stated)</p></li><li><p><strong>Use of proceeds (company-stated):</strong> accelerate product development; expand engineering + go&#8209;to&#8209;market; support enterprise adoption</p></li></ul><p><strong>Round structure note:</strong> TechCrunch reports market chatter that the round <em>might</em> have had multiple tranches at different prices, but states Resolve AI <strong>denied</strong> that and said the equity was purchased at a <strong>$1B</strong> valuation.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.lpclub.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Join the <strong>LP Club </strong>and tap into a network of<strong>+100k </strong>private market investors</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" 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