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Aug 12, 2026

Pathway raises funding at $500 million valuation with 150M-parameter AI model

Pathway has secured funding at a $500 million valuation, backed by Id4 Ventures, TQ Ventures, Red Bridge Ventures, Kadmos Capital, WS Investment Co, and Databricks chief AI scientist Jonathan Frankle. The company is challenging AI reasoning cost curves with its 150-million-parameter model.

Aug 12, 2026·2 sources
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  • ▪The cost comparison for Pathway's BDH-CQ model was based on ARC Prize Foundation's public leaderboard as of July 2026 and Pathway's measured hardware time.
  • ▪Pathway will use its newly raised capital from the August 12, 2026 funding round primarily to expand its compute capacity.
  • ▪Pathway's compute capacity expansion plans funded by the August 12, 2026 capital raise include the acquisition of new GB300 systems.

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