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Golden

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On a mission to map and generate human knowledge in order to accelerate discovery and education

San Francisco, United StatesFounded 2017Edtech

Valuation $100–250M Last recorded · 2022

Revenue $1–10M Latest reported FY

Headcount <100 Current team size

Total funding $50–100M Disclosed equity funding

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About Golden

Golden Recursion Inc., operating as Golden, is engaged in creating a comprehensive, self-constructing knowledge database by leveraging both artificial and human intelligence. Founded in San Francisco in 2017 by Jude Gomila, the company set out to map human knowledge, aiming to organize information and make it more accessible. Gomila, a UK native with a Masters in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, previously co-founded the mobile advertising platform Heyzap, which was sold in 2016. His experience as an active investor in over 150 companies exposed him to the difficulty of gathering holistic information on niche topics, which directly inspired the creation of Golden.

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The company has secured a total of $59.5 million in funding across multiple rounds, with significant investments from notable firms like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Founders Fund, Gigafund, and DCVC. A Series B round in October 2022, led by a16z, raised $40 million, intended to help build out a decentralized data protocol. In a significant milestone, Golden was acquired by the financial crime intelligence firm ComplyAdvantage in April 2024, with Gomila joining as a board observer and special advisor to integrate Golden's AI and knowledge graph technology.

Golden's core product is a knowledge graph platform that aggregates and structures data on entities like companies, people, technologies, and investors. It utilizes AI and natural language processing to extract information from public websites, news, and databases, which is then refined by human contributors. The platform offers several tools, including the Golden Research Engine for detailed searches, AI-assisted editing, and an API for data enrichment. Its business model is subscription-based, serving a client base that includes venture capital firms, corporate innovation teams, government agencies like the US Air Force, and private equity firms.

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At a glance

Status: Acquired
Founded: 2017
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Employees: 36
Open positions: None listed
Dealroom signal: 80.6/100
Industry: Education
Sub-industry: Learning Tools and Resources
Sector: Edtech, Core AI, Corporate Learning, Lifelong and Consumer Learning, AI Applications
Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
Business model: SaaS
Client focus: b2b, b2c
Investment activity: 1 company
Capital deployed: —
Preferred round: Unknown
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Funding history

7 recorded events

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Deal type	Date	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
ACQUISITIONOther financing	Apr 2024	$0	—	ComplyAdvantage	↗
SERIES BOther financing	Oct 2022	$40M	$160M	Raj Gokal · Protocol Labs · Xoogler.co · TRAC	↗

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Year	Revenue	Growth
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2020		—

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Golden website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Golden is 68K monthly website visits, down 26.9% over the last three months. Golden's team grew 9.1% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits68K 3-month web change-26.9% 1-year team growth+9.1%

Monthly website visitsJul 2018–Jul 2026

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