Halluminate Series A (2026)
Halluminate raised $30 million in a Series A round, announced on 2026-10-01. The round was led by Oak HC/FT.
- Company
- Halluminate
- Round type
- Series A
- Date
- 2026-10-01
- Amount
- $30M
- Industry
- AI data research lab, reinforcement learning environments for financial services
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Summary
Halluminate announced a $30 million Series A on October 1, 2026, led by Oak HC/FT. Oak HC/FT names existing investors Y Combinator, Orange Collective, FT Partners and Heavybit as joining the round. FinSMEs, which reported the round on 2026-10-05, lists the same investors except FT Partners and adds individual machine learning researchers.
Investors
Lead
- Oak HC/FT lead
Participating
- Y Combinator participant
- Orange Collective participant
- FT Partners participant
- Heavybit participant
Sources
Last verified:
- https://www.halluminate.ai/blog/series-a
Type: company announcement. Accessed 2026-10-06.
Halluminate blog post dated October 1, 2026. Describes the company as a data research lab building benchmarks and RL environments, with financial services as its first focus. - https://www.oakhcft.com/blog-post/the-internet-has-run-out-of-things-to-teach-why-we-led-halluminates-30-million-series-a
Type: official investor website. Accessed 2026-10-06.
Oak HC/FT post. Says Oak HC/FT is leading a $30 million Series A, joined by existing investors Y Combinator, Orange Collective, FT Partners, Heavybit and others, bringing total capital raised to $38.5 million. - https://www.finsmes.com/2026/10/halluminate-raises-usd30m-in-series-a-funding.html
Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-06.
FinSMEs article dated 2026-10-05. Source of the San Francisco, CA location and the 2024 founding year. Lists Y Combinator, Orange Collective and Heavybit as participants and does not name FT Partners.