Observed Signal · Sep 23, 2026 · Funding · Source: PR Newswire: Technology News · Impact: 3/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Brahma AI Raises $150 Million Led by Multiples
Brahma AI, an AI-native operating system for enterprise audiovisual content, announced it raised $150 million through a preferred stock issuance, with Multiples Alternate Asset Management investing $100 million. The company also received an additional $100 million in investor interest. The funding will accelerate R&D, global market expansion, and establish a significant presence in Silicon Valley. Brahma AI focuses on media, entertainment, sports, healthcare, and advertising, with anchor clients including Warner Bros., the NBA, and Mayo Clinic. Strategic distribution partners include Google, Hakuhodo, and DNEG. Founded by Prabhu Narasimhan, who integrated technologies from DNEG, Metaphysic, and Prime Focus Technologies, the company also counts Jo Plaete as co-founder and CTO. Brahma AI's platform includes Core and Studio, offering visual AI, digital humans, voice, and multilingual capabilities. The company has won a 2026 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award.
Major funding round for an AI content platform with significant customers and partnerships, signaling growth in AI-powered media and advertising technology.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Brahma AI raised $150 million in a preferred stock financing round.
- Multiples Alternate Asset Management invested $100 million, with an additional $100 million in investor interest.
- Anchor clients include Warner Bros., NBA, and Mayo Clinic.
- The funding will support R&D, global expansion, and Silicon Valley presence.
- Brahma AI won a 2026 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award.
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Brahma AI, backed by Prime Focus Limited, Raises $150 Million In Funding Round Led By Multiples Alternate Asset Management
Brahma AI, the AI-native operating system for enterprise audiovisual content, has raised $150 million in a funding round led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management. The investment marks a significant milestone for Brahma AI, accelerating its global expansion, and reflects Prime Focus’s long-standing strategy of backing technology at the intersection of creativity and AI.
TwelveLabs Raises $100M Series B for Video Superintelligence
TwelveLabs, a video intelligence company, announced a $100 million Series B round co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures with participation from Amazon, Radical Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital and Red Bull Ventures. The company is extending beyond video-understanding models into a full-stack, agentic video intelligence system that unites perception, knowledge and reasoning. TwelveLabs highlights its Marengo 3.0 video embedding model and Pegasus 1.5 model for turning video into structured data; both models are distributed via Amazon Bedrock and TwelveLabs’ API. AWS is described as TwelveLabs’ preferred cloud provider with a multiyear partnership that includes optimizing inference on AWS Trainium chips and launching new models first on AWS. The funding will be used to accelerate R&D, expand offices (San Francisco, Seoul, new New York and London offices) and move from foundation models to application-level products like Rodeo.
Startup Multiply Launches AI-Driven Real-Time Advertising Platform
Multiply, a B2B-focused media agency startup, exited stealth and announced a $9.5 million seed round led by Mayfield with participation from Sorenson Capital and several industry executives. The 13-person company, led by CEO and co-founder Matt Jayson, offers proprietary AI-powered “self-learning” ads that generate multiple creative variations using real-time signals, CRM and sales-call data, and human review. Multiply currently runs campaigns on LinkedIn and Google Ads and plans to expand to Meta, Reddit and chatbot placements; Jayson said the company has been in talks with OpenAI to introduce ads on ChatGPT. The platform continuously tests audience, messaging and creative iterations via autonomous optimization agents while keeping humans in the approval loop.
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