The Money TrailJuly 1, 2026via SiliconAngle
TwelveLabs raises $100M to bring superintelligence to AI video models
Why it matters
TwelveLabs is securing major capital to scale video foundation models beyond understanding into reasoning — a capability gap that could reshape how enterprises process visual data at scale.
Key signals
- Series B: $100M
- Lead investors: NEA and NAVER Ventures
- Participating investors: Amazon, Radical Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital, Red (partial list)
- Focus shift: from video understanding to 'holistic intelligence' and superintelligence
- Company: TwelveLabs Inc., video foundation model developer
- Published: July 1, 2026
The hook
$100M. TwelveLabs just raised a Series B to turn video understanding into a superintelligence play.
TwelveLabs Inc., the developer of generative artificial intelligence foundation models that can understand videos like humans, today announced it has raised $100 million in early funding to expand beyond simple understanding to achieve holistic intelligence. The Series B round was co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures. Amazon, Radical Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital and Red […]