Expanse Raises $5.3M Seed

Expanse, a company based in San Francisco and London that develops software to improve AI compute utilization, has secured $5.3 million in seed funding. The capital will support the company as it scales its operations and develops new capabilities for managing AI infrastructure workloads.

Investors

The funding round was led by Crane Venture Partners, an investment firm focused on early-stage technology companies. Participating investors included PXN Ventures and several angel investors, including former researchers from DeepMind and leaders from various AI infrastructure teams.

Expanse Use of Funds

Expanse plans to use the new capital to expand its engineering team, accelerate its product development roadmap, and bring its platform to a broader range of organizations across sectors including AI infrastructure, quantitative finance, life sciences, research, and high-performance computing.

About Expanse

Founded by four University of Edinburgh graduates, Expanse provides a platform that delivers compute certainty for AI infrastructure. The company's software analyzes AI workloads before execution to predict the optimal configuration of GPUs, CPUs, memory, and runtime, allowing organizations to reduce over-allocation and prevent failed jobs while maintaining data sovereignty.

Funding Details

Company Website: https://expanse.sh

Company: Expanse
Raised: $5.3M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: September 16, 2026
Lead Investor: Crane Venture Partners
Additional Investors: PXN Ventures
Company Website: https://expanse.sh
Software Category: AI Infrastructure
Source: https://www.hpcwire.com/aiwire/2026/09/16/expanse-secures-5-3m-to-improve-ai-compute-utilization/