Goodfire, a San Francisco, CA-based AI research lab focused on model interpretability, has raised $150 million in a Series B round at a $1.25 billion valuation.
Investors
The round was led by B Capital, with participation from Juniper Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, South Park Commons, Wing Venture Capital, DFJ Growth, Salesforce Ventures, Eric Schmidt, and others.
B Capital invests globally in extraordinary founders and businesses shaping the future through technology. With more than $9 billion in assets under management and dedicated stage-based funds, the firm focuses on seed to early and late-stage venture growth investments, primarily in technology, healthcare, and energy tech sectors. Founded in 2015, B Capital’s value-add platform, together with the consulting expertise of its strategic partner, The Boston Consulting Group, provides entrepreneurs with the tools and resources to scale quickly, expand into new markets, and build market-leading businesses.
Goodfire Use of Funds
The funding will support frontier AI research initiatives, the development of Goodfire’s model design environment, and scaling partnerships across AI agents and life sciences.
About Goodfire
Led by CEO Eric Ho, Goodfire is a research company and public benefit corporation based in San Francisco, dedicated to using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Its mission is to build the next generation of safe and powerful AI—not by scaling alone, but by understanding the intelligence of its building blocks. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Goodfire’s goal is to create AI that can be understood, debugged, and shaped like software.
Funding Details
Company: Goodfire, Inc.
Raised: $150.0M
Round: Series B
Funding Date: February 2026
Lead Investor: B Capital
Additional Investors: Juniper Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, South Park Commons, Wing Venture Capital, DFJ Growth, Salesforce Ventures, Eric Schmidt, others
Company Website: https://www.goodfire.ai/
Software Category: AI Research / Interpretability Platform
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