Jabali AI Raises $5M Pre-seed

Jabali AI, a San Francisco Bay Area company, is dedicated to rebuilding game creation for open-source developers by integrating deterministic logic directly into engines like Godot. The company successfully closed a $5 million pre-seed round, enabling everyday creators to bypass broken demos and ship fully playable games using natural language.

Investors

BITKRAFT Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund

Jabali AI Use of Funds

The capital will be deployed to further develop and build an AI-native game engine designed for deterministic production. This will empower creators to focus entirely on storytelling and directorial vision, eliminating the need for traditional software engineering and complex syntax.

About Jabali AI

Founded by former AWS and Meta executive Vatsal Bhardwaj, Jabali AI is a San Francisco Bay Area company. Its mission is to build an AI-native game engine for deterministic production, empowering everyday creators to develop complex, fully playable games using natural language prompts, completely bypassing traditional software engineering. The Jabali Studio ecosystem utilizes advanced causal reasoning to ensure flawless functionality without manual scripting.

Funding Details

Company: Jabali AI
Raised: $5 million
Round: Pre-seed
Funding Date: early 2024
Lead Investor: BITKRAFT Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund
Company Website: www.jabali.ai
Software Category: Generative AI for Game Development
Source: https://pctechmag.com/2026/05/defining-the-ai-native-game-why-generative-engines-are-the-new-standard-for-godot-developers/