Trajectory Raises $40M Series A at $300M Valuation

Trajectory, a San Francisco, California-based provider of an AI infrastructure and agent optimization platform, has raised $40 million in Series A funding at a $300 million post-money valuation.

Investors

The funding round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from NVIDIA and Bessemer Venture Partners.

Trajectory Use of Funds

The company plans to use the new capital to scale its automated model-tuning infrastructure, expand its research and engineering team, and accelerate the development of enterprise tooling designed to optimize both open-source and closed-source AI agent harnesses.

About Trajectory

Founded in 2026 by Ronak Malde, Michael Elabd, and Arjun Karanam, Trajectory develops a software platform that automates the customization of open-source AI models and optimizes the programmatic harnesses used by AI agents. The platform utilizes self-distillation policy optimization to programmatically update agent decision-making paths based on human-in-the-loop corrections.

Funding Details

Company Website: https://trajectory.ai

Company: Trajectory
Raised: $40M
Round: Series A
Funding Date: August 17, 2026
Lead Investor: Sequoia Capital
Additional Investors: NVIDIA, Bessemer Venture Partners
Software Category: AI Infrastructure
Source: https://www.finsmes.com/2026/08/trajectory-raises-40m-in-series-a-funding-at-300m-post-money-valuation.html