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Golden
Edtech · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2017
On a mission to map and generate human knowledge in order to accelerate discovery and education MoreLess
Golden Recursion Inc., operating as Golden, is engaged in creating a comprehensive, self-constructing knowledge database by leveraging both artificial and human intelligence. Founded in San Francisco in 2017 by Jude Gomila, the company set out to map human knowledge, aiming to organize information and make it more accessible. Gomila, a UK native with a Masters in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, previously co-founded the mobile advertising platform Heyzap, which was sold in 2016. His experience as an active investor in over 150 companies exposed him to the difficulty of gathering holistic information on niche topics, which directly inspired the creation of Golden.
The company has secured a total of $59.5 million in funding across multiple rounds, with significant investments from notable firms like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Founders Fund, Gigafund, and DCVC. A Series B round in October 2022, led by a16z, raised $40 million, intended to help build out a decentralized data protocol. In a significant milestone, Golden was acquired by the financial crime intelligence firm ComplyAdvantage in April 2024, with Gomila joining as a board observer and special advisor to integrate Golden's AI and knowledge graph technology.
Golden's core product is a knowledge graph platform that aggregates and structures data on entities like companies, people, technologies, and investors. It utilizes AI and natural language processing to extract information from public websites, news, and databases, which is then refined by human contributors. The platform offers several tools, including the Golden Research Engine for detailed searches, AI-assisted editing, and an API for data enrichment. Its business model is subscription-based, serving a client base that includes venture capital firms, corporate innovation teams, government agencies like the US Air Force, and private equity firms.
Keywords: knowledge graph, data intelligence, artificial intelligence, Jude Gomila, knowledge management, semantic technology, ComplyAdvantage, entity resolution, information retrieval, financial crime intelligence
Company overview
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- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Employees
- 36
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 80.6
- Investment activity
- 1 companies
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- Unknown
Valuation & funding
Golden funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITIONOther financing | Apr 2024 | $0 | — | ComplyAdvantage | ↗ |
| SERIES BOther financing | Oct 2022 | $40M | $160M | Raj Gokal · Protocol Labs · Xoogler.co · TRAC | ↗ |
| SERIES BOther financing | Jun 2022 | $0 | — | TRAC | — |
| SERIES AOther financing | Sep 2020 | $15M | $58M | Great Oaks Venture Capital · Jonathan Swanson · Alex Tew · WndrCo | — |
| FundingOther financing | Jan 2020 | $0 | — | Bossa Invest | — |
| SEEDOther financing | May 2019 | Founders Fund · Immad Akhund · Andreessen Horowitz · SV Angel | — | ||
| FundingOther financing | Dec 2017 | Undisclosed | — |
Financials
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| Year | Revenue | Growth | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $4.4M | 0% | 36 |
| 2025 | $4.4M | 0% | 33 |
| 2024 | $4.4M | 0% | 48 |
| 2023 | $4.4M | +15.8% | 49 |
| 2022 | $3.8M | +26.7% | 58 |
| 2021 | $3M | +36.4% | 31 |
| 2020 | $2.2M | — | 27 |
Growth signals
Golden website traffic
Latest recorded traffic for Golden is 68K monthly website visits, down 26.9% over the last three months. Golden's team grew 9.1% over the past year.
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