Modal raises $750 million at a $15.75 billion valuation
Modal raised $750 million in a Series D led by Accel, valuing the AI infrastructure company at $15.75 billion post-money. The financing brings its total funding to $1.2 billion, as its annualized revenue run rate tops $1 billion.

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Accel led the $750 million Series D, which valued Modal at $15.75 billion post-money.
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The round takes Modal’s total funding to $1.2 billion.
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Modal’s annualized revenue run rate topped $1 billion; Accel says it crossed that mark during September 2026.
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Modal plans to launch more products for training and fine-tuning AI models.
A larger round and higher valuation
The Series D raised $750 million and was led by Accel.[1][2] It valued Modal at $15.75 billion post-money and brings the company’s total funding to $1.2 billion.[1][4] Kleiner Perkins joined the round alongside existing investors, including Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, Redpoint, Lux Capital, Amplify Partners and Bain Capital Ventures.[2] Modal’s valuation had more than tripled since May, when it raised $355 million at a $4.65 billion valuation.[2]
Revenue run rate passes $1 billion
Modal’s annualized revenue run rate topped $1 billion.[1] Accel says the company crossed that threshold during September 2026.[5] Modal’s announcement blog post is dated Oct. 14, 2026.[3] A run rate is an annualized measure, so readers should distinguish it from a reported full-year revenue figure; the cited information does not provide a full-year revenue total.[1][5] Modal’s announcement also says the company grew more than 15 times year-over-year.[3]
Cloud compute and isolated execution
Modal runs AI models and code for developers, and rents graphics-chip computing power to AI companies that want to run or train models.[2] The company says it built its own file system, container software and scheduler, and that its platform draws on spare capacity from more than 20 cloud providers.[2] Its Sandboxes let AI agents run code they have written in isolated environments.[2] Modal had started close to 3 billion Sandboxes since 2023, and the product brings in $300 million a year.[2]
Customers and planned products
Modal’s customers include DoorDash, Ramp, Linear, Cognition and Runway.[2] Physical Intelligence and 1X use the platform to train robots.[2] Accel describes Modal’s platform as giving developers one execution platform from experimentation through production, and says tens of thousands of developers and companies use it.[5] Modal plans to launch additional products for training and fine-tuning AI models.[2] The announcement does not specify when those products will launch.[2]
For teams evaluating infrastructure for AI development, the funding, revenue run rate and existing customer examples offer signals about Modal’s scale. The planned training and fine-tuning products may be relevant to teams comparing platforms, but the available information does not give launch dates or product specifications.
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17 October 2026
Modal raises $750 million at a $15.75 billion valuation
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- Modal raises $750M Series D led by Accelaxios.com
- Modal raises $750M at $15.75bn valuation as run rate tops $1bnthenextweb.com
- Modal crosses $1B in Annualized Run Rate and raises $750M Series Dmodal.com
- Techmeme: AI infrastructure startup Modal raised a $750M Series D led by Accel at a $15.75B post-money valuation, taking its total funding to $1.2B, and passes $1B ARR (Chris Metinko/Axios)techmeme.com
- Accel | Our Investment in Modalaccel.com