Whale Raises $40M Series C3 Extension Funding
Whale, a San Francisco, CA-based enterprise AI company building the AI operating system for enterprise operations, raised $40M in Series C3 extension funding.
The round was led by CMB International and SMBC Asia Rising Fund with participation from Krungsri Finnovate, Singtel Innov8, Hyundai Motor Group, and Charisma Partners, Bosch Ventures, MTR Lab, MDI Ventures, Gentree Fund, and Linear Capital.
The raise brought the total amount of the Series C to $100M.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.
Founded by CEO Jerry Ye, Whale is an enterprise AI company developing an AI operating system for business operations. Its platforms, SpaceSight (physical space intelligence), Echo (speech and audio intelligence), Lume (content distribution), Alivia (intelligent agent and workflow execution), Harbor (knowledge management and compliance), and Novus (AI infrastructure and governance), are built on the company’s proprietary Business World Model (BWM), which is designed for physical environments the same way large language models are designed for text.
Together, these products deliver a complete intelligence loop from physical sensing to autonomous execution across retail, automotive, F&B, manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and fashion and apparel.
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16/07/2026
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