The problem
People and developers want strong AI without their prompts being logged, stored or filtered
What they do
Private, uncensored AI app and API giving access to 200+ text, image and video models
Traction $100M annualized revenue (Aug 2026), from ~$14M in 7 months; profitable; 5M users
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 10
- Ops roles
- 1
- Headcount
- ~36-45
Headcount ~15 → ~45 in 12 mo (GeekWire, Jul 2026); 10 listings, 5 are general open applications
Hiring in
- Remote
Funding
- Last round
- $65M
- Stage
- Series A
- Date
- Jul 2026
Led by Dragonfly
- Hiring+1.510 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency+1.5Series A · $65M, Jul 2026 (3 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction0No growth signal counted: $100M annualized revenue (Aug 2026), from ~$14M in 7 months; profitable; 5M users
- Red flags0Watch-outs noted below, none scored as a significant flag
- Total3.01.5 + 1.5 + 0 − 0 = 3.0 → Steady (1.5–3.49)
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K
Privacy and no-filter positioning is a brand, not a moat: it resells open and third-party models that rivals can also host, and depends on app stores, payment rails and model suppliers that may restrict uncensored content; GPU build-out could add scale later.
Sources: GeekWire: Venice raises $65M, plans own data centers (Jul 2026) ↗ · Sacra: Venice AI deepfake and platform risk ↗
Watch-outs
Jan-Feb 2025 VVV token launch hit insider-dumping allegations (~$10M sold; token fell ~50%). Also flagged by security researchers as popular with hackers due to no content filters (May 2025).
Sources: CoinDesk via Yahoo: VVV drops 50% on insider-trading concerns (Jan 2025) ↗ · Bitcoin.com: Venice token faces pump-and-dump allegations (Feb 2025) ↗ · Resilience Forward: Certo warns Venice.ai used for hacking (May 2025) ↗
Open ops roles · 1
Last checked Oct 25, 2026