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Luel

Rights-cleared multimodal data marketplace and custom collection engine for AI teams that need to-spec training datasets fast.

luel.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·LUEL·26
StagePre-Seed / YCled by Bloomberg Beta[10][6]
Raised$1Mdisclosed rounds[2]
Headcount19as of Apr 2026[1]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2025[1]
Money

Raised $1M across disclosed rounds.[2]

Pre-Seed / YC, led by Bloomberg Beta.[10][6]

Round size and post-money valuation are not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Y Combinator, Bloomberg Beta.[6][10]

People

William Namgyal, Co-Founder & CEO[1][10][11][13][20][12][21][22][9][23]

Inigo Lenderking, Co-Founder & COO[1][10][11][13][20][12][21][22][9][23]

Devin Yue, Machine Learning Engineer[1][10][9][11][21][23]

Kelvin Wu, Marketing & Growth Intern[1][10][9][11][21][23]

Signals
May 15 2026newsLuel: Turning everyday words and actions into usable training data.[6]
May 15 2026fundingLuel 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors[3]
May 15 2026newsCommunity | Luel — Join Contributors on Discord company claim, not independently confirmed[8]
Apr 22 2026newsLuel (YC W26) company claim, not independently confirmed[1]
Apr 15 2026newsEarn $19.80/HR Just Talking! Luel AI Work From Home Guide[16]
Comps

Premium AI Training Data Marketplace · vidcoin.ai · similar, not yet paired · Similar web and market context from Exa find-similar[17]

Fuel AI · gofuel.ai · similar, not yet paired · Similar web and market context from Exa find-similar[19]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[8]

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Luel

CALL NO.CS·LUEL·26

Rights-cleared multimodal data marketplace and custom collection engine for AI teams that need to-spec training datasets fast.

luel.ai · San Francisco

StagePre-Seed / YC
Raised$1M
Headcount19
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2025
CompsPremium AI Training Data Marketplace +1 (similar, not yet paired)

Ask for one referenceable production customer.

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