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Sail Research

Sail Research sells cost-efficient inference and long-running sandboxes purpose-built for AI agents that work for hours or days.

sailresearch.com · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·SAILRESEARCH·26
StageSeries AJune 2026 · led by Kleiner Perkins[2][3][6]
Raised$80Mdisclosed rounds[2][3][6]
Headcount16as of Aug 2026[9]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Foundednot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Money

Raised $80M across disclosed rounds.[2][3][6]

Series A closed June 2026, led by Kleiner Perkins.[2][3][6]

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

Named investors include Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, Redpoint Ventures, Theory Ventures, Vine Ventures, CRV, A*, Abstract Ventures.[2][3][6]

People

Neil Movva, Co-founder and CEO[2][6][9][23]

Samir Menon, Co-founder and CTO[2][6][9][23]

Allison Kiang, Head of Business Development[11][23]

Signals
Jul 14 2026launchSail Research launches Sailboxes, cloud environment purpose-built for long-horizon AI agents company claim, not independently confirmed[9]
Jun 25 2026fundingSail Research emerges from stealth with $80 million from Kleiner Perkins[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Comps

Baseten · baseten.co · Same buyer and same job: developers choosing a cost-efficient inference provider for large-scale model serving, with Baseten recently raising $1.5 billion at up to a $13 billion valuation.[3]

RunPod · runpod.io · Same buyer and same budget line: teams running agent workloads can rent raw GPU compute from RunPod instead of paying Sail's per-token inference, named as an alternative attacking the same cost problem.[3]

Fractile · fractile.ai · Same job to be done: cutting the cost of running AI inference, though via custom silicon rather than software optimization, named in the same market analysis as an alternative approach.[3]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[9]

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Editions
  1. Edition 2Aug 25 2026current
  2. Edition 1Jun 23 2026Earliest saved edition
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Sail Research

CALL NO.CS·SAILRESEARCH·26

Sail Research sells cost-efficient inference and long-running sandboxes purpose-built for AI agents that work for hours or days.

sailresearch.com · San Francisco

StageSeries A
Raised$80M
Headcount16
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Foundednot publicly disclosed
CompsBaseten +2

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