Luminal
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Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 6:15 PM
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What they do
Luminal - Inference at the Speed of Light AI inference compiler for GPUs and ASICs.
Funding
Raised $5.3M across 1 funding round. Latest: $5.3M Seed (Nov 2025). Investors: Felicis Ventures, Paul Graham, Guillermo Rauch, Ben Porterfield, Y Combinator. (High).
Quick read
- •Luminal - Inference at the Speed of Light AI inference compiler for GPUs and ASICs.
- •Reported angle: Luminal raises $5.3 million
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 1 GitHub‑tagged, 2 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Stage
Seed (YC)
Evidence summary
Verified facts
- •Luminal - Inference at the Speed of Light AI inference compiler for GPUs and ASICs.
- •Reported angle: Luminal raises $5.3 million
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 1 GitHub‑tagged, 2 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Recent movers
- •May 20, 2026 · techcrunch.com — Luminal raises $5.3 million
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Luminal | Y Combinator
- •May 11, 2026 · GitHub (linked from site) — GitHub - luminal-ai/luminal: Inference at the speed of light. · GitHub
- •May 20, 2026 · techcrunch.com — Luminal raises $5.3 million
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Luminal | Y Combinator
- •May 11, 2026 · GitHub (linked from site) — GitHub - luminal-ai/luminal: Inference at the speed of light. · GitHub
- •Felicis
- •Felicis Ventures
- •Paul Graham
- •Guillermo Rauch
- •Ben Porterfield
- •Y Combinator
Funding
Raised $5.3M across 1 funding round. Latest: $5.3M Seed (Nov 2025). Investors: Felicis Ventures, Paul Graham, Guillermo Rauch, Ben Porterfield, Y Combinator. (High).
Hiring
No hiring/careers evidence indexed (Low).
GitHub
1 GitHub‑linked row(s) (Low).
Product / news
2 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).
Traffic / social
No traffic/social evidence indexed (Low).
Funding & hiring signals
Luminal Closes $10M Series B Round For Its Cloud Management Service
Luminal.com $5.3M Seed Round
Open roles (indexed)
No open roles indexed yet.
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Source health
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Public source summary
- Total evidence rows
- 4
- Latest evidence
- Wed, May 20, 06:15 PM
Source types found
Strongest / recent news-style rows
Luminal raises $5.3 million
Wed, May 20, 06:15 PM · confidence 88%high quality
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/17/luminal-raises-5-3-million-to-build-a-better-gpu-code-framework/Luminal | Y Combinator
Wed, May 20, 06:15 PM · confidence 85%high quality
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/luminal
Public signal timeline
Newest first · 4 event(s)
Luminal - Inference at the Speed of Light
AI inference compiler for GPUs and ASICs.
Luminal raises $5.3 million
Seed led by Felicis; YC S25; AI inference compiler optimizing GPU utilization.
Luminal | Y Combinator
YC Summer 2025 batch company profile.
GitHub - luminal-ai/luminal: Inference at the speed of light. · GitHub
Source: GitHub (linked from site)
GitHub presence linked from official site for Luminal.
Official / company site
1 row(s)
Luminal - Inference at the Speed of Light
AI inference compiler for GPUs and ASICs.
https://www.luminal.com/News
1 row(s)
Luminal | Y Combinator
YC Summer 2025 batch company profile.
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/luminalFunding / news
1 row(s)
Luminal raises $5.3 million
Seed led by Felicis; YC S25; AI inference compiler optimizing GPU utilization.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/17/luminal-raises-5-3-million-to-build-a-better-gpu-code-framework/GitHub
1 row(s)
GitHub - luminal-ai/luminal: Inference at the speed of light. · GitHub
Source name: GitHub (linked from site)
GitHub presence linked from official site for Luminal.
https://github.com/luminal-ai/luminalPrivate workspace
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