Fal, a real-time generative-media platform, raised $140 million in a Series D led by Sequoia with participation from Kleiner Perkins and new investment from NVentures (NVIDIA’s VC arm) and Alkeon Capital, signaling strong investor confidence.

This round brings Fal’s overall funding in 2025 to three major raises, with a valuation roughly triple the level of its July Series C, according to Bloomberg.

Fal has grown rapidly, with over 2 million developers on the platform by mid-2025 and growing revenue since 2024.

Fal operates a low-latency serverless API that enables real-time deployment of generative applications, reducing traditional development cycles and DevOps overhead.

Executives emphasize that Fal is shaping the future of generative-media infrastructure by enabling real-time, personalized content at scale.

Major customers include Adobe, Shopify, Canva, and Quora, illustrating strong adoption among large-scale, professional users.

Fal is pursuing ongoing strategic acquisitions and new product launches to broaden its real-time AI workflow capabilities.

The company has completed a strategic acquisition and launched multiple new product lines to expand its AI-workflow offerings.

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Nvidia’s involvement signals a strategic hardware-software alignment in Fal’s ecosystem, underscoring a well-funded competitive landscape for AI tools.

Fal positions itself as an infrastructure layer for real-time AI-generated content, supporting deployment of open-source, private, or commercial models via a single ultra-low-latency serverless API.

The platform provides access to a range of AI models for developers and has rapidly expanded as its tools are increasingly used in everyday work tasks.

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CEO Burkay Gur says the investment signals the industry’s direction and Fal’s role in enabling real-time, personalized content at global scale.

The investment underscores continued investor interest in platforms that host and provide access to generative AI models for developers.

Sequoia’s Sonya Huang and Fal’s Burkay Gur highlight momentum and potential to redefine media creation and lead in AI-enabled content production, with emphasis on speed and workflow.

The funding is earmarked to accelerate hiring in go-to-market and engineering, expand product lines, and grow Fal’s global AI-infrastructure footprint.

Fal reports rapid operational growth: run-rate more than doubled in four months, billions of real-time assets served monthly, and headcount tripled in 2025.

A secondary sale provided liquidity to early backers, while primary capital funds platform and customer-base expansion.

Notable customers include Adobe, Shopify, Canva, and Quora, with revenue around $200 million as of October, following a larger funding round earlier in the year.

Context from Bloomberg and TechCrunch notes the rounds and valuations, including broader fundraising figures when secondary shares are considered.

Fal has grown rapidly since its 2021 founding by industry veterans and surpassed $200 million in revenue as of October, signaling strong commercial traction.

The platform scales globally, dramatically reduces DevOps overhead, and lets teams deploy generative applications in minutes.