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Trajectory Raises $45M Series A From Sequoia at $300M to Train AI Models for Nontechnical Experts

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Summary

Trajectory, an 18-person year-old startup founded by ex-Google DeepMind and Apple engineers Ronak Malde, Michael Elabd and Arjun Karanam, raised a $45M Series A at a $300M valuation led by Sequoia with Nvidia, Bessemer and Bain Capital Ventures participating. Its continual-learning platform lets non-technical domain experts, including lawyers and doctors, post-train foundation models; disclosed customers include Harvey, Rogo, Decagon, Mercor and Nvidia.