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StepFun

StepFun

Private
ShanghaiAI, Data & Cloud Infrastructurehttps://www.stepfun.com/

Last Round

Growth Equity

May 8, 2026

Est. Valuation

$6.5B

Total Funding Raised

$4.42B

Momentum

Top 25%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

StepFun is a an artificial intelligence company that develops large-scale language and multimodal models.

Sector

AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure

Verticals

NLP & Conversational AI, ML Platforms, Computer Vision, Workflow Automation, Autonomous Vehicles

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Usage-Based SaaS, Subscription SaaS, Freemium

AI Layer

Foundation

Keywords

foundation modelsmultimodal AIfrontier AI lablarge language modelon-device AIAI + Terminalsmodel APIAI agentsopen-weight modelsAI developer platformembedded AIChinese AI startuptext-to-video modelimage generation modelAI for automotiveAI for smartphonesintelligent vehicle cockpitusage-based billing

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Baichuan AI
80%

StepFun Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Growth EquityMay 8, 2026
Series B ExtensionJan 26, 2026
Series BDec 23, 2024
Series AFeb 19, 2024
AngelJun 1, 2023

StepFun Investors

Notable investors and investment history

StepFun investors
InvestorRounds
Hong Kong Investment CorporationGrowth Equity
ZhenFundAngel
Shanghai State-owned Capital InvestmentSeries B
5Y CapitalSeries B Extension, Series B
Capital TodayAngel
Fortera CapitalSeries B
Qiming Venture PartnersSeries B Extension, Series B

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  • Jun 3, 2026

    Grew 32% QoQ, from 78 to 103 employees.

  • May 22, 2026

    Grew 32% QoQ, from 76 to 100 employees.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersShanghai
Employee Range103
Year Founded2023
Last FundingMay 8, 2026

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