Crossing Minds Inc

Acquired

Crossing Minds Inc is a retail company in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2017. It has raised $10.0M across 4 rounds, most recently a Corporate Round in April 2022.

The smartest recommendation platform for your business

Employees
11–50
Founded
2017
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$10.0M
Last Round
Corporate RoundApr 2022
Rounds
4
Acquisition Date
Jun 2025

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About

Crossing Minds was an AI recommendation engine platform that helped e-commerce and digital businesses deliver personalized product and content recommendations. Founded by AI researchers Alexandre Robicquet and Emile Contal (with co-founder Dr. Sebastian Thrun), the company built infrastructure for real-time machine learning, retrieval-augmented generation, and long-term preference modeling. Crossing Minds served customers including Danone, Dutchie, Reelgood, and Inkbox before its team was acqui-hired by OpenAI in June 2025 to work on AI assistant personalization.

Summary

It lists 11–50 employees. It has raised $10.0M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a Corporate Round in Apr 2022.

Tech & App Stack

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Funding & Exit History

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AcquisitionJun 2025

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Funding: Seed through Corporate Round. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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