Hive

formerly Castle Global

Cloud-based AI solutions for understanding content

San Francisco, United States · Founded 2013 · $130.6M raised

Employees
201–500
Founded
2013
Business Model
B2B
Website
thehive.ai
Total Funding
$130.6M
Last Round
$50.0M Series DApr 2021
Rounds
6

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About

Hive is the leading provider of cloud-based AI solutions to understand, search, and generate content, trusted by hundreds of the world's largest organizations. The company empowers developers with a portfolio of pre-trained AI models serving billions of API requests monthly, enabling use cases including content moderation, AI-generated content detection, brand protection, and sponsorship measurement.

Summary

Hive is an Artificial Intelligence company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2013. It has raised $130.6M in total across 6 rounds, most recently a $50.0M Series D round in Apr 2021. Investors include 8VC and Founders Fund.

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Funding History

Series DSeries DApr 2021
$50.0M

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