Sand AI
Advance AI to benefit everyone
Beijing, China · Founded 2023 · $150.0M raised
- Headquarters
- Beijing
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2023
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- sand.ai
- Total Funding
- $150.0M
- Last Round
- $100.0M Series BJun 2026
- Rounds
- 3
About
Sand AI (sand.ai) is a Beijing-based artificial intelligence company focused on video generation technology. Founded in 2023 by former Microsoft Research Asia scientist Cao Yue, the company developed Magi-1—the world's first high-quality autoregressive video generation model. The team includes former contributors to foundational models such as Swin Transformer. Sand AI also offers an API platform and has open-sourced parts of its audio-video generation stack.
Summary
Sand AI is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Beijing, China, founded in 2023. It has raised $150.0M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $100.0M Series B round in Jun 2026. Investors include Capital Today, IDG Capital and Matrix Partners China.
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Funding History
Jun 2026
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