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Decart's $300M: World Models Get NVIDIA, Sequoia, and a $3.1B Valuation
Decart raised $300M Series C led by Radical Ventures — real-time generative worlds for gaming, robotics, and physical AI with NYC + Tel Aviv ops.
Chatbots had their moment. World models just raised $300M.
Deal facts
- $300M led by Radical Ventures
- New investors: NVIDIA, Adobe Ventures, Toyota Ventures, eBay Ventures, Valor, Atreides
- Returning: Sequoia, Benchmark, Zeev
- Notable angels: Andrej Karpathy, Michael Eisner, Nintendo family office
What Decart actually builds
Real-time generative environments — interactive video, simulation, synthetic data for gaming, robotics, and physical AI. Offices in San Francisco, New York, and Tel Aviv.
Why NVIDIA showing up matters
When the GPU monopoly invests in your world model stack, they’re not being polite — they’re securing the simulation layer for robotics and training data pipelines.
Practical takeaway
Founders: Frontier AI isn’t only LLMs — spatial/interactive models are a parallel gold rush.
Investors: $3.1B valuations require enterprise or platform distribution, not demo reels alone.