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Golden Recursion funding, valuation and investors

Self-constructing knowledge database combining AI and human curation (acquired 2024).

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series A

$14.5M · 2020

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$20M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

acquired

acquired

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Golden Recursion built Golden, a self-constructing knowledge database that combined AI extraction with human curation to create structured encyclopedic entries on companies, technologies, and topics. Acquired by ComplyAdvantage in 2024.

Why Golden Recursion is interesting

Golden Recursion aimed to be a structured wiki for tech knowledge; a16z led its Series A after a Founders Fund–backed seed. Acquired by ComplyAdvantage in 2024.

Product & use cases

Golden Recursion built Golden, a self-constructing knowledge database combining AI extraction with human curation for structured encyclopedic entries on companies and technologies.

  • Structured entity data for research and compliance
  • AI-assisted knowledge graph construction
  • Encyclopedic company and technology profiles

Key facts

  • Seed (2019): $5M with Founders Fund (/fund/founders-fund) and a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) (PR Newswire)
  • Series A (2020): $14.5M led by a16z (TechCrunch)
  • Acquired by ComplyAdvantage (2024)

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2020 $14.5M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/16/golden-raises-14-5m/

Seed

2019 $5M

Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/golden-seed

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Golden Recursion's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz Founders Fund

Competitive landscape

Edge: Early bet on AI-assisted structured knowledge graphs — acquired by ComplyAdvantage for entity data capabilities.

Structured knowledge databases are hard to monetize standalone. ComplyAdvantage acquisition (2024) validated entity data value for compliance use cases.

  • Crunchbase direct

    Company data directory; Golden focused on AI-curated knowledge graphs.

  • Wikipedia alternative

    Human-edited encyclopedia; Golden automated extraction plus curation.

  • PitchBook adjacent

    Private market data; Golden broader tech knowledge focus.

Notable stories

  • Acquired by ComplyAdvantage in 2024 for structured entity data capabilities.
  • a16z led $14.5M Series A (2020) after Founders Fund-backed seed.

Industries

AI & Machine Learning Enterprise SaaS

FAQs about Golden Recursion

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Built Golden, an AI-plus-human-curated knowledge database for structured entries on companies and technologies.
a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led Series A ($14.5M, 2020). Founders Fund (/fund/founders-fund) participated in seed.
Acquired by ComplyAdvantage in 2024.
Both company data; Golden focused on AI-constructed knowledge graphs with human curation.
Series A ($14.5M, 2020) before acquisition.
Structured entity data capabilities for compliance and KYC workflows.
No — absorbed into ComplyAdvantage post-2024 acquisition.
No — acquired by ComplyAdvantage in 2024.
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