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Golden Recursion
Self-constructing knowledge database combining AI and human curation (acquired 2024).
Stage
acquired
Status
acquired
Coverage
full
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.
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)
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FAQs about Golden Recursion
Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.
Golden Recursion built Golden, a self-constructing knowledge database that used AI and human curation to create structured encyclopedic entries on companies, technologies, and topics.
Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led Golden Recursion's $14.5M Series A (2020). Founders Fund (/fund/founders-fund) and a16z also participated in the $5M seed (2019).
Golden Recursion raised through Series A ($14.5M, 2020) before being acquired by ComplyAdvantage in 2024.
Golden was an early bet on AI-assisted knowledge graphs — structured data that could power search, research, and compliance workflows. ComplyAdvantage acquired it for its structured entity data capabilities.
No. Golden Recursion was acquired by ComplyAdvantage in 2024.
Last updated: 2026-07-24