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Status AI funding, valuation and investors

Gamified social app where users create worlds and characters — 13M+ worlds built.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Seed + Series A

$17M · May 2026

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$17M

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

Current status

private

series a · New York, New York

Investors in latest funding

Other: General Catalyst , Union Square Ventures , Y Combinator

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

Overview

Status AI builds gamified social entertainment where users create interactive worlds and characters rather than passive posts. The New York company raised $17M combined seed and Series A in May 2026 from Abstract, General Catalyst, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, and LightShed Partners per TechCrunch. Coverage cites 13M+ worlds created and 5M+ character profiles.

Why Status AI is interesting

Status AI's $17M from USV, GC, and YC backs immersive social entertainment over feed scrolling — 13M+ worlds and 5M+ character profiles show creation-depth engagement.

Product & use cases

Immersive social entertainment platform for user-generated worlds, characters, and interactive social experiences beyond traditional feeds.

  • User-created social worlds and character roleplay
  • Gamified social engagement for Gen-Z audiences
  • Interactive entertainment replacing passive feed scrolling

Key facts

  • Seed + Series A (May 2026): $17M (TechCrunch)
  • 13M+ worlds created; 5M+ character profiles per coverage
  • Investors: USV, General Catalyst, YC, Abstract
  • NYC gamified social entertainment

Funding history (newest first)

Seed + Series A

2026-05 $17M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/gamified-social-media-network-status-announces-17m-funding-to-help-usher-in-new-era-of-social-networking/

Investors in our directory

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

General Catalyst Union Square Ventures

Competitive landscape

Edge: Creation-depth metrics (13M+ worlds) vs. vanity download counts — immersive social category claim.

Consumer social is brutally competitive with network effects. Status wins only if creation loops retain cohorts; USV/GC alignment signals category bet on immersive social, not incremental feed features.

  • Roblox incumbent

    UGC gaming platform at massive scale; Status more social entertainment.

  • Discord adjacent

    Community platform; less world-creation focus.

  • TikTok incumbent

    Feed-based social incumbent Status positions against.

Notable stories

  • USV and GC co-invest on immersive social, not another feed algorithm tweak.
  • 13M worlds metric signals creation-depth engagement thesis.

Industries

Consumer Media & Entertainment AI & Machine Learning

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Status AI announced $17 million in combined seed and Series A funding in May 2026, per TechCrunch.
Investors included Abstract, General Catalyst, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, and LightShed Partners, per TechCrunch.
Immersive social entertainment platform for user-generated worlds, characters, and interactive social experiences beyond traditional feeds.
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Stage: series-a; status: private.
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