Series D Date: June 2019 Amount Raised: $250 million Valuation: $4 billion (post) Series E Date: January 2021 Amount Raised: $155 million Valuation: $5 billion (post)

More pain likely for investors long traditional venture software

Valuation headwinds should intensify as AI scales, since many firms lean on claiming to be "AI enabled" instead of pursuing clean-sheet designs that could displace existing traction.

No claim about business quality is being made (the metrics below look strong), but it's observable that 2020–2024 venture rounds were an aberration, roughly 50% above sustainable levels.

The company's current valuation is under $4.3B, even though every fundraising round since 2019 priced higher.

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