Key People
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Eric HoFounder
Co-Founder & CEO
2023 – present
Co-founded Goodfire; previously co-founded RippleMatch (applied AI startup). Series B raised $150M at $1.25B valuation in February 2026.
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Daniel BalsamFounder
Co-Founder & CTO
2023 – present
Co-founded Goodfire; previously founding engineer and Head of AI at RippleMatch.
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Josh Lee
COO
2023 – present
Chief Operating Officer; oversees operations, organizational growth, and go-to-market strategies.
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Thomas McGrathFounder
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
2023 – present
Co-founded Goodfire; heads research; previously Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind where he founded their interpretability team; PhD.
Funding History
3Series BFeb 2026
$150Mat $1.3B valuationLed by B Capital
Series B of $150M at $1.25B post-money valuation (unicorn). Lead: B Capital. Other investors: Juniper Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed, South Park Commons, Wing Venture Capital, DFJ Growth, Salesforce Ventures, Eric Schmidt. See also: https://www.goodfire.ai/blog/our-series-b
prnewswire.comSeries AApr 2025
$50MLed by Menlo Ventures
Series A of $50M. Lead: Menlo Ventures (Deedy Das). Other investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Anthropic, B Capital, Work-Bench, Wing, South Park Commons. Valuation not disclosed. See also: https://www.goodfire.ai/blog/announcing-our-50m-series-a
prnewswire.comSeedAug 2024
$7MLed by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Seed round of $7M. Lead: Lightspeed Venture Partners (Nnamdi Iregbulem). Other investors: Menlo Ventures, South Park Commons, Work-Bench, Juniper Ventures, Mythos Ventures, Bluebirds Capital, unnamed angels. Valuation not disclosed.
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