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Venture Capital · October 15, 2026 · 1 min read

Gradient, the Google-Backed AI Investor, Raises $220 Million

Fortune's March report says a fund nobody took seriously in 2017 has now raised a much larger vehicle.

Gradient, the Google-Backed AI Investor, Raises $220 Million

Gradient, the AI-focused venture firm backed by Google, raised $220 million, Fortune reported on March 17, under the headline that the Google-backed AI investors nobody took seriously in 2017 had raised the new fund. The headline is the detail we can confirm.

Corporate-linked funds are one of several types of AI investor, alongside sovereign vehicles like MGX's $49 billion fund and traditional firms such as Bessemer and Kleiner Perkins.

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