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AfterQuery

Pays credentialed specialists to produce expert reasoning data used to train AI models.

AI infraFounded 2025Founders: Spencer Mateega, Carlos Georgescu
Last verified Sep 2, 2026

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Valuation
$3.2B
As of Sep 2, 2026Decrypt

Company Snapshot

AfterQuery is a AI infra company, founded 2025 by Spencer Mateega, Carlos Georgescu. Latest valuation $3.2B (As of Sep 2, 2026, Decrypt).

Recent changes

  1. Sep 2, 2026First reported valuation: $3.2B Decrypt
  2. Sep 1, 2026AfterQuery Becomes YC's Fastest-Ever Unicorn at $3.2B Pulse story
  3. Apr 2026Raised $30M Series A at a $300M valuation Decrypt

Funding History

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DateEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Apr 1, 2026Series A$30M$300M
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Latest Pulse

  1. The 10x Markup in Five Months Is the Real StoryAfterQuery went from a $300 million post-money in April to a reported $3.2 billion in September. I think the interesting number is not the valuation but the interval, and what it says about who is actually setting prices in AI services.โ†’
  2. AfterQuery Becomes YC's Fastest-Ever Unicorn at $3.2BAfterQuery, which pays doctors and lawyers to train AI models, reportedly hit a $3.2 billion valuation just five months after its $30 million Series A -- the fastest run from launch to unicorn in Y Combinator's history.โ†’

Coverage Timeline

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  1. FUNDINGThe 10x Markup in Five Months Is the Real Storyโ†’
  2. FUNDINGAfterQuery Becomes YC's Fastest-Ever Unicorn at $3.2Bโ†’

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