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▶ 0:19 · $ENCORD · $WELLINGTON-MANAGEMENT · Encord raises $60M Series C led by Wellington Management to scale universal AI data layer
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Encord has just raised a $60m Series C: An interview with Co-CEO and Co-founder Eric Landau

2026-02-26 · 8 company · 7 thematic
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eric landau

Former particle physicist and quantitative trader of 10 years who left finance during COVID to build Encord, a data infrastructure platform for physical AI. Believes AI is the generational platform shift comparable to early internet.

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“we're announcing our series C $60 million series C led by Wellington management brings our total funding to $110 million... we're at a bit of an inflection point where a lot of the AI workflows that were happening in kind of digital spaces…”
—eric landau
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$ENCORDbullish· high· poseric landau
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$PICKLE-ROBOTneutral· loweric landau
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