Trajectory secures 45 million dollars in series funding at 300 million valuation

Artificial intelligence startup Trajectory raised 45 million dollars to automate domain-specific model fine-tuning and reduce reliance on specialized technical consultants.

FTMQ Startups, written by our newsroom3 November 2026 at 00:010 views

TechCrunch reported that artificial intelligence startup Trajectory raised 45 million dollars in funding, valuing the company at 300 million dollars. The one-year-old company automates the fine-tuning process for artificial intelligence models, allowing nontechnical experts in specialized fields like law and finance to help models learn from feedback. [1]

The startup was founded by three former Stanford University classmates who previously worked at Google DeepMind and Apple, according to TechCrunch. Trajectory aims to replace the need for internal research teams or costly forward-deployed engineers who manually adapt general models built by providers such as OpenAI and Anthropic. [1]

Adapting models for specialized domains remains a crucial operational challenge across tech sectors. As artificial intelligence companies increasingly apply automated tools to software engineering and research, human technical work still presents a operational bottleneck. [1][2]

Trajectory raised 45 million dollars at a 300 million dollar valuation.
The company was founded one year ago by three Stanford classmates from Google DeepMind and Apple.
Trajectory automates model fine-tuning to reduce reliance on expensive technical consultants.

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[1]Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical expertsTechCrunch, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)

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[2]Recursive self-improvement on Wikipedia
[3]Trajectory on Grokipedia

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