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General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI

Tuesday, August 11, 2026


General Catalyst led a $1.1 billion funding round for River AI, a startup founded by Igor Babuschkin, who previously served as co-founder at xAI. The funding round occurred approximately two months after the company's founding. River AI is developing personal agent technology.

Original reporting: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/general-catalyst-leads-1-1b-round-into-2-month-old-river-ai/

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