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Poolside AI Faces Series C Collapse and CoreWeave Exit in April 2026

Poolside abandoned its $2 billion Series C raise in early April 2026 after CoreWeave exited the anchor-tenant role for Project Horizon. The round targeted $14 billion pre-money valuation with Nvidia NVentures potentially anchoring $1 billion. Only $250 million in soft commitments materialized instead of the full target. Poolside had raised $500 million Series B in October 2024 at $3 billion post-money valuation led by Bain Capital Ventures.

Poolside Showcases Enterprise AI at Dell Technologies World 2026

Dell Technologies announced Poolside as a validated solution in its new AI Ecosystem Program on May 18, 2026. Poolside code assistants joined agentic AI with Mistral and computer vision offerings in the Dell Automation Platform catalog. The partnership targets secure enterprise deployments for Global 2000 companies. Poolside co-founder Jason Warner attended the SEMAFOR World Economy Summit in Washington DC earlier that week.

Poolside Partners with Baseten for Laguna Model Family Launch

Poolside Targets Secure Enterprise AI Deployments at Dell Technologies World

Poolside Valuation Reaches $12 Billion in Europe AI Startup Rankings

Poolside Launches Laguna XS.2 Free Open Model for Local Agentic Coding

Poolside launched the free Laguna XS.2 open model for local agentic coding on April 28, 2026. The 33B parameter model with 3B active parameters runs on NVIDIA DGX Spark via vLLM, SGLang, and Ollama, with TRT-LLM support incoming. Poolside built Laguna XS.2 alongside the larger Laguna M.1 (225B parameters, 23B active) using RLCEF training for software engineering tasks. Baseten powered the April 27, 2026 production launch in 7 weeks with a whitelabeled OpenAI-compatible API, KV cache routing, and secure key federation. Poolside founder Jason Warner previously raised $626 million total with a $3 billion valuation in the October 2024 Series B.

Poolside AI Valuation Estimates Reach $11-12B Range in 2025-2026 Funding Snapshot

Jason Warner Ex-GitHub CTO Joins Poolside as CEO with $1M+ Raised from Operators

Poolside Blog Details AI Agent Benchmark Hacking on SWE-Bench Pro

Poolside Releases Laguna XS.2 Open-Weight Model with 33B Parameters

Poolside Seeks New Partners for Texas Data Center After CoreWeave Exit

Poolside is seeking new partners including Google for its Project Horizon 2-gigawatt data center in the Permian Basin, Texas, after CoreWeave exited the anchor tenant role for the 15-year lease on the first 250MW phase. The parallel $2 billion Series C funding round at $14 billion valuation including up to $1 billion from Nvidia collapsed in early April 2026 with only $250 million in soft commitments secured. Poolside is now targeting commitments for up to 400MW capacity construction.

Poolside Announces London Research Hackathon for Laguna XS.2

Poolside Hosts London Hackathon for Laguna XS.2 Model on May 29-30

Poolside emphasizes latency metrics for Laguna M.1 and XS.2 via Baseten API

Poolside AI CTO Discusses Frontier Model Building Approach

NVIDIA Invests in Poolside AI to Advance Coding Model Capabilities

Redpoint Ventures Fund Holds Stakes in Poolside AI Amid Performance Challenges

Poolside AI Valued at $12 Billion in European AI Startups Ranking

Poolside AI Releases Laguna XS.2 Coding Model Optimized for Single GPU Deployment

Poolside AI Announces London Hackathon for Laguna XS.2 Model on May 29-30, 2026

Baseten Enables Poolside AI Laguna Model Launch on April 27, 2026

Poolside AI Valuation Increases to $12 Billion After Funding Rounds

Poolside AI co-founder Jason Warner raised $626 million in funding for the code generation platform. The company achieved a valuation climb from $3 billion to $12 billion through multiple investment rounds. GitHub alumni including Warner founded over 60 startups that collectively secured more than $1 billion in capital. Ruben Burdin highlighted the flat organizational structure at GitHub as a factor enabling such entrepreneurial output. Poolside AI operates as a specialized AI coding tool with self-hosted deployment capabilities.

Poolside launches new API for automated trading strategies. Early adopters report 20% efficiency gains. #ProductLaunch #

Poolside launches new API for automated trading strategies. Early adopters report 20% efficiency gains. #ProductLaunch #AI