LiveKit Revenue, Valuation, Funding & Investors

LiveKit is valued at $1B as of January 2026.

Last LiveKit valuation

$1B

Series C · Jan 2026

Last LiveKit funding round

$100M

Series C · Jan 2026

LiveKit revenue

$10M

Series B · Apr 2025

Key investors in LiveKit

  • Redpoint
  • Altimeter Capital
  • Hanabi Capital
  • Patrick Chase
  • Satish Dharmaraj
  • Index Ventures

LiveKit Overview

About LiveKit

LiveKit is a San Francisco-based open-source platform enabling developers to integrate real-time voice and video into applications using WebRTC. Its cloud infrastructure supports selective forwarding units for low-latency streaming in teleconferencing, gaming, live events, and agentic AI. LiveKit Agents framework allows building voice AI with LLMs, STT, and TTS, deployed on Kubernetes with global edge network coverage.


Founded

2021

HQ

United StatesSan Jose, CA

Website

livekit.io

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Subscription, Usage-based

Revenue

$10M (Apr 2025)

Valuation

$1B (Jan 2026)

LiveKit Valuation

LiveKit is currently valued at $1B, based on its Series C in January 2026.

The $100M round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Redpoint, Hanabi Capital and Altimeter Capital.

LiveKit's valuation has grown 2.9x from $345M at its Series B in April 2025 to $1B in January 2026, across 2 priced rounds.

LiveKit valuation by funding round

Revenue multiple
LiveKit valuation by funding round
DateStageValuationRevenue Multiple
Jan 2026Series C$1B-
Apr 2025Series B$345M34.5x

LiveKit Revenue

LiveKit's latest recorded revenue is $10M, as of its Series B in April 2025. At a $345M valuation, that implies a 34.5x revenue multiple.

LiveKit revenue by funding round

LiveKit revenue and valuation multiple by funding round
DateRevenue *ValuationRevenue MultipleStage
Apr 2025$10M$345M34.5xSeries B

* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.

LiveKit Funding History

LiveKit has raised a total of $181M across 5 funding rounds.

LiveKit's first fundraising round was a $7M seed round in October 2021. The most recent completed round was a $100M Series C in January 2026.

LiveKit funding rounds

LiveKit funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Jan 2026Series CIndex Ventures (lead); Salesforce Ventures; Redpoint; Hanabi Capital; Altimeter Capital$100M$1BLiveKit, founded in 2021 by Russ d'Sa and David Zhao, provides open-source infrastructure for real-time audio and video applications, evolving into managed cloud services for enterprises amid the voice AI boom. The platform powers OpenAI's ChatGPT voice mode and serves customers including xAI, Salesforce, Tesla, 911 emergency operators, and mental health providers. It enables developers to build low-latency, stateful voice-native applications that maintain context during long sessions, contrasting with traditional stateless web apps. On January 22-23, 2026, LiveKit raised $100 million in a Series C round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Hanabi Capital, and existing investors Altimeter Capital and Redpoint Ventures. The round valued the company at $1 billion post-money, marking unicorn status and bringing total funding to $183 million. This follows a previous raise 10 months prior. The funding supports expansion of LiveKit's global edge network for reduced latency, orchestration for multi-model inference routing, enhanced developer tooling for agent design and simulation, and scaling compute, storage, and network services. The company positions itself as the runtime between foundation models and end-user applications, aiming to make voice AI development as straightforward as web apps. LiveKit anticipates 2026 as a breakout year for voice AI deployment across industries like customer support, healthcare, insurance, and automotive, driven by enterprises adopting voice agents for workflow automation and new revenue streams. Investors see it as critical infrastructure in the AI gold rush, akin to picks and shovels, amid similar high-valuation raises by AI enablers like Databricks.
Apr 2025Series BAltimeter Capital (lead); Redpoint; Hanabi Capital$45M$345MLiveKit is an open-source infrastructure provider for real-time audio and video applications, powering OpenAI's ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode and serving customers like xAI, Salesforce, Tesla, Meta, Spotify, 911 emergency operators, and mental health providers. Founded in 2021 by Russ d'Sa and David Zhao, it evolved from a free developer tool during the Zoom era into managed cloud services for enterprises amid the voice AI boom. The company offers client SDKs, LiveKit Agents for backend orchestration with AI model integrations, handling conversational dynamics like turn detection. In January 2026, LiveKit announced a $100 million Series C funding round at a $1 billion post-money valuation, achieving unicorn status. Index Ventures led the round, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Hanabi Capital, and existing investors Altimeter Capital and Redpoint Ventures. This brings total funding to $183 million, coming 10 months after the April 2025 Series B. The round supports expansion of compute, storage, network services, and scaling for voice-driven and computer vision applications. LiveKit positions itself as the development stack and runtime between foundation models and end-user applications, aiming to make building and scaling voice AI as straightforward as web development. The funding reflects surging demand for voice AI infrastructure, with predictions of broad 2026 deployment across sectors like financial services, healthcare, retail, customer support, education, and robotics. The infrastructure plays a critical role in maturing AI applications, akin to picks-and-shovels investments in AI, similar to Databricks and Cerebras. LiveKit's technology enables low-latency, scalable communication for AI agents that listen, speak, and interact naturally, supporting major AI labs like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic in advancing voice interfaces.
Mar 2024Series AAltimeter Capital (lead); Redpoint; Guillermo Rauch; Amjad Masad; Jeff Dean; Aravind Srinivas$22M--
Sep 2022SeedPatrick Chase (lead); Satish Dharmaraj$7M--
Oct 2021SeedPatrick Chase; Satish Dharmaraj$7M-LiveKit builds an open source platform for real-time communication, enabling engineers to integrate audio and video into applications with minimal code. Redpoint led a $7M seed round announced around December 2021, with participation from angels including Patrick Chase, Satish Dharmaraj, Elad Gil, Justin Kan, Lenny Rachitsky, Adam Draper, Packy McCormick, Emil Ivov, and Cailen d’Sa. The company operates at the intersection of open source and infrastructure, drawing comparisons to investments like Stripe, Twilio, Snowflake, and CockroachDB. LiveKit is written in Go, designed for horizontal scalability, and targets the growing real-time communication market.

Who has invested in LiveKit?

11 investors have backed LiveKit across its funding rounds, including Redpoint, Altimeter Capital, Hanabi Capital, Patrick Chase, Satish Dharmaraj and Index Ventures.

Lead investors include Index Ventures, Altimeter Capital and Patrick Chase.


LiveKit Investors

Investors in LiveKit by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
RedpointUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA3ParticipantMar 2024
Altimeter CapitalUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA3LeadMar 2024
Patrick ChaseUnited StatesUnited States2LeadOct 2021
Hanabi CapitalUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA2ParticipantApr 2025
Satish DharmarajUnited StatesSan Jose, CA2ParticipantOct 2021
Salesforce VenturesUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantJan 2026
Index VenturesUnited KingdomLondon1LeadJan 2026
Guillermo RauchUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantMar 2024
Amjad MasadUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantMar 2024

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LiveKit Competitors

LiveKit competitors include listed companies like Amdocs, Pexip, Agora and Streamwide, and private ones like ZEGOCLOUD and StackBlitz.

Public and private companies comparable to LiveKit
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
ZEGOCLOUDSingaporeSingaporePrivate--$405M-
AmdocsUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$4.5B$922M$6.3B1.5x
PexipNorwayNorwayPublicly listed$118M$29M$819M5.7x
StackBlitzUnited StatesUnited StatesPrivate$40M-$700M17.5x
AgoraChinaChinaPublicly listed$141M$3M$343M0.6x
StreamwideFranceFrancePublicly listed$30M$16M$273M8.2x

LiveKit Public Comps

LiveKit is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Sumavision, Qt Group, Montnets, Cybozu, Teamviewer, Pexip, Harmonic, Vercom, Horizon Quantum and Truecaller.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
Sumavision$109M$11M6.4x-62.7x-
Qt Group$249M$62M4.3x3.9x17.3x16.0x
Montnets$389M($17M)2.5x-(55.5x)-
Cybozu$241M$84M3.4x3.1x9.8x9.2x
Teamviewer$860M$310M2.5x2.5x7.0x5.9x
Pexip$118M$29M6.6x5.7x26.6x18.6x
Harmonic$361M$24M3.0x2.3x46.2x11.9x
Vercom$125M$34M5.9x5.2x21.8x18.2x

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Common questions about LiveKit

When was LiveKit founded?LiveKit was founded in 2021.
Where is LiveKit headquartered?LiveKit is headquartered in San Jose, CA, United States.
Is LiveKit publicly listed?No, LiveKit is a private, VC-backed company.
What is LiveKit's valuation?LiveKit was last valued at $1B in its Series C in January 2026.
How much funding has LiveKit raised?LiveKit has raised $181M across 5 funding rounds.
What was LiveKit's last funding round?LiveKit's last funding round was a $100M Series C in January 2026, led by Index Ventures.
Who are LiveKit's investors?LiveKit's investors include Redpoint, Altimeter Capital, Patrick Chase, Hanabi Capital, Satish Dharmaraj, Salesforce Ventures, Index Ventures, Guillermo Rauch, Amjad Masad, Jeff Dean and 1 other.
What is LiveKit's revenue?LiveKit's latest recorded revenue is $10M (April 2025).
What is LiveKit's revenue multiple?LiveKit's latest valuation implies a 34.5x revenue multiple ($345M valuation on $10M of revenue).
Which companies are comparable to LiveKit?Companies comparable to LiveKit include ZEGOCLOUD, Amdocs, Pexip, StackBlitz, Agora and Streamwide.

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