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Downstream.ai, Inc.

LAFAYETTE · AI / ML · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Downstream.ai, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$920K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 30%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Apr 07 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Downstream.ai, Inc. looks over-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the ai/ml sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 3.57× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed AI / ML companies in 2016–2018 (20 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in AI / ML

Downstream.ai, Inc. is one of 2067 AI / ML companies tracked from LAFAYETTE. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 71% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

ai/ml

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
10
Investors (latest)
2017
Year incorporated
2017-04-07
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$25M$50M$75M$100MPre-Seed · 2017-04-07 Raised $920K (real) Modeled valuation $51M (est)$920K$51MPre-Seed2017

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Pre-Seed$920K · 2017

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$50.8M
Base estimate est.
$601K
Conservative case
$575.7M
Upside case
$5.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the ai/ml sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
29%
Survival probability
12% low · 54% high
1.80×/yr
Annual markup
2.44×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
ai/ml
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
9.2 yr
On record since
2017
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2067 companies in AI / ML. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$920K
Sector median$4.7M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.6× above median
This company$920K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.8× above median
This company$50.8M
Sector median$27.9M

Raised more than 71% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 85% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #1 of 20.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Magic AI Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $674K · modeled $37.2M (est)Animated Intelligence, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $615K · modeled $33.9M (est)Aerobotics · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $33.1M (est)Faire Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $575K · modeled $31.7M (est)SAM AI, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $506K · modeled $27.9M (est)Lore LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $381K · modeled $21.0M (est)Mercantile AI Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $301K · modeled $16.6M (est)Kenzai Intelligent Systems Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $300K · modeled $16.6M (est)Glia Intelligence Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $266K · modeled $14.7M (est)G360 Intelligence, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $250K · modeled $13.8M (est)XLabs AI LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $250K · modeled $13.8M (est)Downstream.ai, Inc. (this company) Raised $920K · modeled $50.8M (est)Downstream.ai, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Downstream.ai, Inc. this companyPre-Seed$920K$50.8M3.57×
Magic AI CorpPre-Seed$674K$37.2M2.61×
Animated Intelligence, Inc.Pre-Seed$615K$33.9M2.38×
AeroboticsPre-Seed$600K$33.1M2.33×
Faire Inc.Pre-Seed$575K$31.7M2.23×
SAM AI, Inc.Pre-Seed$506K$27.9M1.96×
Lore LLCPre-Seed$381K$21.0M1.48×
Mercantile AI CorpPre-Seed$301K$16.6M1.17×
Kenzai Intelligent Systems Inc.Pre-Seed$300K$16.6M1.16×
Glia Intelligence Inc.Pre-Seed$266K$14.7M1.03×
G360 Intelligence, Inc.Pre-Seed$250K$13.8M0.97×
XLabs AI LLCPre-Seed$250K$13.8M0.97×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Pre-Seed$920K2017-04-07$5.1M$50.8M90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Pre-Seed$920K2017-04-07
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 10 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.5M
Modeled next size est.range $957K$2.4M
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Minglei Xu1 other2017-04
Austin Yeakel2017-04
Brendan Lyall2017-04
Jianfeng Wang2017-04
Paul Casas2017-04
Registry & provenance

Downstream.ai, Inc. is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1704406
SEC CIK
2017
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Downstream.ai, Inc. raised?
Downstream.ai, Inc. has raised approximately $920K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Downstream.ai, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Downstream.ai, Inc. is approximately $50.8M (modeled range $601K–$575.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Downstream.ai, Inc. at?
Downstream.ai, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Apr 07.
What does Downstream.ai, Inc. do and where is it based?
Downstream.ai, Inc. operates in the AI / ML sector, based in LAFAYETTE.
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