Datacurve raises $15M in Series A funding led by Chemistry to enhance high-quality coding data as competition intensifies in the AI sector.

Oct 10, 2025•2 months ago

Amount Raised

$15 Million

Round Type

series a

San Franciscoinformation technology & servicesSoftwareManufacturing

Investors

Chemistry

Description

Datacurve, a YC W24 startup, has closed a $15 million Series A led by Mark Goldberg at Chemistry. This funding will support the development of expert-quality coding datasets amidst rising competition in the AI industry. The company has now raised a total of $17.7 million following a $2.7 million seed round. With a gamified contributor platform, Datacurve aims to recruit skilled programmers to improve code data evaluations.

Company Information

Company

Datacurve

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Datacurve is a startup that specializes in manufacturing expert-quality coding data. Founded by Serena Ge and Charley Lee, the company is focused on providing high-quality code datasets, private benchmarks, and agentic traces through a gamified contributor platform. Datacurve graduated from Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch and has raised a total of $17.7 million in funding. They utilize a bounty-based platform to recruit skilled programmers for various algorithmic and debugging tasks.

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