Real-time voice, video, and AI infrastructure — the engine behind ChatGPT voice mode.
LiveKit is the open-source real-time infrastructure for voice, video, and AI — powering OpenAI's ChatGPT voice mode and a broad range of multimodal AI agents. Its stack spans the open-source WebRTC SDKs, LiveKit Cloud (a global media network), the LiveKit Agents voice-AI framework, and SIP / telephony. Raised a $100M Series C in January 2026 led by Index Ventures at a $1B valuation (unicorn), following a $45M Series B at $345M in April 2025.
AI📍 San Francisco, USAFounded 2021
Current Valuation
$1.0B
as of 2026-Q1
UNICORN
QL Price
$1.1B
+7% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for LiveKit, published 2026-09-21 — above the last disclosed round of $1.0B (2026-Q1).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$1.0B
2026-Q1
weight 0.72
Secondary market print
$1.1B
2026-06-27
weight 0.6
How this price has held up
No round has priced for LiveKit since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-09-21 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is LiveKit going public?
No. LiveKit is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is LiveKit's valuation in 2026?
LiveKit is valued at $1.0B as of 2026-Q1, set by its Series C ($100M, Jan 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has LiveKit filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for LiveKit.
Who are LiveKit's investors?
LiveKit's investors include Index Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Hanabi Capital.
Can you buy LiveKit stock?
No. LiveKit is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for LiveKit on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Russ D'Sa
Founded
2021
HQ
San Francisco, USA
Employees
~100
Total Raised
$183M
Last Round
Series C — $100M (Jan 2026) · Lead: Index Ventures
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series C · $100M · 8 mo ago
privateTotal raised $183M2 disclosed rounds
Series C Impact
Round Size
$100M
Primary financing announced
Post-Money Valuation
$1.0B
Company-announced mark
Valuation Step-Up
+189.9%
vs Series B at $345M
Round / Post-Money
10.0%
New capital ÷ post-money
Disclosed Funding
$183M
Cumulative disclosed rounds
Step-up compares disclosed post-money valuations. Round / post-money is a financing-size ratio, not an ownership or dilution estimate.
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$4.04
Last round price / share
$3.52
vs last round
+14.8%
Open interest
1
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Growth & Valuation
Valuation across funding rounds
Capital raised per round
Charts built from publicly disclosed funding rounds and revenue estimates. Approximate, not real-time, not investment advice.
Funding History
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series C
$100M
Jan 2026
Index Ventures
$1.0B
Series B
$45M
Apr 2025
Altimeter Capital
$345M
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
4
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
967,213
across all models
Followers
133
Top model
turn-detector
967,148 downloads / 30d
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "LiveKit" as of 2026-09-18. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-14% vs 2026-08
Open roles
31
via ashby
Product-build share
74%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
heavy product build — 74% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 15 of 31 open roles are engineering.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Counted from LiveKit's live job board as of 2026-09-16; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Russ D'SaDavid Zhao
Investors
Index Ventures · Altimeter Capital · Redpoint Ventures · Salesforce Ventures · Hanabi Capital
Products
LiveKit Cloud
LiveKit Agents (voice AI framework)
Open-source WebRTC SDKs
SIP / telephony
Competitors
Daily · Agora · Twilio · Vonage · Pipecat
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.