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title: "Kleiner Perkins"
type: entity
entity_type: company
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/kleiner-perkins
updated: 2026-10-21T17:00:01.000Z
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# Kleiner Perkins

> Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm founded in 1972 that invests in technology startups.

Source: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4346838)

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/kleiner-perkins

- **Type:** Company
- **Signals:** 6
- **First seen:** Sep 15, 2026
- **Last seen:** Oct 21, 2026

## Recent signals

- [AI Research Startup Flapping Airplanes Valued at $6 Billion in Round](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-research-startup-flapping-airplanes-valued-at-6-billion-in-round-1cd1039e) (Oct 21, 2026)
- [OpenAI's $70B Run Rate Meets AI's Infrastructure Challenge](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openais-70b-run-rate-meets-ais-infrastructure-challenge-5d4fdd43) (Oct 9, 2026)
- [From Anthropic to Waymo: Kleiner Perkins Bets on AI’s Next Act](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/from-anthropic-to-waymo-kleiner-perkins-bets-on-ais-next-act-37337888) (Oct 9, 2026)
- [Sources: Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers to build self-improving AI, is in talks to raise \~$1B led by Kleiner Perkins at a $5B valuation (Bloomberg)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-mirendil-founded-by-former-anthropic-researchers-to-build-self-1f605bf2) (Sep 22, 2026)
- [New York-based AI marketing startup Profound raised a $180M Series D led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins at a $1.8B valuation, taking its total funding to $335M+ (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/new-york-based-ai-marketing-startup-profound-raised-a-180m-series-d-a3f490c1) (Sep 15, 2026)
- [Profound Hits $1.8 Billion Value to Boost Brands in AI Search](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/profound-hits-1-8-billion-value-to-boost-brands-in-ai-search-2b581f42) (Sep 15, 2026)

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