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Moondream

Moondream, founded in 2024 in Seattle, USA, builds open-source AI models that combine vision and language processing to support advanced visual AI applications.

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Total funding $5M📍 Seattle · Seattle MetroFounded 2024

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Moondream, founded in 2024 in Seattle, USA, builds open-source AI models that combine vision and language processing to support advanced visual AI applications. The model is small, running with 1.6 billion parameters, which allows the software to run on phones and edge devices.

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  1. 2026-10-13M&AAcquired by Prime Intellect
  2. 2024-11FundingPre-Seed$5M

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