fundraise receipt · ai
frontrun flagged Applied Compute 49 days before its $80M round
tl;dr: Applied Compute announced $80M on Apr 8, 2026, led by Kleiner Perkins. frontrun flagged the company on Feb 18, 2026, when it had 4,238 followers, 49 days before the announcement.
what Applied Compute raised
Applied Compute (@appliedcompute · appliedcompute.com) announced $80M on Apr 8, 2026, led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Elad Gil, Lux, Greenoaks, Neo, Hanabi. verified against appliedcompute.com.
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how we knew 49 days early
frontrun watches the follow graphs of 2,000+ tracked venture investors on X. on Feb 18, 2026, tracked investors began following Applied Compute, which had 4,238 followers at the time. that convergence was logged that day. the round landed 49 days later.
27 tracked investors follow Applied Compute today, and the account has grown to 7,766 followers. that count is public. which investors they are, and the day each one followed, is what the product shows.
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other rounds we called early
Mirage $75M (49d early) · Blaise $500K (50d early) · ZeroClick $55M (48d early) · Upbit Global $53B (50d early) · Uniblock $5.2M (48d early)
data updated Sep 9, 2026 · Applied Compute signal page · every round we called early · trending this week