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April 10, 2026
AfterQuery Hits $100M Revenue Selling Expert Access to AI Labs
Published: April 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Updated: April 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
100-word summary
AfterQuery just closed a $30M Series A at a $300M valuation, led by Altos Ventures. The bigger news: the startup already crossed $100M in revenue run rate since the deal closed months ago. AfterQuery connects AI companies with a network of 100,000 verified professionals across medicine, engineering, law, and finance. The business model speaks to a quiet truth about frontier AI development: even the smartest models need domain experts to tune their outputs. Angel investors include employees from DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft AI. The company plans to expand its expert network and hire across operations and research. Turns out selling human expertise to replace human expertise is very good...
What happened
AfterQuery just closed a $30M Series A at a $300M valuation, led by Altos Ventures. The bigger news: the startup already crossed $100M in revenue run rate since the deal closed months ago. AfterQuery connects AI companies with a network of 100,000 verified professionals across medicine, engineering, law, and finance. The business model speaks to a quiet truth about frontier AI development: even the smartest models need domain experts to tune their outputs. Angel investors include employees from DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft AI. The company plans to expand its expert network and hire across operations and research.
Why it matters
Turns out selling human expertise to replace human expertise is very good business.