Partnering with fal: The Generative Media Company

• Sequoia leads fal’s Series D; platform hosts 400+ generative media models.
• 80% of internet traffic is video — every pixel will eventually be generated.
  • Jensen Huang’s prediction at Sequoia AI Ascent 2023.
• fal offers Day 0 support for new model releases (Sora, Veo, etc.).
  • Shopify, Adobe, Canva, Perplexity already on platform.
• Founders: Burkay Gur (ex-Coinbase ML) + Gorkem Yurtseven (ex-Amazon).
  • Head of Eng: Batuhan Taskaya, youngest-ever Python core developer.
• Thesis: inference layer for AI-first creativity, not a model lab.

Sonya Huang and James Flynn (Sequoia Capital) · 2025-12-09 · Read on sequoiacap.com