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title: "C3.ai: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "ai is an American information technology company specializing in enterprise artificial intelligence. Based in Redwood City, California, the company was founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel and became a public company in 2020 on the New York Stock Exchange."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-c3-ai
type: Organization
wikidata: Q104081972
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C3_AI
website: http://www.c3.ai/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
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# C3.ai

> ai is an American information technology company specializing in enterprise artificial intelligence. Based in Redwood City, California, the company was founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel and became a public company in 2020 on the New York Stock Exchange.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2009-01-01
- Headquarters: Redwood City
- Status: public
- Website: http://www.c3.ai/
- Also known as: C3 AI, C3 Energy, C3 IoT
- Industries: software industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/C3_AI

## Key people

- Thomas Siebel, founder (American businessman)
- Thomas Siebel, chief executive (American businessman)
- Stephen Ehikian, chief executive (deputy Administrator of the GSA, a US agency), since 2025-09-01
- Thomas Siebel, chair (American businessman)

## Funding rounds

From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation.

- 2020-09-15: Form D, USD 50 million sold of a USD 50 million offering, 7 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577526/000124323320000007/))
- 2020-09-15: Form D, USD 69.5 million sold of a USD 69.5 million offering, 1 investor ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577526/000124323320000006/))
- 2020-09-15: Form D, USD 51.8 million sold of a USD 51.9 million offering, 17 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577526/000124323320000005/))
- 2018-03-26: Form D, USD 97 million sold of a USD 97 million offering, 89 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577526/000124323318000005/))
- 2018-03-26: Form D, USD 11.8 million sold of a USD 11.8 million offering, 7 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577526/000124323318000004/))
- 2018-03-26: Form D, USD 105.9 million sold of a USD 139.5 million offering, 14 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577526/000124323318000003/))
- 2013-05-29: Form D, USD 15 million sold of a USD 30 million offering, 3 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577526/000124323313000005/))

## Revenue

- undated: USD 91.6 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 156.7 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 183.2 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 252.8 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 266.8 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 310.6 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 389.1 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 250.3 million (SEC filing)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on C3.ai, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-c3-ai#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104081972, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C3_AI
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001577526

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