# PreIPO Feed – AI Lab Funding Rounds

> PreIPO Feed – AI Lab Funding Rounds is a paid API for AI agents from preipo-feed.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-16).

Returns structured JSON of funding round data for major AI labs (OpenAI, Anthropic) including round sizes, post-money valuations, tender offers, IPO targets, and source verification grades.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://preipo-feed.vercel.app/preipo/funding-rounds?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/preipo-feed-ai-lab-funding-rounds-266b277f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_fGqzyRY2BONXNPlxSiaMi

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability preipo-feed-ai-lab-funding-rounds-266b277f
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest AI lab funding rounds data — I want to see round sizes, post-money valuations, any rounds in talks, and employee tender offers for OpenAI and Anthropic, along with the source URLs and how verified each figure is.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, sourced funding round data specifically for OpenAI and Anthropic — including round sizes, valuations, tender offers, and IPO targets — with source URLs and verification grades. Prefer this over general financial APIs when you need AI-lab-specific pre-IPO intelligence with provenance metadata.

## Known failure modes

- Data may be stale if no new funding events have occurred recently
- Verification grade may be 'reported' rather than primary, indicating unconfirmed figures
- Payment failure (402) if x402 USDC payment of $0.01 is not properly submitted
- Empty results if queried company is not covered (only OpenAI and Anthropic are tracked)
- Network timeout on Vercel cold starts

## How this service works

AI lab funding rounds and valuations as JSON (OpenAI, Anthropic): round size, post-money valuation, rounds in talks, employee tender offers, IPO valuation targets, strategic investor commitments. Each row keeps its source URL, verification grade (primary/secondary/reported) and value type.

## Output

A JSON array of funding round records, each containing: company (OpenAI or Anthropic), round size, post-money valuation, round status (closed/in talks), employee tender offer details, IPO valuation targets, strategic investor commitments, source URL, verification grade (primary/secondary/reported), and value type.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/preipo-feed-ai-lab-funding-rounds-266b277f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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