companies / absurd-com
Generated UTC · publication cutoff 2026-11-09
Insufficient cited evidence for a two-sentence summary.
verified=2026-09-27 json
| total_raised | 1,000,0001.0M | ○ |
|---|---|---|
| founded | 2025 | |
| hq | United States | |
| industry | unknown | |
| stage | seed |
Absurd produces AI-generated brand and performance video ads at scale, turning briefs into production-quality videos in about 72 hours. It is built for consumer and tech brands like Hims, Kalshi, Replit, and Brex needing high-volume creative. Its differentiator is speed and reach, averaging hundreds of thousands of organic views per run.
No cited completed company acquisition recorded.
Dated disclosures. Customer relationships and classifications are historical; ARR is separate from revenue.
No cited disclosure recorded: named customer, disclosed revenue, ARR, count, B2B / B2C, sector, go-to-market.
No cited valuation with an explicit basis is recorded.
Historical post-money / actual annual or stated TTM revenue. Same currency; economic valuation date within 90 days of revenue period end, inclusive. No FX, ARR, annualized revenue, estimates or projections. Conflicts and ambiguous ties are withheld.
No qualifying pair recorded.
| date | type | amount | lead | src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 | seed | 1,000,0001.0M | null | ○ |
| person | role | src |
|---|---|---|
| Damian Chng | founder | YC |
| Daniel Kathein | founder | YC |
| Philip Ho | ceo | YC |
| Philip Ho | founder | YC |
| investor | src |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | ○ |
Vercel, React
| fact | status | src |
|---|---|---|
| Seed, $1.0M | attributed | ○ |
| existence | sourced | YC |
| description | self-reported | WEB |
| date | fact | change | src |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27latest_round: seed, $1.0M, 2025-09-01, lead: yc → seed, $1.0M, 2025-09-01, lead: null, ○ 2026-09-27 | latest_round | seed, $1.0M, 2025-09-01, lead: yc → seed, $1.0M, 2025-09-01, lead: null | ○ 2026-09-27 |
| 2026-09-24provenance_existence: self-reported → sourced, YC 2026-09-17 | provenance_existence | self-reported → sourced | YC 2026-09-17 |
Records begin 2026-09-24. all_changes