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LiveKitUnicorn · $1–2B
Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Jose, California, LiveKit Inc. is a software company providing real-time video, audio, and data infrastructure for developers.
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LiveKit at a glance
LiveKit is a cloud infrastructure company headquartered in United States. It has raised at least $29.2M across the 3 funding rounds on record, 2 of them with a disclosed amount. Its most recent funding round, Series B, closed in April 2025. Xcout recorded 72 job postings from LiveKit in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Salesforce, OpenAI API, GitHub.
LiveKit funding rounds
At least $29.2M raised across the 3 rounds on record (2 with a disclosed amount). Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | Undisclosed | — | |
| — | $21.9M | 5 named | |
| SEC Form D filing | $7.3M | — |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at LiveKit
Xcout recorded 72 job postings from LiveKit in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since May 2026.
Tools named in LiveKit's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see LiveKit's hiring signals →
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 20 job postings in the last 8 weeks (17 Aug – 11 Oct 2026), compared with 260 startup technology companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often LiveKit’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
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Tech stack
LiveKit competitors
A few of LiveKit's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
Daily provides real-time voice, video, and AI infrastructure for developers. The company offers global WebRTC capabilities, video SDKs, and Pipecat, an open-source framework for building conversational voice and multimodal AI agents.
TalkJS provides chat APIs and pre-built UI SDKs for developers to integrate real-time messaging and AI support into web and mobile applications.
Weavy provides collaboration infrastructure and drop-in UI components for software applications, including real-time chat, threaded feeds, file synchronization, and AI copilots. The platform offers customizable SDKs compatible with multiple front-end frameworks and supports both managed cloud and self-hosted backend deployments for developers and enterprises.
Pusher provides hosted APIs and messaging infrastructure that enable developers to build scalable realtime features and push notifications into their applications.
RevenueCat is a software development company that provides a platform for mobile app developers to power in-app purchases, manage customer data, and grow revenue across iOS, Android, and the web. Headquartered in Brandon, Florida, the company supports many of the world's leading apps.
Plivo is a technology company founded in 2011, profitable since 2015, with a mission to simplify customer engagement. It serves over 190 countries, handling more than 1 billion API requests per month, and offers AI agents, voice, and SMS APIs from its Austin, Texas headquarters.
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More on LiveKit in Xcout Intel
- 3 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access