AfterQuery is an applied research lab founded in January 2025 that curates high-quality, expert-generated data solutions to accelerate frontier foundation model development. The company works with a n
AfterQuery is an applied research lab founded in January 2025 that curates high-quality, expert-generated data solutions to accelerate frontier foundation model development. The company works with a network of nearly 100,000 verified domain experts (developers, attorneys, doctors, financial analysts) to produce post-training datasets, reinforcement learning environments, and evaluation suites. AfterQuery surpassed $100 million in annual revenue run rate shortly before closing a $30M Series A in April 2026 at a $300 million post-money valuation. Its mission is to make expertise that 'once took a lifetime to build available to anyone'.
Total raised
$30.5M
Last stage
Series A
Investors
Spencer Mateega
Age 23 at time of Series A (April 2026). Completed his final college quarter while simultaneously in YC W25, describing spending 'only one percent of my time studying'. Previously interned at Meta and Google as a software engineer, and worked at Silver Lake (Technology Private Equity) and Morgan Stanley (Technology Investment Banking).
LinkedInEthan Liu
Co-authored the VADER benchmark. Also affiliated with Berkeley RISE Lab and BAIR (Berkeley AI Research).
LinkedInCarlos Georgescu
Age 22 at time of Series A. Dropped out of Columbia University to co-found AfterQuery. Previously interned at Meta and Google as a software engineer and worked at Citadel Securities. Prior to AfterQuery, led an ed-tech startup in Vancouver connecting college students to high-school students learning computer science, incubated through Canada's League of Innovators.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
Danny Tang
Met Spencer Mateega in high school where they built a startup together. Background in investment banking and a prior startup sale. Named in early-stage materials and YC launch (January 2026) but does not appear in the company's most recent official communications as of April 2026.
Austin Wang
Co-authored the VADER benchmark.
Andy Ren
Previously interned at Meta (Android + AI at Facebook Video). Joined AfterQuery in October 2025.
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