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This CB Insights page provides business intelligence on Goodfire AI, a startup commercializing mechanistic interpretability tools; useful for tracking the organizational landscape around safety-relevant interpretability research.

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CB Insights profile page for Goodfire AI, a company focused on AI interpretability and mechanistic analysis of neural networks. Goodfire develops tools to understand and steer AI model behavior at the feature level, building on advances in sparse autoencoders and related interpretability research.

Key Points

  • Goodfire AI is a startup specializing in AI interpretability, particularly mechanistic interpretability techniques
  • The company develops tools for understanding and controlling AI model internals, including feature-level steering
  • CB Insights provides funding, investor, and business intelligence data about the company
  • Goodfire's work is closely related to safety-relevant research on understanding what neural networks represent internally
  • The company represents a commercialization effort around interpretability research with potential AI safety applications

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## Founded Year

2024

## Stage

Series B \| Alive

## Total Raised

$207.25M

## Valuation

$0000View

## Last Raised

$150M \| 1 mo ago

## Mosaic Score      The Mosaic Score is an algorithm that measures the overall financial health and market potential of private companies.

+37 points in the past 30 days

## About Goodfire

Goodfire focuses on the study and design of AI systems within the technology sector. The company provides a mechanistic interpretability API named Ember, which aids in understanding AI models. Goodfire serves sectors that require AI model interpretability and alignment, such as AI development and research organizations. Goodfire was formerly known as ClearLine AI. It was founded in 2024 and is based in San Francisco, California.

## Headquarters Location

1265 Battery Street Suite 300

San Francisco, California, 94111,

United States

503-887-2891

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## ESPs containing Goodfire

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[AI interpretability](https://www.cbinsights.com/esp/enterprise-tech/development/ai-interpretability)

Enterprise Tech / Development

The AI interpretability market focuses on researching and understanding the inner workings of artificial intelligence models. Also known as mechanistic interpretability, these solutions aim to reverse-engineer neural networks, analyze model behavior, and identify the internal mechanisms behind AI outputs. Companies in this market are developing platforms for debugging AI models, discovering hidden…

Goodfire named as Challenger among 6 other companies, including [Anthropic](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/anthropic/), [OpenAI](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/openai/), and [Guide Labs](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/guide-labs/).

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## Expert Collections containing Goodfire

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Goodfire is included in **2 Expert Collections,** including **Artificial Intelligence (AI)**.

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## Latest Goodfire News

[\[YC/시드\] AI 모델 내부를 직접 제어한다— 엔배리언트의 해석 가능성 SDK](https://wowtale.net/2026/03/11/255470/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campai

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