How much did White Circle raise?

White Circle raised $11M at Seed, announced 12 May 2026.

Who founded White Circle?

Denis Shilov is Founder & CEO of White Circle.

What does White Circle do?

White Circle operates in AI & Machine Learning and is based in France.

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White Circle raises $11M

White Circle announced a Seed round of $11M on 12 May 2026. The company operates in AI & Machine Learning and is based in France. It was founded by Denis Shilov, Founder & CEO.

Raised

$11M

Stage

Seed

Industry

AI & Machine Learning

Country

France

Founder

Denis Shilov

Founder & CEO, White Circle

LinkedIn profile whitecircle.ai

Outreach angles

-Denis Shilov went viral in 2024 after bypassing the safety filters of every major AI model with a single prompt.
-He has also been head of product and tech at Nim Video and co-founded Synthical AI.
-The $11M seed draws backers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and Hugging Face to build a real-time AI control layer for enterprises.