Persona AI's SEC filing shows $65.4M sold toward a $142M offering

Persona AI reported securities sales of $65,363,626 in a Form D filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 14 September 2026 [1][2]. The notice lists an offering amount of $141,964,814, 46 investors and a first sale on 28 August 2026 [2]. These figures describe the offering at the time of filing, rather than an October fundraising update [1][2].

The company claimed the Rule 506(b) exemption in the notice; the form does not disclose a valuation [2]. Separately, Persona announced a $27 million pre-seed round on 14 May 2025, naming Unity Growth and Tides Ventures as co-leads [3]. Its company profile identifies it as privately held and founded in 2024, while its own website confirms a Houston headquarters and a focus on industrial humanoids [6][7].

Industrial development context

Smart Maritime Network reported in March 2026 that HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), HD Hyundai Robotics and Persona AI had signed a joint development agreement for a shipyard welding humanoid [4]. The report assigns the bipedal platform to Persona, welding-training technology and shipyard-data AI work to HD KSOE, and system integration plus quality analysis and control systems to HD Hyundai Robotics [4].

The earlier May 2025 memorandum also included Vazil Company [8]. That announcement targeted prototype completion by the end of 2026 and field testing and commercialization beginning in 2027; those dates were plans made in 2025 [8]. The March report describes a prototype judged technically useful, rather than confirming commercial deployment [4].

Database record

We added Persona AI as a company, including its official website, founding year, headquarters and the dated offering figures [1][2][5][6][7]. Total funding and valuation remain unknown in the record: the reviewed filing gives an offering amount and sales, and the pre-seed announcement reports that round separately [2][3].