Brahma AI raises $150 million in Multiples-led round

MUMBAI / LOS ANGELES / LONDON: Brahma AI said on 23 September 2026 that it has raised $150 million through preferred shares, including a $100 million investment led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management, and that it has received a further $100 million of investor interest.

The company calls itself an AI-native operating system for enterprise audiovisual content, spanning media and entertainment, sports, healthcare and advertising. Anchor customers named in the release include Warner Bros, the NBA and Mayo Clinic, with distribution partners including Google, Hakuhodo and DNEG.

Founder and CEO Prabhu Narasimhan built Brahma AI from technology stacks across DNEG, Metaphysic and Prime Focus Technologies. Co-founder and CTO Jo Plaete leads technology and R&D. Multiples founder Renuka Ramnath is quoted backing the content-supply-chain thesis.

Where the money is meant to go

Brahma AI says the capital will accelerate research and development, global go-to-market work and a larger Silicon Valley presence. The platform combines Brahma AI Core for enterprise content intelligence with Brahma AI Studio for visual AI, digital humans, voice and multilingual performance. The company cites a 2026 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for its visual AI technology.

Narasimhan said the firm is close to launching interactive digital humans, wants the stack to stay model-agnostic, and is emphasising security, authenticity and provenance. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as sole placement agent. Namit Malhotra, founder and CEO of DNEG, said in the same note that Brahma AI began as Narasimhan's plan to combine those heritage stacks into an independent AI company.

India reading of the round

Multiples is an India alternate-asset manager, and Brahma AI lists Mumbai among its announcement cities. The Multiples portfolio cited in the about section includes names such as ACKO, Delhivery and Quantiphi, which is why an India desk is covering an LA-London-Mumbai AI studio raise.

The additional $100 million of investor interest is presented as interest, not a closed second tranche. Ownership restructuring questions around Prime Focus Limited's stake have circulated in market filings; this report sticks to Brahma AI's own 23 September statement on the preferred-share raise and does not treat those filings as part of the funding announcement.

Enterprise buyers in India following media-tech and healthcare digital-human tools will care less about the Emmy citation than about data residency, provenance and model choice — themes Narasimhan flagged in the same release. Brahma AI's four verticals give it a broader commercial map than a pure VFX house, but customer logos named in a funding note are not the same as published India deployment counts.

Multiples said it will be an active partner on R&D, global expansion and talent build-out. Second-tranche interest of $100 million, if it closes later, would be a separate announcement.

Readers should stick to the primary documents named above for operational details, because secondary explainers often compress footnotes that change eligibility, fees or feature availability by country.

For now, the hard numbers from the company are $150 million raised, $100 million from Multiples, and additional interest disclosed but not closed.