# Golden

> Golden built a machine-and-human knowledge graph that turned scattered public information into connected, cited entities that researchers could query, export, and pipe into software. Founded in San Francisco by Jude Gomila, the company raised roughly $59.5 million, sold subscriptions and data credits to research-heavy teams, won a $1 million U.S. Air Force contract, and was acquired in 2024 by ComplyAdvantage, where its extraction and entity-disambiguation technology now supports financial-crime intelligence.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Jude Gomila (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** 11-50 employees on LinkedIn; the supplied company record lists 35 employees
- **Products:** Golden Knowledge Graph, Research Engine and Query Tool, Golden API, Custom Datasets, CRM Integration
- **Notable:** Raised approximately $59.5 million across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds., Won a disclosed $1 million U.S. Air Force contract in 2020., Built a knowledge graph spanning millions of connected entities with structured fields and attached source provenance.

## Products & services

- **Golden Knowledge Graph** — A connected, structured, cited map of companies, technologies, people, funding rounds, and other entities.
- **Research Engine and Query Tool** — Boolean filtering, saved queries, alerts, lists, custom fields, pipelines, and exports for finding and monitoring entities.
- **Golden API** — Programmatic access to graph entities and relationships as structured, sourced JSON for enrichment, models, and internal datasets.
- **Custom Datasets** — Live, query-built datasets exportable as CSV or JSON for analysis, CRM use, and product workflows.
- **CRM Integration** — Company matching and enrichment for Salesforce, HubSpot, and custom systems using firmographic, technology, funding, and relationship data.

## Achievements

- Raised approximately $59.5 million across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds.
- Won a disclosed $1 million U.S. Air Force contract in 2020.
- Built a knowledge graph spanning millions of connected entities with structured fields and attached source provenance.
- Attracted Andreessen Horowitz as lead backer across multiple rounds, with Marc Andreessen joining the board after the Series A.
- Was acquired by ComplyAdvantage in April 2024, with Golden's team and technology joining its financial-crime intelligence operation.

## Latest updates

- **2020-09** — Golden raised a $14.5 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and disclosed a $1 million U.S. Air Force contract.
- **2022-10** — Golden raised a $40 million Series B led by a16z to expand its knowledge graph and data protocol.
- **2024-04** — ComplyAdvantage acquired Golden; deal terms were not disclosed, and Jude Gomila became a board observer and special advisor.
- **2024-04** — Golden's AI, NLP, LLM, extraction, and entity-disambiguation capabilities began moving into ComplyAdvantage's financial-crime intelligence stack.

## Links

- Website: https://golden.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/golden-recursion-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/golden
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/goldendotcom

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Last updated: 2026-08-22