Overview
American technology-focused investment management firm founded in 1999 by Philippe Laffont and Thomas Laffont, with $67 billion in assets under management as of September 2025. A "Tiger Cub" hedge fund (Laffont trained at Julian Robertson's Tiger Management), Coatue invests across both public and private markets with a focus on technology, media, and telecommunications.
The firm has been a significant backer of physical-AI and robotics companies including Figure, Cobalt Robotics, and Reliable Robotics, as well as AI infrastructure leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks. Coatue publishes influential AI market research framing "physical AI" (humanoids, industrial automation, autonomous vehicles) as a $6T+ TAM.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
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Employees
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Focus
Physical AI investments
Data & sources
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1
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Partnerships
Every company Coatue has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Amazon1× joint16 total
- 2Bezos Expeditions1× joint2 total
- 3Carnegie Mellon University1× joint1 total
- 4Lightspeed Venture Partners1× joint1 total
- 5Sequoia Capital1× joint1 total
- 6Skild AI1× joint3 total
Most recent
- Skild AI Series A (2024)2024-07-09with Skild AIoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Philippe Laffont Founder & Portfolio ManagerSEC-verified
- Thomas Laffont Co-founder & Head of Private EquitySEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Philippe Laffontcofounder
- Thomas Laffontcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Coatue.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Coatue in third-party press
Instinct Announces $1B in Series C Funding from Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue at $10B Valuation
Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 9, 2026: Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia & More
Corma, the First Frontier Defensive Cybersecurity AI Lab, Raises $60M as AI Supercharges Attackers
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Coatue has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Skild AI Series A (2024)2024-07-09with Skild AIoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Amazon1× joint16 total
- 2Bezos Expeditions1× joint2 total
- 3Carnegie Mellon University1× joint1 total
- 4Lightspeed Venture Partners1× joint1 total
- 5Sequoia Capital1× joint1 total
- 6Skild AI1× joint3 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in Coatue’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipSkild AI Series A (2024)
2024-07-09Skild AI raised a $300 million Series A (announced July 9, 2024) at about a $1.5B valuation to build a scalable AI foundation model for robotics; led by Lightspeed, Coatue, SoftBank Group and Jeff Bezos, with participation from Amazon, Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Recent activity
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- Record createdJun 25, 2026
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
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Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-08-05
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Methodology surface for Coatue.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Coatue from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Instinct Announces $1B in Series C Funding from Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue at $10B Valuation
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Instinct, the company building a personal agent for everyday life, announced that it has raised an additional $1 billion in its latest round from…
Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 9, 2026: Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia & More
Venture capital’s center of gravity today isn’t in one neat category called AI. It is moving toward companies that control high-value workflows: legal work, sales, wealth…
Corma, the First Frontier Defensive Cybersecurity AI Lab, Raises $60M as AI Supercharges Attackers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Corma, the first frontier AI lab for defensive cybersecurity, announced $60 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital, alongside Khosla Ventures…
A Star Investor Just Trimmed Amazon—Here's What It means
Third Point trimmed Amazon by 10% while Baupost, Coatue, and Appaloosa bought more, suggesting the stock's slide stems from rising 2025 spending plans, not fading hedge fund…
Databricks Announces $5B in Funding at $190B Valuation, Fueled by Massive Investor Demand
Databricks has closed a $5 billion funding round led by Coatue, with participation from Blackstone, MGX, T. Rowe Price affiliates, new investor Sixth Street Growth, and roughly…
Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 13, 2026: Blackstone, Coatue, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Thiel Capital & More
Venture dollars are again clustering around AI and infrastructure. Today’s biggest deal saw Databricks haul in a record-breaking $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation. That…
Databricks Closes $5 Billion Round at $190 Billion Valuation
Databricks has closed a $5bn round at a $190bn valuation, led by Coatue, with revenue run-rate past $7bn and growth above 80% year on year. That is a 42% valuation increase in six…
Databricks raises $5B more after annualized revenue tops $7B
Databricks Inc. today announced that it has raised $5 billion in funding at a $190 billion valuation. The round was led by Coatue, Blackstone, MGX, T. Rowe Price and Sixth Street…
AI Data Center Group Firmus Draws $2 Billion From Coatue, Nvidia
AI data center company Firmus raised $2 billion in a funding round backed by Coatue Management, Nvidia Corp., Blackstone Inc. vehicles and Jane Street, the company said.
Coatue's Hedge Fund Sees Worst Drop in More Than a Year
Coatue Management’s hedge fund plunged 8.3% last month, marking the latest tech-focused money manager to be whipsawed after a sharp selloff in AI stocks, though sources say the…
Coatue's May 2026 Report: The $12T AI Bet That Splits Tech
Coatue's May 2026 report reveals an 85% winner/loser spread, a $12T AI capex wave, and a framework predicting who wins the AI investment race.
AI Investor Coatue Joins Data-Center Frenzy With New Venture to Buy Land - WSJ
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
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Reality vs attention
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Analysis
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Last computed: Oct 2, 2026