Trump's Son-In-Law Jared Kushner Co-Founds Brain Co., A $30M AI Startup Partnered With OpenAI And Backed By Silicon Valley Billionaires

Jared Kushner has entered the artificial intelligence sector with Brain, a San Francisco-based startup that raised $30 million in Series A funding to help governments and large enterprises adopt AI. According to Benzinga, the president's son-in-law co-founded with tech investor Elad Gil and former Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray. The company has about 40 employees and already counts 10 Forbes Global 2000 firms, including Sotheby’s and private-equity giant Warburg Pincus, as clients. The funding round was led by Kushner's private-equity firm Affinity Partners and Gil Capital. The start-up gained backing from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and Perplexity AI co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas. Kushner described the venture as a “once-in-a-generation platform shift” to connect Silicon Valley expertise with global institutions.