Live Commerce Platform Whatnot Raises $545 Million to Speed AI Expansion

Source: pymnts.com· PYMNTS· August 7, 2026

Whatnot raised $545 million in a Series G funding round to grow its live commerce platform, the company said in a Friday (Aug. 7) press release emailed to PYMNTS. The round increased Whatnot’s valuation to $20 billion, up from the $11.5 billion valuation the …

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