Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuation

Sleep tech company Eight Sleep today said that it has raised $50 million in a strategic round led by Tether Investments at a valuation of $1.5 billion. This new round comes after the startup closed a $100 million round last August from investors such as HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, and Y Combinator. The startup, which sells smart mattress accessories that can track your sleep patterns and adjust temperatures as you sleep, didn’t disclose its valuation for the previous round, but it was valued at $500 million post-money in 2021 when it raised an $86 million Series C led by Valor Equity Partners. The company has raised over $310 million to date, according to Crunchbase. Eight Sleep said it was free-cash-flow positive in 2025, and plans to use the new funding for new products, global expansions, and clinical validation. The company currently ships its products to over 34 countries. The company said it wants to expand beyond selling consumer products, and has sought approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for products that can detect and mitigate sleep apnea. “What we’re building doesn’t exist yet — a system that understands your body better each night and acts on that knowledge. Our goal is to build the defining health technology company of this generation,” Matteo Franceschetti, co-founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, said in a statement. The company said that it wants to work on a sleep-focused AI agent that controls the temperature, elevation and firmness of its products proactively and prevents sleep disruption. It said that the agent simulates many scenarios before users get into bed and prepares its products for optimal sleep. Eight Sleep said that its models are trained on proprietary data, and early pilots of its AI-driven guidance have resulted in people changing their habits, such as exercise timing, caffeine intake or sleep schedules, based on the analysis provided by the app. Techcrunch event Disrupt 2026: The tech ecosystem, all in one...