Asia Tech Wire (Sep 24) -- Harmonic, an American artificial intelligence company, announced on Monday that it has secured $75 million in Series A financing, bringing its valuation to $325 million.

Sequoia Capital led this financing round, followed by Index Ventures, with support from Jasper Lau's Era Funds, GreatPoint Ventures, DST Global partners, Nikesh Arora and Jared Leto.

Sequoia partner Andrew Reed will join Harmonic's board of directors and Index Ventures partner Jan Hammer will join as an observer.