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Every lab we track in one table: what it is building, where it is, which companies its founders left, its last round, valuation, total raised and what it has shipped. Sort any column, or filter by research area, region, status or founders' former employer. Together these labs have raised $37B in disclosed rounds.

LabTopicLocationFounders fromFoundedLast roundValuationRaisedStatus
Safe SuperintelligenceA straight shot at safe superintelligence, insulated from short-term commercial pressure. …site · x · in Superintelligence & frontier generalists Palo Alto, US ex-OpenAI, ex-Apple 2024 Strategic $5BJul 27, 2026 · Nvidia $32B $8B Stealth
Reflection AIAmerican open-weight frontier models as a sovereign alternative to closed labs and Chinese…site · x · in Open frontier models New York, US ex-Google DeepMind 2024 Series C $2.5BApr 1, 2026 · Nvidia $25B $4.63B Open model
Skild AISkild Brain, an omni-bodied robot foundation model; crossed $100M ARR with 60+ paying cust…site Robotics & physical AI Pittsburgh, US ex-CMU 2023 Series C $1.4BJan 14, 2026 · SoftBank $14B $1.81B Product
PoolsideCode-specialised foundation models trained with RL from code execution; open-weight Laguna…site · x · in Coding & software agents San Francisco, US ex-GitHub, ex-Athenian 2023 Licence + investment $1BAug 20, 2026 · Nvidia $12B $1B Licensed
Thinking Machines LabFrontier multimodal models built around human collaboration; open research and a managed f…site · in Superintelligence & frontier generalists San Francisco, US ex-OpenAI, ex-Meta 2025 Seed $2BJul 15, 2025 · Andreessen Horowitz $12B $2B API
CognitionDevin, the autonomous software engineer; the blog's counterexample to a rigid talent-capit…site · x Coding & software agents San Francisco, US · 2023 Series C $400MSep 8, 2025 · Founders Fund $10B $421M Product
TypeSafe AIMachine-native, composable AI: Jev, a 'System One' model priced per billion tokens, 100x c…site · in New architectures & efficiency San Francisco, US ex-OpenAI 2024 Series A $870MOct 9, 2026 · Andreessen Horowitz $7.5B $910M API
General IntuitionAction and world models trained on Medal's two billion gameplay videos, for agents that ne…site · x · in World models & simulation New York, US ex-Medal, ex-Geneva, ex-Edinburgh 2025 Series B $220MSep 30, 2026 $6.2B $674M Research only
HarkPersonalised multimodal AI and bespoke hardware as a new interface to computing; secretive…site · in Human-centric & personal AI San Jose, US ex-Figure 2026 Series A $700MMay 21, 2026 · Parkway $6B $700M Product
Physical IntelligenceGeneral-purpose robot policies (pi0 and successors) released as open weights.site · in Robotics & physical AI San Francisco, US ex-Google DeepMind, ex-UC Berkeley, ex-Stanford, ex-Stripe 2024 Series B $600MNov 20, 2025 $5.6B $1B Open model
Ineffable IntelligenceSuperlearner AI that learns from experience through reinforcement learning rather than hum…site Self-improving AI & automated research London, UK ex-Google DeepMind, ex-InstaDeep 2026 Seed $1.1BApr 27, 2026 · Sequoia, Lightspeed $5.1B $1.1B Research only
World LabsSpatial intelligence: large world models that generate explorable 3D worlds. Marble is the…site · x · in World models & simulation San Francisco, US ex-Stanford, ex-Michigan, ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Meta 2024 Series B $1BFeb 18, 2026 $5B $1.23B Acquired
Recursive SuperintelligenceAI that automates model architecture, training, evaluation and research direction: recursi…site Self-improving AI & automated research San Francisco, US ex-Salesforce, ex-Meta, ex-Google DeepMind, ex-OpenAI, ex-Cresta 2026 Seed $650MMay 13, 2026 · GV (Google Ventures), Greycroft $4.65B $650M Research only
Unconventional AIBrain-inspired analog and neuromorphic compute substrates to escape the scaling crunch of …site · in Compute & chips San Francisco, US ex-Databricks, ex-MIT, ex-Stanford, ex-Qualcomm 2025 Seed $475MDec 8, 2025 $4.5B $475M Research only
Humans&A human-centric frontier lab: models that infer intent and long-term preferences and centr…site · x Human-centric & personal AI San Francisco, US ex-xAI, ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Stanford, ex-Anthropic, ex-Meta 2025 Seed $480MJan 20, 2026 $4.48B $480M Research only
DecartReal-time generative world models (Oasis, Mirage) and GPU-portability software; Anthropic …site World models & simulation Tel Aviv, IL ex-Technion 2023 Series C $300MMay 18, 2026 · Radical Ventures $4B $453M Product
Luma AIMultimodal world models for video (Dream Machine, Ray); a 2GW supercluster with HUMAIN.site · x · in Voice, video & media Palo Alto, US ex-Apple, ex-UC Berkeley 2021 Series C $900MNov 19, 2025 · HUMAIN $4B $900M Product
Ricursive IntelligenceSelf-improving systems applied to chip design, from the AlphaChip creators; targets the 18…site · in Compute & chips Palo Alto, US ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Anthropic 2025 Series A $300MJan 26, 2026 · Lightspeed $4B $300M Research only
AMI LabsAdvanced Machine Intelligence: JEPA world models with persistent memory, reasoning, planni…site · in World models & simulation Paris, FR ex-Meta, ex-Nabla, ex-NYU 2026 Seed $1.03BMar 10, 2026 · Cathay Innovation $3.5B $1.03B Research only
Applied ComputeReinforcement learning as a service: a cheaper, more open alternative for enterprises; ~$5…site Open frontier models San Francisco, US ex-OpenAI 2025 Series C $350MSep 1, 2026 $3.25B $450M Product
Black Forest LabsFLUX image and video models from the Stable Diffusion authors; ~$96M ARR by Aug 2025.site · x Voice, video & media Freiburg, DE ex-Stability AI 2024 Series B $300MDec 1, 2025 · Salesforce Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz $3.25B $450M Product
Generalist AIPhysical AGI: hardware-agnostic cross-embodiment models (GEN-0, GEN-1).site Robotics & physical AI San Mateo, US ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Boston Dynamics 2024 Series B extension $200MAug 25, 2026 · 8VC $3B $750M Research only
Sakana AINature-inspired methods: evolutionary model merging and sample efficiency; Japan's most va…site · x New architectures & efficiency Tokyo, JP ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Mercari 2023 Series B $135MNov 17, 2025 $2.65B $379M Product
Liquid AILiquid foundation models: continuous-time neural networks for efficient on-device AI.site · x · in New architectures & efficiency Cambridge, MA, US ex-MIT 2023 Series A $250MDec 13, 2024 · AMD $2B $250M Product
SimileGenerative agents trained on real human interviews, sold as a replacement for focus groups…site World models & simulation Palo Alto, US ex-Stanford 2025 Series A $100MMar 1, 2026 $2B $100M API
MagicUltra-long-context models for software engineering.site · x Coding & software agents San Francisco, US ex-Meta 2022 Series C $320MAug 29, 2024 · Eric Schmidt, Jane Street $1.5B $320M Research only
Nous ResearchOpen-source Hermes models and decentralised training (Psyche).site · x · in Open frontier models New York, US · 2023 Series B $90MOct 7, 2026 $1.5B $90M Open model
HarmonicMathematical superintelligence: Aristotle, a formally verified reasoning engine (90% on Mi…site Reasoning, math & verification Palo Alto, US ex-Helm.ai, ex-Robinhood 2023 Series C $120MNov 25, 2025 · Ribbit Capital $1.45B $295M API
OdysseyGeneral-purpose world models that stream interactive video in real time, from two self-dri…site · in World models & simulation San Francisco, US ex-Cruise, ex-Wayve 2023 Series B $310MJun 17, 2026 $1.45B $310M Product
FundamentalNEXUS, a large tabular model; data-efficient learning. Raised a $255M Series A in stealth. New architectures & efficiency San Francisco, US ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Bridgewater, ex-Greenfield Partners 2025 Series A $255MFeb 15, 2026 $1.4B $255M Stealth
Lila SciencesScientific superintelligence: an AI Science Factory of autonomous labs running hundreds of…site · in AI for science & materials Cambridge, MA, US ex-Flagship Pioneering 2023 Series A extension $115MOct 14, 2025 $1.3B $350M Partnerships
Periodic LabsAn AI scientist plus autonomous robotic labs for materials discovery; already working with…site · x · in AI for science & materials San Francisco, US ex-OpenAI, ex-Google DeepMind 2025 Seed $300MSep 30, 2025 · Andreessen Horowitz $1.3B $300M Partnerships
Essential AIOpen platform and Rnj-1 models from two Transformer authors; the technical team was acqui-…site Open frontier models San Francisco, US ex-Google DeepMind 2023 Series B $175MAug 15, 2025 $1B $231.5M Acquired
MirendilSelf-improving AI for scientific R&D: a system that builds systems, sold as a research pla…site · in Self-improving AI & automated research San Francisco, US ex-Anthropic, ex-xAI, ex-MIT 2026 Seed $200MJun 26, 2026 · Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins $1B $200M Research only
Prime IntellectThe open superintelligence stack: decentralised training, INTELLECT open models and an RL …site · x Open frontier models San Francisco, US · 2024 Series A $130MJul 8, 2026 · Radical Ventures $1B $145M Open model
IsaraLarge-scale multi-agent coordination: swarms of ~2,000 agents forecasting commodity prices…in Computer use & agents San Francisco, US ex-OpenAI, ex-Oxford 2025 Series A $94MMar 27, 2026 $650M $94M Research only
Dyna RoboticsA robotics foundation model for general-purpose manipulation, deployed with commercial cus…site Robotics & physical AI Redwood City, US · 2024 Series A $120MSep 15, 2025 · CRV, First Round Capital $600M $144M Partnerships
Moonlake AIVibe-coding interactive worlds and games.site · in World models & simulation San Francisco, US ex-Stanford, ex-Nvidia 2025 Seed $28MJan 15, 2026 $120M $28M Research only
DeepSeekOpen-weight frontier models trained at low cost; the founder has declared an AGI goal and …site · x Open frontier models Hangzhou, CN ex-High-Flyer 2023 · $52Best. · Open model
Project PrometheusAI for the physical economy: Jeff Bezos's return to an operating role, launched with $6.2B… Robotics & physical AI San Francisco, US ex-Amazon, ex-Google DeepMind 2025 · $41Best. · Stealth
Mistral AIEurope's frontier lab: open-weight models, agents and on-device; the sovereign benchmark t…site · in Open frontier models Paris, FR ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Meta 2023 · $14Best. · Product
StepFunMultimodal open-weight Step models; filing in Hong Kong.x Open frontier models Shanghai, CN ex-Microsoft, ex-ByteDance 2023 · $10Best. · Open model
River AIPersonal AI you own and train: an end-to-end stack with an RL training API and on-device h…site · in Human-centric & personal AI Palo Alto, US ex-xAI 2026 Seed + Series A $1.1BAug 11, 2026 · General Catalyst, AMP PBC $5Best. $1.1B API
ZyphraSmall open-weight models (Zamba, ZAYA1) and state-space agent architectures with long-term…site · in Open frontier models San Francisco, US ex-Conjecture 2021 · $5Best. · Open model
Core AutomationThe world's most automated AI lab: Ceres, a continual-learning model that updates its weig…in Self-improving AI & automated research San Francisco, US ex-OpenAI, ex-Google DeepMind 2026 · $4Best. · Stealth
Chai DiscoveryMolecular structure prediction and antibody design (Chai-1, Chai-2), used by Pfizer, Lilly…site Biology & drug discovery San Francisco, US ex-OpenAI, ex-Stripe, ex-Aqemia, ex-UChicago 2024 · $3.8Best. · API
GalbotHumanoid and embodied foundation models; over $900M raised. Robotics & physical AI Beijing, CN ex-Peking University 2023 · $3Best. · Product
Genesis AIA universal robotics foundation model on a proprietary physics simulator; Paris and Palo A…site · in Robotics & physical AI Paris, FR ex-CMU, ex-Mistral 2024 Seed $105MJul 1, 2025 · Eclipse, Khosla Ventures $3Best. $105M Research only
CuspAIMaterials discovery with simulated chemistry as the RL training signal: carbon capture, se…site AI for science & materials Cambridge, UK ex-Microsoft, ex-Google DeepMind 2024 · $2.6Best. · Research only
Rhoda AIFutureVision, a direct video-to-action model, and a bimanual factory platform.site Robotics & physical AI San Francisco, US ex-Stanford 2025 · $1.7Best. · Research only
Axiom MathAxiomProver: AI trained on formal Lean proofs for math, quant finance and software verific…site Reasoning, math & verification Palo Alto, US ex-Stanford, ex-Meta 2025 · $1.6Best. · Research only
Flapping AirplanesData-efficient AI for robotics and science; in stealth. New architectures & efficiency San Francisco, US ex-Stanford, ex-Neuralink 2025 · $1.5Best. · Stealth
GoodfireMechanistic interpretability as a product (Ember API), with applications in biology and he…site · in Safety & interpretability San Francisco, US ex-Google DeepMind 2024 · $1.25Best. · API
AaruSimulated populations of agents for polling and strategy.site · in World models & simulation New York, US ex-MIT 2024 · $1Best. · Product
doubleAIArtificial Expert Intelligence and WarpSpeed, a GPU-kernel optimiser, from the Mobileye an…site New architectures & efficiency Tel Aviv, IL ex-Mobileye, ex-AI21 2025 · $1Best. · Research only
Merge LabsBrain-computer interfaces co-founded by Sam Altman; backed by OpenAI.site Biology & drug discovery San Francisco, US ex-OpenAI, ex-Tools for Humanity, ex-Caltech 2025 · $850Mest. · Research only
InferactCommercialising vLLM, from its creators.site · in Compute & chips Berkeley, US ex-UC Berkeley 2025 · $800Mest. · Open model
EngramA learned memory layer that needs 100x fewer tokens. Self-improving AI & automated research San Francisco, US ex-Stanford, ex-Cornell, ex-Columbia, ex-UC Berkeley 2026 · $600Mest. · Stealth
Inception LabsDiffusion language models: Mercury, the first commercial dLLM, for faster and cheaper code…site New architectures & efficiency Palo Alto, US ex-Stanford, ex-UCLA, ex-Cornell 2024 Seed $50MNov 6, 2025 · Menlo Ventures $500Mest. $50M API
Standard IntelligenceFDM-1, a fully general computer-action model trained on video that can browse, do CAD and …site · in Computer use & agents San Francisco, US · 2024 Series A $75MApr 29, 2026 · Sequoia, Spark Capital $500Mest. $75M Research only
IrregularA frontier AI security lab; its evaluations appear in OpenAI and Anthropic system cards.site · x · in Safety & interpretability Tel Aviv, IL ex-IBM, ex-Google DeepMind 2023 · $450Mest. · Partnerships
H CompanyAgentic and computer-use models with open weights, from a large ex-DeepMind contingent.site · in Computer use & agents Paris, FR ex-Stanford, ex-Google DeepMind 2024 · $420Mest. · Open model
RadixArkCommercialising SGLang. Compute & chips Berkeley, US ex-xAI, ex-UW 2025 · $400Mest. · Open model
QUTWOQuantum and AI tooling; sovereign European compute.site · in Compute & chips Helsinki, FI ex-AMD, ex-IQM 2025 · $380Mest. · Research only
Sooth LabsProbabilistic forecasting world models, from the Codec Avatars team. World models & simulation Pittsburgh, US ex-Meta, ex-CMU 2025 · $335Mest. · Stealth
Elorian AIVision-grounded reasoning: the foundation of visual reasoning. New architectures & efficiency Palo Alto, US ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Apple 2025 · $300Mest. · Stealth
Edison ScientificKosmos, an AI research agent; the for-profit spinout of FutureHouse.site · in AI for science & materials San Francisco, US ex-FutureHouse 2025 · $250Mest. · API
TrajectoryA continual-learning layer trained on agent trajectories.site · x Self-improving AI & automated research San Francisco, US ex-Windsurf, ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Stanford 2026 · $115Mest. · Stealth
Adaption LabsAdaptation beats scale: smaller models that keep learning on the fly, gradient-free contin…site Self-improving AI & automated research San Francisco, US ex-Cohere 2025 Seed $50MFeb 4, 2026 · Emergence Capital · $50M Research only
AutoscienceAutonomous AI scientists that automate the end-to-end research pipeline.site · x · in Self-improving AI & automated research San Mateo, US ex-Google DeepMind 2025 · · · Research only
CartesiaReal-time on-device multimodal AI on state-space models; the Sonic voice models are integr…site · in Voice, video & media San Francisco, US ex-Stanford, ex-CMU 2023 Series B $100MOct 28, 2025 · Kleiner Perkins · $164M API
CursiveAdaptive software and agents that improve from use. Self-improving AI & automated research London, UK ex-Google DeepMind, ex-NYU 2026 · · · Stealth
Deep CogitoOpen-weight hybrid reasoning models built by iterated distillation and amplification; post…site · in Open frontier models San Francisco, US ex-Google DeepMind 2024 Series A $43MAug 26, 2026 · TQ Ventures · $56M Open model
Discovery LoopAutomating the scientific method, from four of Google's most senior researchers. Self-improving AI & automated research Palo Alto, US ex-Google DeepMind 2026 · · · Stealth
EmulateWorld models from the DeepMind Genie team; incorporated in August 2026 and already courtin… World models & simulation London, UK ex-Google DeepMind 2026 · · · Stealth
EnigmaFoundation models for robots, with the software and interfaces that make robotic systems e… Robotics & physical AI Tel Aviv, IL ex-Microsoft, ex-Unit 8200 2025 Seed $71MJul 27, 2026 · Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital · $71M Research only
EvolutionaryScaleESM3 protein language models; the team later joined Biohub.site Biology & drug discovery New York, US ex-Meta 2023 Seed $142MJun 25, 2024 · Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Lux Capital · $142M Merged
Grafton SciencesRobot-run factories and labs for biotech; a $42.5M ARPA-H award.site · in Robotics & physical AI Redwood City, US · 2025 · · · Research only
InherentAI-native science: research agents that decide which scientific questions are worth asking…site · x · in Self-improving AI & automated research London, UK ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Microsoft 2026 Seed $50MMay 27, 2026 · Index Ventures, Radical Ventures · $50M Research only
Isomorphic LabsDrug discovery beyond AlphaFold; an Alphabet subsidiary with pharma partnerships.site · in Biology & drug discovery London, UK ex-Google DeepMind 2021 Series A $600MMar 31, 2025 · Thrive Capital · $600M Partnerships
KyutaiOpen-science voice models (Moshi); a nonprofit lab funded by Xavier Niel and Rodolphe Saad…site Voice, video & media Paris, FR ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Meta 2023 · · · Open model
Latent LabsProtein and antibody design with a wet lab, from an AlphaFold co-developer.site Biology & drug discovery London, UK ex-Google DeepMind 2023 Series A $50MFeb 11, 2025 · Radical Ventures, Sofinnova Partners · $50M API
LawZeroNon-agentic 'Scientist AI'; a nonprofit backed by $300M from Canada and Germany (Sept 2026…site · in Safety & interpretability Montreal, CA ex-Mila 2025 · · · Research only
Logical IntelligenceEnergy-based reasoning models with formal verification for critical systems.site · in Reasoning, math & verification San Francisco, US ex-UCSB 2025 · · · Research only
Math IncVerified superintelligence via autoformalisation: Gauss, an agent that formalised the prim…site · in Reasoning, math & verification Palo Alto, US ex-xAI, ex-OpenAI 2025 · · · Research only
NdeaDeep-learning-guided program synthesis as the path to AGI that can invent, from the creato…site Reasoning, math & verification San Francisco, US ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Zapier 2025 · · · Research only
NeoCognitionAgents that learn a world model of work, from the Mind2Web and SeeAct team. Self-improving AI & automated research Palo Alto, US ex-Ohio State, ex-Microsoft 2025 · · · Research only
NoetiveAn industrial AI model for physical industries: a self-improving operational-intelligence …site Robotics & physical AI Palo Alto, US ex-Meta, ex-Netlify 2025 Seed $41MSep 16, 2026 · Eclipse · $41M Research only
Oak LabA trillion-parameter continual-learning agent on 20 watts, from the reinforcement-learning… Self-improving AI & automated research Toronto, CA ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Alberta 2026 · · · Stealth
OrbitalOrb interatomic potentials and CurieOS; now selling an AI-designed PFAS-free GPU refrigera…site AI for science & materials London, UK ex-Google DeepMind 2022 · · · Product
OumiAn open platform for building fully owned foundation models; a public-benefit company.site Open frontier models Bellevue, US ex-Google DeepMind 2024 · · · Open model
Physical SuperintelligenceAn open-source AI physicist ('Get Physics Done'); a public-benefit company.site · in AI for science & materials Boston, US ex-Harvard 2025 · · · Research only
PoetiqModel-agnostic self-improving reasoning; 'the fastest path to superintelligence via practi…site · x · in Self-improving AI & automated research Mountain View, US ex-Google DeepMind 2025 · · · Research only
PrentisComputer-use models trained on how office workers navigate routine workflows, so agents ca…site Computer use & agents ex-Titan, ex-Greylock, ex-Zynga 2026 · · · Product
Prior LabsTabPFN, a tabular foundation model; acquired by SAP for more than €1B in May 2026.site New architectures & efficiency Freiburg, DE ex-Freiburg 2024 · · · Acquired
PrismML1-bit and ternary model compression (Bonsai, Apache-2.0). New architectures & efficiency Pasadena, US ex-Caltech 2025 · · · Open model
SymbolicaCategory theory and type theory as the foundation of a symbolic reasoning engine.site · x · in Reasoning, math & verification San Francisco, US ex-Tesla 2022 Series A $33MApr 9, 2024 · Khosla Ventures · $33M Research only
TransluceScalable oversight and open interpretability infrastructure; a nonprofit.site · in Safety & interpretability San Francisco, US ex-UC Berkeley, ex-MIT 2024 · · · Research only
UniversalAGILarge physics models replacing computer-aided engineering. Robotics & physical AI San Francisco, US ex-Anyscale 2024 · · · Research only
Unreasonable LabsA cross-domain autonomous discovery engine.site AI for science & materials Palo Alto, US ex-MIT, ex-Google DeepMind 2026 · · · Stealth
Veeda AIMultimodal world models that simulate the physical world, as infinitely scalable training …site World models & simulation Toronto, CA ex-Nvidia 2026 Seed $90MAug 19, 2026 · Khosla Ventures, Radical Ventures · $90M Research only
Xaira TherapeuticsAI-first drug discovery launched with $1B.site · in Biology & drug discovery South San Francisco, US ex-Stanford, ex-UW, ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Meta 2024 Series A $1BApr 23, 2024 · ARCH Venture Partners, Foresite Capital · $1B Research only

Valuations marked est. come from tracker pages (neolabs.fyi, Deedy Das's list) rather than a disclosed round. "In talks" figures never appear in this column. Fix a number.