Self-improving AI & automated research · San Francisco, US · founded 2025
Adaption Labs: who founded it, who funds it
Adaption Labs is a San Francisco self-improving AI lab founded in 2025 by Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy, who came from Cohere. What it is building: adaptation beats scale: smaller models that keep learning on the fly, gradient-free continual learning. It has raised $50M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Seed of $50M in February 2026, led by Emergence Capital. It has not released anything outsiders can use yet.
- Founders
- Sara Hooker (ex-Cohere), Sudip Roy (ex-Cohere)
- Founders from
- ex-Cohere
- Location
- San Francisco, US (North America)
- Valuation
- ·
- Raised
- $50M disclosed
- Investors
- Emergence Capital lead, Threshold Ventures
- What ships
- Research only
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 | Seed | $50M | · | Emergence Capital | fortune.com |
Sources
- Observer interview observer.com
News
- Sep 4, 2026
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Mar 17, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
- Feb 4, 2026
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