Self-improving AI & automated research · San Francisco, US · founded 2026
Core Automation: who founded it, who funds it
Core Automation is a San Francisco self-improving AI lab founded in 2026 by Jerry Tworek, Rohan Anil, Anmol Gulati, Joanne Jang and 1 others, who came from OpenAI and DeepMind. What it is building: the world's most automated AI lab: Ceres, a continual-learning model that updates its weights in production. No funding round has been disclosed. It is still in stealth, with nothing outsiders can use.
- Founders
- Jerry Tworek (ex-OpenAI), Rohan Anil (ex-Google DeepMind), Anmol Gulati (ex-Google DeepMind), Joanne Jang (ex-OpenAI), Julia Villagra (ex-OpenAI)
- Founders from
- ex-OpenAI, ex-Google DeepMind
- Location
- San Francisco, US (North America)
- Valuation
- $4B estimate, per source
- Raised
- · disclosed
- Investors
- ·
- What ships
- Stealth
Sources
- neolabs.fyi neolabs.fyi
- NEA neolab market nea.com
News
- Sep 25, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
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- finance.biggo.com Former OpenAI Research Lead Launches AI Startup Core Automation, Poaching Top Talent from…
- Jan 28, 2026
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