New architectures & efficiency · San Francisco, US · founded 2025

Flapping Airplanes: who founded it, who funds it

Flapping Airplanes is a San Francisco AI architecture lab founded in 2025 by Ben Spector, Asher Spector and Aidan Smith, who came from Stanford and Neuralink. What it is building: data-efficient AI for robotics and science; in stealth. No funding round has been disclosed. It is still in stealth, with nothing outsiders can use.

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Founders: Ben Spector (ex-Stanford), Asher Spector (ex-Stanford), Aidan Smith (ex-Neuralink)
Founders from: ex-Stanford, ex-Neuralink
Location: San Francisco, US (North America)
Valuation: $1.5B estimate, per source
Raised: · disclosed
Investors: ·
What ships: Stealth

Sources

neolabs.fyi neolabs.fyi
NEA nea.com

News

Jul 31, 2026
AI Startup Flapping Airplanes Is In Talks To Raise Funding At A $5 Billion Valuation

FundingForbesFlapping Airplanes
Feb 16, 2026
Flapping Airplanes on the future of AI: ‘We want to try really radically different things’

AnalysisTechCrunchFlapping Airplanes
Feb 3, 2026
Flapping Airplanes Launches Research-First AI Lab With $180M Seed Round

FundingAI InsiderFlapping Airplanes
Jan 29, 2026
Flapping Airplanes and the promise of research-driven AI

AnalysisTechCrunchFlapping Airplanes
Jan 27, 2026
These Billion-Dollar AI Startups Have No Products, No Revenue and Eager Investors

FundingWSJFlapping Airplanes

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