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Self-improving AI & automated research · San Francisco, US · founded 2026

Mirendil: who founded it, who funds it

Mirendil is a San Francisco self-improving AI lab founded in 2026 by Behnam Neyshabur, Harsh Mehta, Shayan Salehian and Tara Rezaei, who came from Anthropic, xAI and MIT. What it is building: self-improving AI for scientific R&D: a system that builds systems, sold as a research platform to outside organisations. It has raised $200M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Seed of $200M at a $1B valuation in June 2026, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins. It has not released anything outsiders can use yet.

Research onlySelf-improving AI & automated research
WebsiteLinkedIn
Founders
Behnam Neyshabur (ex-Anthropic), Harsh Mehta (ex-Anthropic), Shayan Salehian (ex-xAI), Tara Rezaei (ex-MIT)
Founders from
ex-Anthropic, ex-xAI, ex-MIT
Location
San Francisco, US (North America)
Valuation
$1B set by the last priced round
Raised
$200M disclosed
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz lead, Kleiner Perkins lead, Nvidia
What ships
Research only
In talks
at $5B Sep 22, 2026. Bloomberg: in talks to raise at about $5B, five times the June seed valuation source

Rounds

DateRoundAmountValuationLeadSource
Jun 26, 2026Seed$200M$1BAndreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkinsthenextweb.com

Sources

News

Investors who back other labs here

  • Nvidia also: Safe Superintelligence, Reflection AI, Skild AI, Poolside
  • Andreessen Horowitz also: Safe Superintelligence, Thinking Machines Lab, TypeSafe AI, World Labs
  • Kleiner Perkins also: Harmonic, Cartesia

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