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Reflection AI: who founded it, who funds it

Reflection AI is a New York open-weight AI lab founded in 2024 by Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, who came from DeepMind. What it is building: american open-weight frontier models as a sovereign alternative to closed labs and Chinese open models. It has raised $4.63B in disclosed rounds, most recently a Series C of $2.5B at a $25B valuation in April 2026, led by Nvidia. It releases open-weight models.

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Founders
Misha Laskin (ex-Google DeepMind), Ioannis Antonoglou (ex-Google DeepMind)
Founders from
ex-Google DeepMind
Location
New York, US (North America)
Valuation
$25B set by the last priced round
Raised
$4.63B disclosed
Investors
Lightspeed lead, CRV lead, Sequoia, Nvidia lead, Eric Schmidt, Citi, 1789 Capital, DST Global, B Capital, JPMorgan
What ships
Beam, a 501B-parameter open-weight model, released 5 Oct 2026; provider to US National Labs.

Rounds

DateRoundAmountValuationLeadSource
Apr 1, 2026Series C$25B pre-money; CEO confirmed close in April 2026$2.5B$25BNvidiaturingpost.com
Oct 9, 2025Series B$2B$8BNvidiareflection.ai
Mar 1, 2025Series A$130M$545MLightspeed, CRVsacra.com

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Investors who back other labs here

  • Nvidia also: Safe Superintelligence, Skild AI, Poolside, Thinking Machines Lab
  • Sequoia also: Safe Superintelligence, Skild AI, Physical Intelligence, Ineffable Intelligence
  • Lightspeed also: Skild AI, Ineffable Intelligence, Ricursive Intelligence, Cartesia
  • CRV also: Skild AI, Dyna Robotics
  • DST Global also: Safe Superintelligence, Periodic Labs
  • Eric Schmidt also: Magic, Periodic Labs

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