Self-improving AI & automated research · San Francisco, US · founded 2026
Trajectory: who founded it, who funds it
Trajectory is a San Francisco self-improving AI lab founded in 2026 by Michael Elabd, Arjun Karanam and Ronak Malde, who came from Windsurf, DeepMind and Stanford. What it is building: a continual-learning layer trained on agent trajectories. No funding round has been disclosed. It is still in stealth, with nothing outsiders can use.
- Founders
- Michael Elabd (ex-Windsurf), Arjun Karanam (ex-Google DeepMind), Ronak Malde (ex-Stanford)
- Founders from
- ex-Windsurf, ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Stanford
- Location
- San Francisco, US (North America)
- Valuation
- $115M estimate, per source
- Raised
- · disclosed
- Investors
- ·
- What ships
- Stealth
Sources
- neolabs.fyi neolabs.fyi
News
- Aug 11, 2026
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May 28, 2026
+1 more coverage
- Pulse 2.0 Trajectory Raises $15 Million To Build A Platform For Continual Learning
- May 27, 2026
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