Research area
Computer-use AI startups
Models that act on screens and in software, trained from demonstrations. We track 4 labs in this area, which have raised $169M in disclosed rounds between them; the most valuable is Isara, at $650M.
4labs
$169Mdisclosed raised
$650Mreported valuations
| Lab | Topic | Location | Founders from | Founded | Last round | Valuation | Raised | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IsaraLarge-scale multi-agent coordination: swarms of ~2,000 agents forecasting commodity prices…in | Computer use & agents | San Francisco, US | ex-OpenAI, ex-Oxford | 2025 | Series A $94MMar 27, 2026 | $650M | $94M | Research only |
| Standard IntelligenceFDM-1, a fully general computer-action model trained on video that can browse, do CAD and …site · in | Computer use & agents | San Francisco, US | · | 2024 | Series A $75MApr 29, 2026 · Sequoia, Spark Capital | $500Mest. | $75M | Research only |
| H CompanyAgentic and computer-use models with open weights, from a large ex-DeepMind contingent.site · in | Computer use & agents | Paris, FR | ex-Stanford, ex-Google DeepMind | 2024 | · | $420Mest. | · | Open model |
| PrentisComputer-use models trained on how office workers navigate routine workflows, so agents ca…site | Computer use & agents | ex-Titan, ex-Greylock, ex-Zynga | 2026 | · | · | · | Product |
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