Flapping Airplanes

Active#8 worldwide · Foundation models

Estimated valuation · Foundation models · United States

San Francisco research lab working on AI models that learn from far less data and compute, with its own GPU software framework for Nvidia chips.

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HQUnited States

Last roundSeries A · Oct 2026

Estimated valuation

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≈ USD 6bnUSD 4.8–7.5bn · Unicorn

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Anchor: Last known equity round: Series A · USD 1bn · Oct 2026
Published valuation: USD 6bn (reported) · Oct 2026

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Ranking	Tier	Rank	Edition	Next update
Foundation models · worldwide	Top 28	#8	Edition 0 · Oct 2026	4 Jan 2027

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Date	Round	Amount	Type	Investors
Oct 2026	Series A	USD 1bn	Equity	Index Ventures, Lux Capital, Sequoia, GV, Kleiner Perkins, Nvidia

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