Atlas / New research labs
New research labs
AI Market Atlas · by Pro PluribusHeavily funded labs, mostly pre-product, led by famous researchers. Many bet on world models, reinforcement learning or physical AI rather than bigger chatbots.
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Updated 10 Nov 2026. Select one for its offerings, news and links.
New research labs
Core AutomationPre-product lab building models that keep learning after training; valued at $1B, raising $500M.
General IntuitionNewWorld-model lab training on gameplay video; $220M at $6.2B (2 Oct), nearly triple its June valuation.PrometheusNewPhysical-AI lab building an “artificial general engineer” for design and manufacturing; $12B at ~$41B (June 2026), $18B+ raised in total.
AMI LabsNewWorld-model lab betting beyond LLMs: a $1.03B seed at $3.5B pre-money (Mar 2026), reported as Europe's largest seed.
Ineffable IntelligenceNewReinforcement-learning lab building a “superlearner” that learns without human data; $1.1B seed at $5.1B (Apr 2026).
River AINewxAI co-founder's company for customer-owned models on open weights; $1.1B across seed and Series A (Aug 2026).This map is a by-product of the work. Keeping track of what each of these actually does, and which ones are worth your time, is part of how I advise founder-led companies on AI. If you want that applied to your business, the first conversation is free.
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