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Co-founded an AI research lab with $180 million in seed funding focused on finding less data-hungry ways to train AI.
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Flapping Airplanes on the Future of AI: 'We Want to Try Really Radically Different Things'
TechCrunchinterviewpositiveFeb 17, 2026
Flapping Airplanes, a new AI research lab funded with $180 million, is tackling data efficiency in AI training by drawing inspiration from how the human brain learns, positioning itself differently from scaling-focused competitors like OpenAI and DeepMind.
“Co-founded an AI research lab with $180 million in seed funding focused on finding less data-hungry ways to train AI.”
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