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The company was founded by former Google DeepMind scientists Shumeet Baluja and Ian Fischer in 2025 in 6, and its recursive self-improvement system outperformed the previous Sota (Gemini 3 Deep Think) with ZZNFZ % accuracy on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark (75).","description":"","country":null,"category":null,"originalName":"Poetiq 完成 4580 万美元种子轮融资，ARC-AGI-2 达 SOTA","eventDate":"2026-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","website":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/poetiq-raises-45-8m-for-ai-meta-system-surpasses-top-llms-on-industry-benchmark-302674571.html","sourceUpdatedAt":"2026-10-21T11:38:26.034Z","englishUpdatedAt":"2026-10-22T01:02:23.853Z","reviewedAt":"2026-10-22T01:02:23.853Z","snapshotAt":"2026-10-22T00:50:17.160Z","sourceHash":"9fff964da421e7c39376d2962d88b358238a838c5b15f2b49530a7f8dbe50b55","companyId":"88d9565c-0dbd-4f45-834a-dca40ee84843","foundedYear":null,"logoUrl":null,"originalText":"2026年1月29日，据 PR Newswire 报道，AI meta-system 公司 Poetiq 完成 4580 万美元种子轮融资，由 FYRFLY Venture Partners 和 Surface Ventures 联合领投，Y Combinator、468 Capital、Operator Collective、Hico Ventures、Neuron Venture Partners 参投。公司由前 Google DeepMind 科学家 Shumeet Baluja 与 Ian Fischer 于 2025 年 6 月创立，其递归自我改进系统在 ARC-AGI-2 基准上以 75% 准确率超过此前 SOTA（Gemini 3 Deep Think）。","sources":[{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/poetiq-raises-45-8m-for-ai-meta-system-surpasses-top-llms-on-industry-benchmark-302674571.html","publishedOn":"2026-01-29T00:00:00.000Z"}],"related":[{"id":"17dda1a5-58e1-40ca-9d6b-68c383b3069f","kind":"institutions","code":"UB-I488","name":"468 Capital","nameBasis":"original-brand","summary":"A European early-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B technology.","description":"A European early-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B technology.","country":"Europe","category":null,"originalName":"468 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