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On 2026-10-21, according to TechCrunch , San Francisco AI Research Laboratory Flapping Airplanes (neolab established at the end of 2025) completed about USD 1 billion Series A, with a post-investment valuation of about USD 6 billion; led by Index Ventures and Lux Capital, with the participation of Sequoia, GV, Kleiner Perkins, Nvidia and others. The company bets on using less data and computing power to train models, and develops its own GPU software to improve chip utilization.
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- techcrunch.com ↗Published Oct 21, 2026
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2026年10月21日，据 TechCrunch 报道，旧金山 AI 研究实验室 Flapping Airplanes（2025 年底成立的 neolab）完成约 10 亿美元 Series A，投后估值约 60 亿美元；由 Index Ventures 与 Lux Capital 领投，Sequoia、GV、Kleiner Perkins、Nvidia 等参与。公司押注用更少数据与算力训练模型，并自研 GPU 软件提升芯片利用率。