Just 9 months after raising an $180 million seed round, Flapping Airplanes has landed $1 billion Series A for its mission to build AI models "without ingesting half the internet."
Year-old AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation
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Flapping Airplanes, a year-old AI startup, raised $1B at a $6B valuation, quadrupling its value in nine months.
- Raised $1B Series A led by Index and Lux, valuing it at $6B.
- Founded by Aidan Smith and brothers Asher and Ben Spector, with strong Silicon Valley backing.
- Develops a megakernel framework for efficient AI training and inference.
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