Seed · AI
Flapping Airplanes launches with $180m seed funding
GV, Sequoia and Index back a research lab pursuing more data-efficient AI.
Flapping Airplanes launched on January 28 with $180 million in seed funding from GV, Sequoia and Index.
Founded by Ben Spector, Asher Spector and Aidan Smith, the research lab is exploring ways for AI models to learn from less data. Its investors see fundamental research and new learning approaches as a route to more capable systems.
Use of funds
Research more data-efficient AI learning methods
Funding history
Seed · This round$180M