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February 10, 2026

This Sequoia-backed lab thinks the brain is 'the floor, not the ceiling' for AI

Flapping Airplanes' founders join Equity to discuss why investors wrote the lab a $180M check, what the "neolabs" generation means for AI development, and more.

This Sequoia-backed lab thinks the brain is 'the floor, not the ceiling' for AI

TL;DR

  • Flapping Airplanes secured $180 million in seed funding from investors like Google Ventures and Sequoia.
  • The lab aims to create AI models that learn more like humans, focusing on data efficiency.
  • The founding team believes this approach can unlock new AI capabilities.
  • They plan to make AI models 1,000x more data efficient.
  • The team prioritizes research over immediate commercialization.

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