Flapping Airplanes
A frontier data efficiency lab solving the sample efficiency problem in AI
San Francisco, United States · Founded 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2026
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- flappingairplanes.com
- Last Round
- SeedJan 2026
- Rounds
- 1
About
Flapping Airplanes is a foundational AI research lab devoted to solving the data-efficiency problem in AI. Founded by Ben Spector, Asher Spector, and Aidan Smith, the company raised $180M in seed funding from Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Index Ventures in January 2026. The lab pursues brain-inspired, biologically plausible model training approaches that can learn at human level without massive data ingestion.
Summary
Flapping Airplanes is an Artificial Intelligence company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2026. Its most recent funding was a Seed round in Jan 2026. Investors include GV, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures.
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Funding History
Jan 2026
Investors
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