AI Startup Humans& Raises $480 Million Seed Round at $4.5 Billion Valuation

AI startup Humans& has raised $480 million in seed funding at a $4.5 billion valuation, reports Reuters. The round was led by SV Angel and co-founder Georges Harik, with participation from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, Alphabet’s venture arm GV, and other investors.

Founded by former researchers from OpenAI, xAI, and Alphabet, Humans& is developing human-centric AI tools for communication and collaboration. The company plans to launch its first product later this year. CEO Eric Zelikman said the model will coordinate with people and other AIs to improve teamwork and productivity.

The founding team includes Georges Harik, who helped launch Gmail and Google Docs, and Zelikman, who previously worked at xAI on training data for Grok-2. Other members come from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, and Stanford University. The company employs around 20 people and aims to build AI systems that support human interaction and cooperation.