Humans and launches Persimmon, a large-scale model simulating human interaction
gharik · x · 2026-09-11
AI startup Humans and (team including Gabriel Goharik, Eric Zelikman, Yuchen He and Noah Goodman) launched Persimmon, billed as the first large-scale user model built to realistically simulate how people talk and interact, capturing the messiness and range of human behavior. 500 Global announced it is an investor.
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