humansand launches Persimmon, a model claiming to realistically simulate how people interact
gharik · x · 2026-09-11
Startup humansand introduced Persimmon, which it claims is the first large-scale model designed to realistically simulate how people talk and interact, built on the premise that AI must understand people to work with them. DeepInfra publicly congratulated the team, hinting at hosting support. Technical details have not yet been disclosed.
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