Mirendil, 20-person lab of ex-Anthropic researchers, reportedly raising at $5B valuation
shashib · x · 2026-09-23
- Bloomberg reports Mirendil, a 20-person lab founded by ex-Anthropic researchers, is in talks to raise at a $5B valuation; its June seed was $200M at $1B.
- No public model yet; first model targeted for early 2027.
- The pitch: software that improves the next training run, letting science labs build their own model without a frontier shop.
- Poster's take: two labs don't lock the space — much Claude/GPT work already runs on smaller models, and for acting/browsing systems the last control is still pulling the plug.
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