73 voters rank sub-$10B AI neolabs by talent density, Core Automation tops list
matanSF · x · 2026-10-03
A Frontier List roundup aggregates votes from 73 people on which sub-$10B AI "neolabs" have the highest talent density:
- Core Automation (founded by Jerry Tworek and Rohan Anil, SF) tops the list with 32 votes
- Periodic Labs (Liam Fedus, Ekin Dogus Cubuk, Menlo Park) is second with 26 votes
- Flapping Airplanes (20), Standard Intelligence (18), and Ricursive (Anna Goldie, Azalia Mirhoseini; 8) follow
- David Silver's Ineffable, Richard Socher's Recursive, World Labs, Goodfire, and Prime Intellect also appear
- Labs valued over $10B like Thinking Machines, Cognition, SSI, and Physical Intelligence were excluded from the main list
Factory founder matanSF joked his own lab ranks second-tier in this category.
Related event: Core Automation tops 73-person vote on AI neolab talent density(2 posts)→
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