GPU startup Flappy Airplanes raises $1B Series A co-led by Index and Lux
vitaliychiley · x · 2026-10-22
Flappy Airplanes has raised a $1 billion Series A, co-led by Index Ventures and Lux Capital.
The company says it has spent the past year developing new primitives for GPUs, which it believes enable new algorithms that could change how machines learn, open new markets, and dramatically reshape AI's cost structure.
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