alphaXiv chart maps neo-lab funding vs citations, with SSI leading above $3B
pmddomingos · x · 2026-11-09
Pedro Domingos teasingly asked Yoshua Bengio whether he could "raise $10B by snapping fingers," sharing an alphaXiv scatter chart of neo-lab funding vs founding-team citations.
Key points from the chart:
- SSI, Reflection, Isomorphic Labs, and Physical Intelligence top funding at roughly $3B or above
- Thinking Machines, World Labs, AMI Labs, Discovery Loop, and Ineffable form the second tier at $1–3B
- Overall trend: labs with more highly cited founders raise more capital; top labs' teams reach hundreds of thousands to millions of citations
- Outliers raising $1B+ with low citation counts include Flapping Airplanes and General Intuition
Related event: 32 Emerging AI Labs Raise Nearly $26B, SSI Tops List at $3B+(2 posts)→
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