Flapping Airplanes

Raised $1B in a Series A round, announced 21 October 2026.

Round

Flapping Airplanes announced a $1 billion Series A co-led by Index and Lux to develop more data-efficient AI systems.

Amount
$1B
Stage
Series A
Announced
21 October 2026
Leads
Index, Lux
Other investors
Sequoia, GV, Kleiner Perkins
Use of funds
Hire and attempt to turn the goal of training models with less data into reality.
Valuation
$6B
Checked
Amount and date matched across 2 press sources

Company

Develops efficient GPU software for training and serving large AI models

Sector
AI
Website
flappingairplanes.com ↗

Founders

Sources and links

Sources
Year-old AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation | TechCrunch techcrunch.com
Flapping Airplanes raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation qz.com
Website
flappingairplanes.com ↗
LinkedIn
Aidan Smith ↗, Asher Spector ↗
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