A newly launched AI lab, humans&, has emerged with a $480 million seed round and backing from 500 Global, positioning itself around human-centric AI as governments, educators, and employers grapple with how advanced models shape collaboration, skills, and work.
Introduction to Humans& AI Lab
Humans& has launched as a new frontier AI lab after closing a $480 million seed funding round, with investment led by 500 Global.
Humans& AI lab secures $480M in seed funding to develop humanist AI for learning & workforce! What does this mean for the future of collaboration and trust?
Human-Centric AI Development
The lab brings together researchers and engineers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, xAI, Meta, Stanford University, and MIT, positioning itself around what it describes as human-centered AI development.
Quote: “We need an AI that will bring us together rather than making us more isolated,” Attribution: Noah Goodman, co-founder of humans&
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Investment and Backing
The investment was shared on LinkedIn by Iris Sun, a tech ventures investor at 500 Global, who wrote, “Thrilled to announce our investment in humans&’s $480M seed round.”
Key takeaways
- Seed Funding: $480 million
- Backer: 500 Global
- Focus: Humanist AI for collaboration and trust
Future Plans and Implications
Humans& plans to tightly integrate product development alongside model research, with the goal of ensuring real-world use cases inform system design from the outset.
As the education and workforce sectors continue to evolve, the development of humanist AI by humans& could have profound implications for how we learn and work together. With its significant seed funding and backing from 500 Global, humans& is poised to make a meaningful impact in the AI education space.
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References
- EdTech Innovation Hub - Humans& Secures $480 Million Seed Round
