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Lila Sciences, a Cambridge-based developer of autonomous scientific labs, is in talks to raise $2B at an $8.5B pre-money valuation, led by CalPERS and NVentures. Named Fast Company Top 10 Most Innovative AI Company 2026.

  1. Jacob Feala in Boston (Stealth)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Lila Sciences (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Computational Biology @ Generate Biomedicines, Personalized Cancer Vaccines Bioinformatics @ Moderna, UCSD PhD Bioengineering

    3. Description: Startup creation @ Flagship Pioneering since 1/26

  2. Jaclyn Lunger in SF (Co-Founder & CTO @ Panorama)

    1. Role: 1st Employee & ML Scientist @ Lila Sciences (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Member @ South Park Commons, DOE Fellow @ SLAC, MIT PhD Materials Science, Cornell BS Materials Science Eng

    3. Description: “Panorama transforms plain English into powerful workflows and effortless automations. Just describe what you need. It works across your stack, acts inside your favorite tools, and does everything you can do.”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  3. Jake Yasonik in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: ML Engineer II @ Lila Sciences (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Venture @ Redpoint, ML Engineer & Founding Team @ Osmo ($135M from Lux, GV, Two Sigma), ML @ D.E. Shaw Research, Research @ Google Brain, MIT SB CS + Molecular Biology

    3. Description: Left Redpoint 6/26

    4. Contact: Site, [email protected]

  4. Andy Xu in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: ML Research @ Lila Sciences (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Neo Scholar Finalist, 1st Technical Hire @ Iudex AI (acq by xAI)

    3. Description: "Simulating human behavior at scale"

    4. Contact: Site, Twitter, [email protected]

  5. Brian Swartz in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: VP Product @ Lila Sciences (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: CEO & Co-Founder @ NeighborSchools (acq by Higher Ground Education), CEO & Co-Founder @ Swivvel

    3. Description: “Currently focused on climate, the energy transition, and the buildout of the electric grid we need to get there.”

    4. Contact: Twitter

Generalist AI, a robotics startup building general intelligence for the physical world, raised $400M at a $2B valuation. Radical Ventures led, joined by 8VC, Union Square Ventures, Norwest, Hanabi Capital, and existing investors Nvidia and Bezos Expeditions.

  1. Gleb Polyakov in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: COO @ Generalist AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CEO @ Nylas ($175M from Tiger Global, 8VC, Spark Capital), Founder & CEO @ ZPM Espresso (acq), Georgia Tech BS Physics

    3. Description: Left Generalist AI 2/26

Forage, an SF-based fintech helping low-income families use EBT/SNAP payments online ("Stripe for EBT"), raised $40M in Series B. Mouro Capital led, joined by Nyca Partners, PayPal Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Intuit Ventures, Pivotal Ventures, and FJ Labs.

  1. Justin I. in LA (Stealth)

    1. Role: CEO & Founder @ Forage (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Sikhana, CoS @ Newsela

    3. Description: "Back Building"

  2. Jake Goldman in US (Stealth)

    1. Role: Founding Team @ Forage (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CEO @ Kairo Health (YC), Founding Team @ Ophelia (Tiger Global, Menlo, General Catalyst), SWE @ Bridgewater, SWE @ Axonius

    3. Description: "Building the future of law"

    4. Funding: Backed by YC

  3. Ajay Vasisht in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Founding Team @ Forage (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: GM @ Alchemy, ML Engineer @ Anduril, PM @ DocuSign, Investment Engineer @ Bridgewater, Penn MSE CS

    3. Description: "Building the future of law"

    4. Funding: Backed by YC

  4. Robert Gormisky in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: 1st FTE & Founding Engineer @ Forage (5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Quant PM @ AIG, Quant Analyst @ Lincoln Financial, Wharton BS Finance + Statistics, UT Austin MS CS

    3. Description: Stealth since 4/26

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