Prentis, an AI research lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus, and Ritankar Das, is negotiating to raise $100 million with a projected valuation of $1 billion.
Prentis (Hoffman-backed) is raising $100M at $1B with $50M contracts signed; Hive-32B beats GPT-5.4 and Claude 4.6 at 1/10 cost. Enterprise tech leaders gain a cost-efficient path to automate back-office workflows without frontier API pricing.
The company was co-founded by Ritankar Das, Reid Hoffman, and Mark Pincus
Jul 25, 2026
10:53 am
What's the storyPrentis, a new artificial intelligence (AI) research lab focused on computer use models, is in talks to raise $100 million at a valuation of $1 billion.
The company was co-founded by Ritankar Das, Reid Hoffman, and Mark Pincus.
The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case.
The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case.
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