This New AI startup raises $480M without any product

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ali mirza
January 21, 2026

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1 - New Startup Becomes A Unicorn in 3mo

A brand new AI company just got a lot of money to make AI that helps people work better together, not take their jobs away.

Humans& is a fresh AI company made by smart people who used to work at Anthropic, xAI, and Google. They got $480M to start their business and are now worth $4.48B after just three months.

Here's what makes them special:

  1. They're making AI that acts like a helpful team member in a group chat

  2. Their AI asks questions, remembers things, and helps teams work together better

  3. One of the leaders, Andi Peng, left his old job at Anthropic because they wanted to make AI that works completely on its own

  4. The team has really smart people from Google, xAI, and Stanford

  5. Big companies and rich people like Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and Google are giving them money

This shows that people with money really believe in great AI teams, even when they just start. It also shows that more people want AI that helps humans instead of working alone, because some people worry about AI doing everything by itself.

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5 - After that, Claude quickly builds the artifact based on your answers.

6 - You’ll end up with a functional app or tool that you can tweak, improve, or expand as your needs evolve.

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