@chrisbarber: I asked people which neolabs under $10B have the highest talent density: 32 votes: Core Automation (@MillionInt, @_aroh…

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A community poll ranks young AI labs under $10B valuation by talent density, with Core Automation, Periodic Labs, and Flapping Airplanes topping the list, alongside a disclosure of the pollster's investments.

I asked people which neolabs under $10B have the highest talent density: 32 votes: Core Automation (@MillionInt, @_arohan_) 26 votes: Periodic Labs (@LiamFedus, @ekindogus) 20 votes: Flapping Airplanes (@spectorb, @amspector100, @aidanmantine) 18 votes: Standard Intelligence (@G413N, @devanshpandey) 8 votes: Ricursive (@annadgoldie, @Azaliamirh) 5 votes each: - Ineffable (David Silver) - Mirendil (@bneyshabur, @HarshMeh1a, @shayan_, @tararezaeikh) - Recursive (@RichardSocher, @_rockt, @timshi_ai, @josh_tobin_, @CaimingXiong, @jeffclune, @tydsh, Alexey Dosovitskiy) 3 votes each: - Applied Compute (@ypatil125, @rhythmrg, @lindensli) - Isara (@ezhang7423, @hegasz) - Prime Intellect (@vincentweisser, @johannes_hage) 2 votes each: - Elorian (@AndrewDai, @yinfeiy, @SethInternet) - Goodfire (@eric_ho, @DanJBalsam, @banburismus_) - Inherent (@tantumscollins, @edwardfhughes, @LouisKirschAI, @kallyaleksiev) - Trajectory (@rronak_, @QuantumArjun, @MichaelElabd) - World Labs (@drfeifei, @jcjohnss, @BenMildenhall, @chlassner) People couldn't pick a company they work at or founded. Disclosure: I'm a small investor in Applied Compute, Factory, Standard Intelligence, Trajectory and Wafer. I didn't vote. Continued:
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I asked people which neolabs under $10B have the highest talent density:

32 votes: Core Automation (@MillionInt, @arohan)

26 votes: Periodic Labs (@LiamFedus, @ekindogus)

20 votes: Flapping Airplanes (@spectorb, @amspector100, @aidanmantine)

18 votes: Standard Intelligence (@G413N, @devanshpandey)

8 votes: Ricursive (@annadgoldie, @Azaliamirh)

5 votes each:

  • Ineffable (David Silver)
  • Mirendil (@bneyshabur, @HarshMeh1a, @shayan_, @tararezaeikh)
  • Recursive (@RichardSocher, @rockt, @timshi_ai, @josh_tobin, @CaimingXiong, @jeffclune, @tydsh, Alexey Dosovitskiy)

3 votes each:

  • Applied Compute (@ypatil125, @rhythmrg, @lindensli)
  • Isara (@ezhang7423, @hegasz)
  • Prime Intellect (@vincentweisser, @johannes_hage)

2 votes each:

  • Elorian (@AndrewDai, @yinfeiy, @SethInternet)
  • Goodfire (@eric_ho, @DanJBalsam, @banburismus_)
  • Inherent (@tantumscollins, @edwardfhughes, @LouisKirschAI, @kallyaleksiev)
  • Trajectory (@rronak_, @QuantumArjun, @MichaelElabd)
  • World Labs (@drfeifei, @jcjohnss, @BenMildenhall, @chlassner)

People couldn’t pick a company they work at or founded. Disclosure: I’m a small investor in Applied Compute, Factory, Standard Intelligence, Trajectory and Wafer. I didn’t vote.

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(part 2) I asked people which neolabs under $10B have the highest talent density:

Full list: http://frontierlist.com/neolabs

1 vote each:

  • Biography
  • Chai Discovery (@joshim5, @jackdent, @Mattmcpartlon1, @j_boitreaud)
  • CTRL-G (@GregoireGambatt, @pacovilletard)
  • Emulate (@jparkerholder, @MattMcGill_, @philipjohnball)
  • Engram (@dan_biderman, @EyubogluSabri, @RealJessyLin, @jxmnop, @scott_linderman, Chris Ré)
  • Factory (@matanSF, @EnoReyes)
  • Fulcrum
  • General Intuition (@PimDeWitte, @EloiAlonso1, @AdamJelley2, @micheli_vincent, Iggy Harmsen)
  • Isomorphic Labs (@demishassabis)
  • Olo Din (@mishayagudin)
  • Pantheon (@calixo888, @Jannikschg)
  • Sakana AI (@hardmaru, @YesThisIsLion, @renitomail)
  • Simile (@joon_s_pk, @msbernst, @percyliang)
  • Stealth
  • Stealth text-diffusion lab (ex-GDM)
  • TypeSafe (@CompleteSkeptic, @EGafni, @hackgoofer)
  • UniversalAGI (@aha_ml)
  • Wafer (@gpuemi, @gpusteve)

Thanks to everyone who voted: Charlie Songhurst @luke_drago_ @daniala @herbiebradley @jacobrintamaki @phoebeyao @eplou5 @tmychow @evanjconrad @brandonguo @nicoup @dlevine815 @sujaihiremath @nratliff9 @danielchingwq, and:

Thanks to: @calvinchen @iamashtonchew @thezacharyyu @vincentweisser @ypatil125 @anjalisardana @mmaaz_98 @quantbagel @ishanjmukherjee @Yngkvn @forwarddeploy @SeanZCai @AlfredoAndere @shaped @Kshitijjkapoor, and:

Thanks to: @aurielws @matthewjsargent @jecdohmann @ibragim_bad @sarahzengy @aashaysanghvi_ @mileswhen @MikayelK @mokshith @gleech @rohan__sanjay @harry_sainii @QuantumArjun @mykytamudryi @RealJessyLin, and:

Thanks to: @mackaygg @GovViz @DanielUng19 @RohunSaxena @krishaymukhija @danielrupawalla @sid_potdar_ @sincethestudy @DionDong1 @josancamon19 @ckxyz_ @ryanhu20 @alisabets @joeybesgen @Ili6a_, and:

Full list: https://frontierlist.com/neolabs

Thanks to: @echinaceous @_kelsey_pool @chenxcynthia @anandnk24 @ramya_iyer1 @gabrielnoya7 @pajeeter_parker @sabhyac267 @adi_baradwaj @debnilsur @bertgodel

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