AI lab Humans& just closed a $480M seed at $4.48B valuation in 3 months.

What it is: Human-centric AI for collaboration, founded by ex-OpenAI/xAI/Google/Anthropic researchers.

Key metrics:
• $480M seed round
• $4.48B valuation
• 3 months from founding to close
• Led by SV Angel + Georges Harik
• Nvidia, Bezos, GV participated

How it happened:
• Assembled all-star team from top AI labs first
• Georges Harik (Google employee #7) as co-founder/lead investor
• Eric Zelikman brought xAI/Grok experience
• Andi Peng added Anthropic Claude expertise
• Positioned as "human empowerment" vs replacement narrative
• Leveraged team pedigree for massive pre-product valuation

Takeaway: In AI, team pedigree can unlock billion-dollar valuations before product launch.

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