Humans& just raised the 2nd largest seed round in history.

The 3-month-old AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, and Google alums secured $480M at a $4.48B valuation.

Key metrics:
• $480M seed round (2nd largest ever)
• $4.48B valuation in 3 months
• 20+ employees from top AI labs
• Investors: Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, GV

How they did it:
• Assembled dream team from Anthropic, xAI, Google
• Positioned as "human-centric AI" vs replacement narrative
• Leveraged founder pedigree for pre-product funding
• Built AI collaboration platform with memory

Takeaway: Team pedigree + contrarian positioning unlocks massive pre-product funding.

Source: TechCrunch

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