Humans& just raised the 2nd largest seed round ever: $480M at $4.48B valuation.

AI lab founded by ex-Google, Anthropic, xAI, OpenAI, and Meta researchers building "human-centric AI" collaboration tools.

Key metrics:
• $480M seed round (all cash, unstructured)
• $4.48B valuation
• Founded September 2025 (4 months to unicorn)
• Led by SV Angel + Georges Harik
• Investors: Nvidia, Bezos, GV, Emerson Collective

How it happened:
• Assembled all-star team from top AI labs
• Focused on human-AI collaboration angle (differentiation)
• Leveraged founder networks for warm intros
• Raised unstructured to move fast
• Will spend majority on compute for model training

Takeaway: Star teams with clear differentiation can raise massive rounds in months, not years.

Source: Crunchbase News

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