Mirendil
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About
Mirendil is a San Francisco-based AI startup founded by former Anthropic researchers Behnam Neyshabur and Harsh Mehta, building self-improving AI systems that automate AI research itself — including experimental design, hyperparameter search, model evaluation, and iterative training 12. The 20-person founding team includes researchers and engineers from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and xAI 1.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | Seed | $200M | Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins | NVIDIA 123456 |
The seed round valued Mirendil at approximately $1 billion post-money — one of the largest seed rounds in AI history 12456. Andreessen Horowitz officially announced its lead role on June 24, 2026 4.
What Investors Say
Matt Bornstein and Malika Aubakirova, Andreessen Horowitz: “They are working on one of the biggest possible problems in AI, and they are one of the few teams who have experience and strong priors about how to make the end-to-end system work” 4.
What Founders Say
No independently sourced founder testimonials found at this time.
Sources
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TechFundingNews, “One year at Anthropic, then $200M at $1B: The researchers who just closed one of AI’s largest-ever seed rounds,” June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techfundingnews.com/ex-anthropic-researchers-raise-200m-just-weeks-after-quitting-to-build-ai-that-creates-better-ai/↩↩↩↩
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The SaaS News, “Mirendil Raises $200M Seed,” June 24, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/mirendil-raises-200m-seed/↩↩↩
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Crypto Briefing, “Mirendil secures $200M seed round led by a16z and Nvidia,” June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://cryptobriefing.com/mirendil-200m-seed-round-a16z-nvidia/↩
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Andreessen Horowitz announcement, “Investing in Mirendil,” by Matt Bornstein and Malika Aubakirova, June 24, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-mirendil/↩↩↩↩
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SiliconANGLE, “Mirendil raises $200M to speed up scientific research with AI,” June 25, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/25/mirendil-raises-200m-speed-scientific-research-ai/↩↩
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Unite.AI, “Former Anthropic Researchers Launch Mirendil at $1 Billion Valuation With $200M Seed Round,” June 25, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.unite.ai/former-anthropic-researchers-launch-mirendil-at-1-billion-valuation-with-200-m-seed-round/↩↩