The facts
Reflection AI at a glance.
Read Oct 20, 2026. Valuations and amounts are copied as each source states them; a figure that is only reported (talks, or people familiar with the deal) is labeled as reported.
- Kind of company
- New frontier labsStart-ups building general AI models to rival the biggest labs.
- Based in
- United States
- Founded
- 2024TechCrunch, Oct 9, 2025
- Last closed-round valuation
- $8B$8 billion (TechCrunch, Oct 9, 2025)
- Reported valuation
- Reported $25B, not confirmed by the company$25 billion pre-money (Reuters (via The Star), citing the CEO's April remarks to CNBC, Oct 11, 2026)
- What it has shipped
- Has a model or API
Founders
- Misha Laskin: former Google DeepMind researcher who led reward modeling for DeepMind's Gemini project (TechCrunch, Oct 9, 2025)
- Ioannis Antonoglou: former Google DeepMind researcher who co-created AlphaGo (TechCrunch, Oct 9, 2025)
Nvidia, already an $800 million investor, is in early talks to invest further in Reflection or buy it, according to a Financial Times report relayed by Reuters; talks could still fall apart. Oct 10, 2026
Reuters, Oct 11, 2026
What it has built
Shipped, or not yet.
“Has a model or API” is what our search found: something the public can use or buy, a model or API, research only, or nothing public.
2 rounds
Funding, as reported.
Every round we found, with the amount, valuation and investors as the source states them.
| When | Round | Amount | Valuation | Investors named | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2025 | Unnamed | $2 billion | $8 billion | Nvidia, Disruptive, DST, 1789, B Capital, Lightspeed, GIC, Eric Yuan, Eric Schmidt, Citi, Sequoia, CRV | TechCrunch |
| Apr 2026 | New round (CEO said it was raising; close not confirmed) | not stated | $25 billion pre-money | None named | Reuters (via The Star), citing the CEO's April remarks to CNBC |
Our note
Worth knowing.
Our note: Reflection originally focused on autonomous coding agents before repositioning as an open frontier lab (TechCrunch, 2025-10-09). Beam was announced on 2026-10-05/06 and weights released 2026-10-16; the release post gives no benchmark scores. Whether the $25B round closed was not confirmed in pages fetched.
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