The facts
Adaption Labs 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
- AI that improves AICompanies trying to automate AI research itself, so AI helps build better AI.
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- Not found in our sources
- Last closed-round valuation
- No valuation reported
- What it has shipped
- Has a product
Founders
- Sara Hooker: formerly vice president of research at Cohere; background at Google DeepMind (Fortune, Feb 4, 2026)
- Sudip Roy: previously director of inference computing at Cohere; CTO (Fortune, Feb 4, 2026)
Raised $50 million seed led by Emergence Capital Partners; company declined to share valuation. Feb 4, 2026
Fortune, Feb 4, 2026
What it has built
Shipped, or not yet.
“Has a product” is what our search found: something the public can use or buy, a model or API, research only, or nothing public.
Adaptive Data / Invent a dataset tools
Source1 round
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 | Seed | $50 million | Not stated | Emergence Capital Partners (lead), Mozilla Ventures, Fifty Years, Threshold Ventures, Alpha Intelligence Capital, E14 Fund, Neo | Fortune |
Our note
Worth knowing.
Our note: Focus is continual learning ('gradient-free learning' at inference time) rather than full recursive self-improvement; included as a distinctive smaller company. Fortune is not on our trusted-outlet list. Founding year not found; a 2025 founding is likely but unverified. Product pages are undated.
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