Core Automation
New architectures and learning algorithms that need about 100x less data and learn continuously from experience, which founder Jerry Tworek sees as essential for AGI; long-term plan is agents that build products such as industrial automation.
- Founded
- March 2026
- Founders
- Jerry Tworek
- Pushes against
- Transformer-plus-scaling; Tworek says the architecture is the bottleneck.
- Now
- Hired researchers from Anthropic and Google DeepMind (Business Insider, 2026-04). Reported seeking $500M-$1B (The Information) and filing to raise $500M (Axios, 2026-08-13). No model, paper or product public.
Key people
- Jerry Tworek (founder; ex-OpenAI senior researcher)
- Rohan Anil (ex-Anthropic; said he started the company with Tworek)
Funding
- August 2026 reported
- Amount
- $500M (filing to raise; reported)
- Valuation
- ~$4B target (reported, The Information, 2026-05)
- 2026 reported
- Amount
- $100M (reported)
- Valuation
- $1B (reported)
- Lead
- Nvidia among backers (reported)
Every funding round in the atlas
Sources
- the-decoder.com/two-startups-want-to-replace-how-ai-learns-one-just-raised-180m-another-is
- businessinsider.com/core-automation-ai-nerdsniped-anthropic-google-deepmind-researchers-20
- axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/08/13/core-automation-raising-500-million
- the-decoder.com/ai-money-keeps-flowing-as-deepseek-plans-record-raise-and-core-automation-
This profile was checked and corrected against its sources on 6 October 2026. How we check