Institutional dossier
The documented history of humans&: chronology, people, research, capital and compute, and governance. Every statement opens its source and its limits.
Records dated 2026-01-20 to 2026-01-20 · 5 undated
10 claims · 3 sources. The counts describe this selection. They do not measure completeness or independent confirmation.
Scope, evidence and limits
Description: AI lab introduced on 20 January 2026 (“humans& ai, inc.” in its terms of use).
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Chronology
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2026Record year · 5 claims
- TechCrunch reported on 20 January 2026, relaying The New York Times, that humans& had raised $480 million in seed funding.humans& → announced funding of → 480000000 USDInspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported Rests on reporting
Stage: announced · exact USD 480,000,000 · round total · seed round
Qualification and date notes
The record rests on reporting (TechCrunch relaying The New York Times); the company’s introduction names the seed round’s leads and investors but no amount. It does not establish closing or the split between investors.
Date of the company’s introduction and of TechCrunch’s report; not a closing date.
- humans& names Emerson Collective among its investors in its introduction of 20 January 2026, and TechCrunch reported the same day that the investor took part in the seed round.Emerson Collective → participated in funding for → humans&Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Stage: announced · seed round
Qualification and date notes
The company lists investors after naming the seed round’s leads; the round link is explicit in TechCrunch. No individual amount is stated; the round total is not attributed to this investor. TechCrunch’s round link follows The New York Times’s report.
Date of the company’s introduction and of TechCrunch’s report; not a closing date.
- humans& names GV (Google Ventures) among its investors in its introduction of 20 January 2026, and TechCrunch reported the same day that the investor took part in the seed round.GV (Google Ventures) → participated in funding for → humans&Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Stage: announced · seed round
Qualification and date notes
The company lists investors after naming the seed round’s leads; the round link is explicit in TechCrunch. No individual amount is stated; the round total is not attributed to this investor. TechCrunch’s round link follows The New York Times’s report.
Date of the company’s introduction and of TechCrunch’s report; not a closing date.
- humans& names NVIDIA among its investors in its introduction of 20 January 2026, and TechCrunch reported the same day that the investor took part in the seed round.NVIDIA → participated in funding for → humans&Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Stage: announced · seed round
Qualification and date notes
The company lists investors after naming the seed round’s leads; the round link is explicit in TechCrunch. No individual amount is stated; the round total is not attributed to this investor. TechCrunch’s round link follows The New York Times’s report.
Date of the company’s introduction and of TechCrunch’s report; not a closing date.
- humans& stated in its introduction of 20 January 2026 that its seed round was led by SV Angel and co-founder Georges Harik.SV Angel → participated in funding for → humans&Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Stage: announced · seed round
Qualification and date notes
A company statement of who led the round; no individual amount is stated and the round total is not attributed to this investor. Georges Harik’s co-lead is not recorded as a separate participation (the predicate takes organisations). TechCrunch’s round link follows The New York Times’s report.
Date of the company’s introduction and of TechCrunch’s report; not a closing date.
Date unknownRecord year · 5 claims
- TechCrunch reported on 20 January 2026 that the founders of humans& include Andi Peng.Andi Peng → co-founded → humans&Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported Rests on reporting
Qualification and date notes
The record rests on reporting (TechCrunch, relaying The New York Times and the company); the report says the founders “include” the people named, so it does not establish a complete roster or a founding date.
Description in a 20 January 2026 report; no founding date for the person is given.
- humans& names Georges Harik as a co-founder in its introduction dated 20 January 2026.Georges Harik → co-founded → humans&Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Qualification and date notes
A company description; it does not establish a founding date or the complete roster.
Credit on a page dated 20 January 2026; no founding date for the person is given.
- Andi Peng’s LinkedIn post of 20 January 2026 introducing humans& names Noah Goodman among her co-founders; TechCrunch reported the same day that the founders of humans& include him.Noah Goodman → co-founded → humans&Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Qualification and date notes
Founder credit in a co-founder’s own launch post and in reporting. The company’s homepage does not name him, and some reports call him an adviser. No founding date or title is established.
Founder credit in a launch post and a report of 20 January 2026; no founding date for the person is given.
- TechCrunch reported on 20 January 2026 that the founders of humans& include Yuchen He.Yuchen He → co-founded → humans&Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported Rests on reporting
Qualification and date notes
The record rests on reporting (TechCrunch, relaying The New York Times and the company); the report says the founders “include” the people named, so it does not establish a complete roster or a founding date.
Description in a 20 January 2026 report; no founding date for the person is given.
- humans& names Eric Zelikman as a co-founder in the investor list of its introduction dated 20 January 2026.Eric Zelikman → co-founded → humans&Inspect claim & evidence ↗
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Qualification and date notes
A company description; it does not establish a founding date or the complete roster.
Credit on a page dated 20 January 2026; no founding date for the person is given.