Standard Intelligence

Emerging neolab

Trains computer-action models on video pretraining to build agents that explore and learn like humans

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Raised, confirmed$75M2 confirmed rounds

Valuation, confirmed—none disclosed

Valuation, reported—no open report

Founded2024San Francisco, CA, US

Key facts

Field	Value	Source · checked
Classification	Emerging neolabResearch lab founded in 2024 building computer-use models by video pretraining; $75M raised from Sequoia and Spark Capital (Apr 2026)	Tier definitions
Founded	2024	sec.gov<value>2024</value>checked 9 Nov 2026
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA, US	si.incWe’re a team of 6 people in San Francisco.checked 9 Nov 2026
Founders	Galen Mead, Devansh Pandey	Sources per person below
Website	si.inc	si.incAn aligned AGI lab.checked 9 Nov 2026
Profiles and work	LinkedIn GitHub, 3 public repos	How links are checkedchecked 10 Nov 2026

Standard Intelligence has raised $75M in rounds confirmed by the company, a regulator or two independent outlets. Status rules: methodology.

Date	Round	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Status	Source · checked
30 Apr 2026	Funding round	$75M	—	Sequoia, Spark Capital, Milan Kovac, Stanley Druckenmiller, Andrej Karpathy	Confirmed	Standard IntelligenceWe’re excited to share that we’ve raised $75M in new funding from Sequoia and Spark Capitalchecked 9 Nov 2026
13 Apr 2026	Form D offering	$44.2M	—	not disclosed	Confirmed	SEC EDGARForm D: total offering 44199974.0, total sold 44199974.0, first sale 2026-04-13+1 more sourcechecked 10 Nov 2026

Notes on these rounds

30 Apr 2026 Funding round: Company states it raised $75M from Sequoia and Spark Capital; angels and advisors named in the announcement.
13 Apr 2026 Form D offering: SEC Form D reports securities sold under the exemption, not the announced round size.

Name	Role	Before	Now	Source · checked
Galen Mead	Co-founder	—	Current	sec.gov<firstName>Galen</firstName> <lastName>Mead</lastName>checked 9 Nov 2026
Devansh PandeyLinkedIn	Co-founder	—	Current	sec.gov<lastName>Pandey</lastName>checked 9 Nov 2026

Professional facts from public sources only. How people records are handled.

Name	Kind	Date	Open weights	Source · checked
FDM-1	model	23 Feb 2026	No	si.incFebruary 23, 2026checked 9 Nov 2026
hertz-dev	model	3 Nov 2024	Yes	si.incWe're releasing hertz-dev, an 8.5B parameter autoregressive model for interactive, full-duplex speech generation.checked 9 Nov 2026

Figures and statements about Standard Intelligence that circulate in lists and summaries, and what the sources support.

Claim	Finding	Source
Valued at about $500M	The company's announcement gives a $75M raise from Sequoia and Spark Capital and no valuation; no primary source for $500M found.	si.incWe’ve raised $75M from Sequoia and Spark to build models that explore and learn like humans do.

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