Prentis AI Lab Seeks $100 Million Funding at $1 Billion Valuation

Key Points

• Prentis aims to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation.
• Co‑founders include Ritankar Das, Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus.
• The lab focuses on AI agents that can operate computer software to automate routine office tasks.
• Contracts worth up to $50 million have been signed with healthcare, manufacturing and apparel customers.
• Hive‑32B model claims to outperform GPT‑5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on computer‑use benchmarks.
• Prentis asserts its model costs roughly ten times less per task than leading APIs.
• The startup projects a $75 million annualized run rate by Q3 2024.
• Team includes former engineers from OpenAI, DeepMind, Meta, Tencent and Alibaba.