Ex-Anthropic Duo's Self-Improving AI Startup Mirendil in Talks for $1B Round at $5B Valuation

Mirendil, the six-month-old AI startup founded by ex-Anthropic researchers Behnam Neyshabur and Harsh Mehta to build AI that does the work of an AI researcher, is in talks to raise up to $1B at a $5B valuation with Kleiner Perkins leading and Andreessen Horowitz in discussions to participate, per Bloomberg. The round comes three months after Kleiner and a16z led a $200M seed at $1B. The team now includes 20 researchers from Anthropic, xAI, DeepMind and OpenAI.