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Valuation
$2.5B
As of Jul 31, 2026Value Add Pulse research
Total funding
$500M
As of Jul 31, 2026Value Add Pulse research
Company Snapshot
Flourish is a Semiconductors company, based in New York, NY, founded 2024. Latest valuation $2.5B (As of Jul 31, 2026, Value Add Pulse research). Total funding $500M (As of Jul 31, 2026).
Recent changes
- Jul 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026First reported valuation: $2.5B Value Add Pulse enrichment
- Jul 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026First reported total funding: $500M Value Add Pulse enrichment
- Jun 6, 2026Jun 6, 2026Bezos-Backed Flourish Raises $500M at $2.5B to Build Brain-Inspired AI Chips Pulse story
- Jun 4, 2026Jun 4, 2026Bezos-Backed Flourish Raises $500M at $2.5B for Brain-Inspired AI That Runs on Laptop-Level Power Pulse story
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- Jun 6, 2026Bezos-Backed Flourish Raises $500M at $2.5B to Build Brain-Inspired AI ChipsFlourish, a New York startup co-founded by Internet Explorer creator and CTRL-labs founder Thomas Reardon, raised $500 million at a $2.5 billion valuation to build brain-inspired AI -- with Jeff Bezos nearly doubling his check to roughly $100 million. Its 'Cortex AI' aims to map real neurons and run models at laptop-level power, attacking AI's energy crisis at the architecture level.→
- Jun 4, 2026Bezos-Backed Flourish Raises $500M at $2.5B for Brain-Inspired AI That Runs on Laptop-Level PowerFlourish, co-founded by Internet Explorer creator Thomas Reardon, closed a $500M round at a $2.5B valuation on June 4 to build 'Cortex AI' — an architecture emulating real neuron connectomics and targeting 20-50 watt operation (a laptop, not a server rack). Jeff Bezos personally committed close to $100M; Lux Capital, GV and Catalio Capital joined.→
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FUNDING$500M
Bezos-Backed Flourish Raises $500M at $2.5B to Build Brain-Inspired AI Chips
Flourish, a New York startup co-founded by Internet Explorer creator and CTRL-labs founder Thomas Reardon, raised $500 million at a $2.5 billion valuation to build brain-inspired AI -- with Jeff Bezos nearly doubling his check to roughly $100 million. Its 'Cortex AI' aims to map real neurons and run models at laptop-level power, attacking AI's energy crisis at the architecture level.
FUNDING
Bezos-Backed Flourish Raises $500M at $2.5B for Brain-Inspired AI That Runs on Laptop-Level Power
FUNDING$500M
Bezos-Backed Flourish Raises $500M at $2.5B for Brain-Inspired AI That Runs on Laptop-Level Power
Flourish, co-founded by Internet Explorer creator Thomas Reardon, closed a $500M round at a $2.5B valuation on June 4 to build 'Cortex AI' — an architecture emulating real neuron connectomics and targeting 20-50 watt operation (a laptop, not a server rack). Jeff Bezos personally committed close to $100M; Lux Capital, GV and Catalio Capital joined.
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