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| Labs | |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Artificial intelligence |
| Founded | January 2025 |
| Founders | Duránd F. Davis Jr. Maya Elzein “Elz” Davis |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, United States[1] |
| Key people | Duránd F. Davis Jr. (CEO) Maya E. Davis (President) |
| Products | AI systems and consumer software |
Number of employees | 2 (July 2025)[2][3] |
| Website | labscompanies |
Labs Companies, Inc., branded as Labs, is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in Santa Monica, California.[4][1]
Through its primary AI lab Labsintelligence, the company describes its research as developing action- and orchestration-focused foundation models and intelligent agent systems.[5][6] CB Insights listed Labs at a valuation of $12.5 billion as of April 2025.[7][8]
History
[edit]On August 5, 2026, Maya and Duránd Davis published an essay for Labsintelligence describing their goal of developing humane superintelligent AI.[9]
Research
[edit]Labs' published research focuses on speech-to-action (STA) and speech-to-orchestration (STO).[5] It describes Actras as converting speech and interface state into actions, and Octras as converting objectives and resources into orchestration policies.[6] Labs says first-generation components of both operate through LabsAI Studio and are evaluated using its Interactive Intelligence Benchmark.[6][10]
Products
[edit]In September 2025, Pulse 2.0 reported that Labs was developing the consumer application Yuhmmy.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Labs Companies, Inc. Company Profile". PrivCo. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Labs CEO, Founder, Key Executive Team, Board of Directors & Employees". CB Insights. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Labs — venture-backed company profile". Dealroom. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
- 1 2 Chowdhry, Amit (September 9, 2025). "Labs: $22.5 Million At $10 Billion Valuation Raised And Yuhmmy App 2.0 Launched". Pulse 2.0. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
- 1 2 "STA & STO Research". Labsintelligence. August 16, 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Actras & Octras Research". Labsintelligence. August 15, 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Labs Stock Price, Funding, Valuation, Revenue & Financial Statements". CB Insights. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
- ↑ "The Complete List Of Unicorn Companies". CB Insights. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
- ↑ Davis, Maya; Davis, Duránd (August 5, 2026). "Humane Superintelligence". Labsintelligence. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Interactive Intelligence Benchmark". Labsintelligence. Retrieved September 15, 2026.