Flapping Airplanes 是一家成立于 2025 年底的旧金山 AI 研究实验室，据彭博社报道，该公司已以 60 亿美元估值融资 10 亿美元，由 Index Ventures 和 Lux Capital 领投。其估值自 1 月以来已翻了四倍。公司正在研究如何用更少的数据和算力训练 AI，目前尚无产品。
Flapping Airplanes, a San Francisco AI research lab founded in late 2025, has raised $1B at a $6B valuation, led by Index Ventures and Lux Capital, Bloomberg reported. Its valuation has quadrupled since January. It is working on ways to train AI with less data and compute, and has no product yet.
Flapping Airplanes 是一家成立于 2025 年底的 AI 研究初创公司，彭博社周三报道，该公司已以 60 亿美元估值融资 10 亿美元。Index Ventures 于 8 月募集了 20 亿美元用于支持更多 AI 公司，此次领投该轮融资，Lux Capital 跟投。Sequoia Capital、Alphabet 旗下 GV 以及 Kleiner Perkins 也参投了本轮融资。
Flapping Airplanes, an AI research startup founded in late 2025, has raised $1B at a $6B valuation, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Index Ventures, which raised $2B in August to back more AI firms, led the round with Lux Capital. Sequoia Capital, Alphabet’s GV and Kleiner Perkins also took part.
这家旧金山公司的估值自 1 月以来已翻了四倍，当时它完成了 1.8 亿美元的种子轮融资。目前尚无产品上市销售。
The San Francisco company’s valuation has quadrupled since January, when it raised a $180M seed round. It has no product on sale yet.
Flapping Airplanes 属于日益壮大的 AI “新实验室”群体，这类初创公司专注于先做研究、后造产品。其他同类公司包括杨立昆的 AMI Labs，该公司于 3 月融资约 10 亿美元；以及 Mirendil，于 6 月融资 2 亿美元。
Flapping Airplanes is one of a growing group of AI “neolabs”, startups that focus on research before building products. Others include Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs, which raised about $1B in March, and Mirendil, which raised $200M in June.
联合创始人 Asher Spector 告诉彭博社，该初创公司正在研究如何用更少的数据和算力训练 AI 模型，同时也希望从运行模型的芯片中榨取更多性能。
The startup is working on ways to train AI models with less data and computing power, co-founder Asher Spector told Bloomberg. It also wants to get more out of the chips that run them.
“核心论点是 AI 需求将超过芯片和数据的供给，”Spector 表示。让每颗芯片的性能再提升 10% 将“具有巨大的经济价值”，他补充道。
“The basic thesis is demand for AI is going to outpace chip and data supply,” Spector said. Getting 10% more performance out of each chip would be “tremendously economically valuable,” he added.
联合创始人 Aidan Smith 称，为此公司一直在自行编写运行 Nvidia 显卡的软件版本。Nvidia 是投资方之一。
To do that, the company has been writing its own version of the software that runs Nvidia’s graphics chips, co-founder Aidan Smith said. Nvidia is an investor.
其他初创公司也在追逐同一思路。由 Internet Explorer 联合创始人 Thomas Reardon 掌舵的 Flourish，据 5 月报道正在为脑启发式、更省能耗的 AI 融资约 5 亿美元。
Other startups are chasing the same idea. Flourish, run by Internet Explorer co-creator Thomas Reardon, was reported in May to be raising about $500M for brain-inspired AI that uses less energy.
这一押注正值 AI 公司在芯片和数据中心上大举投入之际。Spector 表示，该初创公司最终计划出售其技术，以降低其他公司使用 AI 的成本。他与弟弟 Ben Spector 以及 Smith 共同创立了公司。
The bet comes as AI companies spend heavily on chips and data centres. Spector said the startup plans to sell its technology eventually, to make AI cheaper for other companies to use. He founded it with his brother Ben Spector and Smith.
这个名称指的是鸟翼式飞机，一种拍打机翼的旧式飞机设计。Spector表示，它代表了将自然智能与人工智能的优势相结合。
The name refers to the ornithopter, an old aircraft design with flapping wings. Spector said it stands for combining the strengths of natural and artificial intelligence.