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AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans | TechCrunch

Investors are aggressively courting AI researchers to build startups that can make AI more reliable and efficient. Yu Su , an Ohio State professor leading an AI agent lab, said he initially…

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AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans | TechCrunch

Apr 22, 2026

AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans | TechCrunch
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Investors are aggressively courting AI researchers to build startups that can make AI more reliable and efficient. Yu Su , an Ohio State professor leading an AI agent lab, said he initially…

Investors are aggressively courting AI researchers to build startups that can make AI more reliable and efficient. Yu Su , an Ohio State professor leading an AI agent lab, said he initially resisted the pressure from VCs to commercialize his work. He finally took the leap last year and spun out his work into a startup when he saw that foundational model advances could make agents truly personalize.