Robinhood CEO’s AI Math Startup Valued at Nearly $900 Million
Vlad Tenev, chief executive officer of Robinhood Markets Inc., wants to “build an AI that solves math problems at a level that is superior to any human.”
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/BloombergHarmonic AI, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Robinhood Markets Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev, has raised $100 million in funding to tackle a problem that has sometimes confounded AI models: math.
The Series B funding round was led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures and Paradigm. The deal values the AI startup at $875 million, said Tenev, who serves as the company’s executive chairman, a non-operating role. Harmonic’s CEO is Tudor Achim, who previously led autonomous driving startup Helm.ai.