Research and engineering under one roof
Patronus AI was founded in 2023 by Anand Kannappan and Rebecca Qian. Our researchers and engineers come from Meta Superintelligence Labs, Amazon AGI, Apple and Google.
Mission
Patronus AI is a behavioral research lab for AI. We build worlds for models to explore and study what they do there and why. Our work combines open-ended research with hands-on engineering to meet difficult problems on the frontier of AI.
Founders
Anand Kannappan
Co-founder & CEO
“Reliability for AI agents will require the equivalent of ‘five nines’ for software systems. The path to getting there runs directly through simulation.”
Rebecca Qian
Co-founder & CTO
“The next frontier of AI depends on scalable simulation and trustworthy evaluation. We’re building the infrastructure to make that possible.”
Backing
Seed
$3M · September 2023
Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Factorial Capital and angel investors including Amjad Masad and Gokul Rajaram.
Read the Seed announcementSeries A
$17M · May 2024
Led by Notable Capital, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Datadog, Factorial Capital and angel investors.
Read the Series A announcementSeries B
$50M · June 2026
Led by Greenfield Partners, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Notable Capital, Datadog, Samsung, Gokul Rajaram, Factorial Capital, and a cohort of AI leaders across the labs and neolabs.
Read the Series B announcementInvestors
Greenfield Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Notable Capital
Datadog
Samsung
Factorial Capital
Gokul Rajaram
Amjad Masad