Forbes October 31, 2025
Humans& is building AI models that are better at interacting with humans, sources told Forbes.
Additional reporting by Iain Martin.
Former xAI researcher Eric Zelikman is raising $1 billion for a new startup called Humans&, that will train AI models to be better at collaborating with humans, six sources told Forbes. The company is in talks for a $5 billion valuation, sources added.
Other founders include early Google employee Georges Harik, and researchers who worked at Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI and Deepmind, sources added.
Humans& declined to comment.
While it’s unclear what product the company plans to build, Humans& has told investors that it is working on a new way to train models that remember and react to a person’s preferences...
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