importantSYS.SOURCE: TechCrunch• 2026-07-24T22:25:58Z

Prentis AI Lab Co-Founded by Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus Seeks $100M Funding

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Prentis, an AI research lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, is seeking $100M in funding at a $1B valuation to develop AI agents that automate office workflows. The startup claims its Hive-32B model outperforms competitors like GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 in computer-use benchmarks while operating at 10x lower cost per task.

The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case.

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