Artificial Atlas

Who is betting on what in AI, and against whom.

Investors

AMD

Kind
corporate
Rounds
8, led 1
Rounds joined
$11.28B in total size
Appears as
AMD, AMD Ventures

Camp exposure

World models
4 rounds
LLM scaling
3 rounds
Other substrates
1 round, led 1

Labs backed

CohereEnterprise models; IPO candidate.
Liquid AINon-transformer models from MIT.
Luma AIVideo models with a Saudi-funded 2 GW cluster.
OdysseyInteractive world models from self-driving veterans.
RunwayVideo generation rebranded as world simulation.
Thinking Machines LabPost-training and fine-tuning as the product.
World LabsMarble, then Atlas (September 2026): 3D worlds from images, text and video. $1B, Feb 2026.
xAI (SpaceX AI division)Grok. Compute-maximalist.

Rounds

DateLabCampAmountKindValuationRoleSource
Jun 2026OdysseyWorld models $310MSeries B $1.45B post-moneyjoined TechCrunch
Feb 2026RunwayWorld models $315MSeries E $5.30B post-moneyjoined TechCrunch
Feb 2026World LabsWorld models $1Bfunding round joined TechCrunch
Nov 2025Luma AIWorld models $900MSeries C $4B reportedjoined CNBC
Jul 2025Thinking Machines LabLLM scaling $2Bseed $12B post-moneyjoined TechCrunch
Dec 2024Liquid AIOther substrates $250MSeries A $2.35B post-moneyled Tech Funding News
Dec 2024xAI (SpaceX AI division)LLM scaling $6BSeries C $50B reportedjoined xAI
Jul 2024CohereLLM scaling $500MSeries D $5.5B post-moneyjoined BetaKit