Adaption Labs
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| Industry | Artificial intelligence |
| Founded 📆 | 2026 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , United States |
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Key people | Sara Hooker (Co-founder) Sudip Roy (Co-founder, CTO) |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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Adaption Labs is an artificial intelligence (AI) company based in San Francisco. the company was founded in 2026 by Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy, former DeepMind and Cohere executives. It specializes in creating AI capable of efficient, real-time learning, a concept it terms "adaptable intelligence."[1][2][3]
History
Adaption Labs, an AI company based in San Francisco, it was founded in 2024 by Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy, former Cohere executives. Both founders previously held research roles at Google.[4][5][6]
On February 6, 2026, Adaption Labs exited stealth mode by announcing a $50 million seed funding round. The round was led by Emergence Capital Partners, with participation from Threshold Ventures, Mozilla Ventures, Fifty Years, Neo, E14 Fund, Alpha Intelligence Capital. [1][7]
Technology and products
Adaption Labs focuses on overcoming traditional gradient-based AI training limitations. Its goal is to develop systems that adapt dynamically with minimal computational demand and energy use, reducing costs and enabling continuous learning.[8][9][10]
In February 2026, Adaption launched AutoScientist, an automated fine-tuning system.[11][12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kahn, Jeremy. "Former Cohere exec Sara Hooker has raised $50 million for her AI startup Adaption Labs—a bet on smaller, smarter models". FORTUNE. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ Mahadik, Karan. "'Making models bigger won't get us far, AI must adapt like humans': Adaption Labs CEO Sara Hooker". THE Indian EXPRESS. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ Singh, Jagmeet (2026-01-16). "Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ↑ "India's engineering talent becoming AI talent: Adaption Labs founder Sara Hooker". The Economic Times. 2026-02-19. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- ↑ McLauchlan, Madison (2025-10-09). "Ex-Cohere execs Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy unveil new AI startup | BetaKit". Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ↑ System, Startup Eco (2025-10-09). "Former Cohere Executives Launch AI Startup Adaption Labs". Startup Ecosystem Canada. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ↑ Tremayne-Pengelly, Alexandra (2026-02-05). "Sara Hooker Raises $50M to Challenge A.I.'s Conventional Wisdom". Observer. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- ↑ Goldman, Sharon. "Why are AI bills exploding? Sara Hooker says companies are deploying armies of agents that aren't actually learning". Fortune. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ "Why Cohere's ex-AI research lead is betting against the scaling race". acti.
- ↑ "Former Cohere executives launch startup Adaption Labs". The Logic. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ↑ Brandom, Russell (2026-05-13). "Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ "Adaption's AutoScientist aims to make AI training faster and more adaptive". The Economic Times. 2026-05-15. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
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