Today, @rhythmrg, @lindensli and I are introducing @appliedcompute. We’re building Specific Intelligence for the enterprise. Achieving SOTA today means specialization in both human and machine talent. We’ve spent the last six months working with companies like @cognition, @DoorDash, and @mercor_ai, unlocking their company knowledge to build custom agent workforces that outperform frontier models at specific tasks. My cofounders and I all worked on different parts of this problem while at OpenAI, from Codex to o1 to the ML systems and infrastructure for RL training. Two-thirds of our team (see below!) are former founders, and everyone brings a deep technical background, from top AI researchers to Math Olympiad winners. We’ve raised $80M from @benchmark, @sequoia, @Lux_Capital, @eladgil, @victoralazarte, and @Casspi18, and we’re hiring across engineering and research.