Induction Labs
Induction Labs is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About Induction Labs
Summary
Induction Labs builds foundation models that are intrinsically motivated to learn, updating continuously from their own observation rather than relying solely on static training data. The research targets a core limitation of current AI: models that cannot discover knowledge beyond what they were originally trained on. The goal is superintelligence that learns the way curious humans do, compounding knowledge across experience.
From the Y Combinator listing
Building intellectually curious AI
We are scaling foundation models that are curious about the world. We’ve seen general intelligence appear exactly once, and its hallmark has been curiosity: a dissatisfaction with what we already know about the world, an ability to learn from world experience, and a disposition to share knowledge with other individuals. Across generations, these human traits have built modern science, technology, and culture. We think superintelligence will come from models that work the same way: learning from their own observation, updating as they go, growing what they know. These models will start from what humanity knows and discover past us. We believe that scaling curious intelligence is a defining problem of our time. If solved, we will live to see a new era of technological advances, scientific understanding, and human flourishing.
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Infrastructure
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- David Li
- Jonathan Li
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