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Emulate

AI Market Atlas · by Pro Pluribus

London (ex-DeepMind Genie team)

Up and coming New research labsupdated 22 Sep 2026

Pre-product world-model lab closing a ~$700M seed at ~$3.7B one month after incorporating.

What it offers

Main offerings

World models (in development): Interactive 3D environments and physics simulations from prompts, for games and robotics.

Recent news

17 Sep 2026DeepMind offshoot Emulate closes in on $700M seed roundIt is the third heavily funded 2026 lab out of DeepMind London; Index and Lightspeed lead at about $3.7B.Bloomberg ↗
17 Sep 2026Weeks-old AI startup Emulate approaches $4 billion valuationShows how much VCs will pay for elite world-model teams before any product ships.PYMNTS ↗

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