# Flapping Airplanes

Company record · Presspool · https://presspool.ai/companies/flappingairplanes-com

An AI lab researching more efficient machine learning. Website: https://flappingairplanes.com

## Funding

Latest announced financing: $1 billion, Series A, led by Index Ventures and Lux Capital, announced October 21, 2026.

- **$1 billion Series A**, announced October 21, 2026. Led by [Index Ventures](https://presspool.ai/investors/index-ventures) and [Lux Capital](https://presspool.ai/investors/lux-capital). Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for October 18–24, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-10-19). Sources: [Company announcement](https://x.com/flappyairplanes/status/2112955212612919318), [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/year-old-ai-lab-flapping-airplanes-raises-1b-at-a-6b-valuation/).

Of the 58 Series A rounds announced in dollars on Presspool's weekly rosters since September 21, 2026, Flapping Airplanes' $1 billion is the largest; their median is $21.5 million.

## Whether AI names Flapping Airplanes

- Machine Relations Index: Not cited in any Machine Relations Index answer, May 10, 2026 to October 29, 2026.

A company counts when an AI answer names it or cites its website. Answers vary from run to run, so each count is a dated sample.

## Related records

- Closest rounds in the [roster for October 18–24, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-10-19): [doubleAI](https://presspool.ai/companies/doubleai-com) ($200M Series A, October 19, 2026), [Arda Industries](https://presspool.ai/companies/arda-ai) ($160 million Series A, October 20, 2026), [Eka Robotics](https://presspool.ai/companies/ekarobotics-com) ($150M Series A, October 20, 2026), [Baba](https://presspool.ai/companies/callbaba-com) ($40 million Series A, October 20, 2026), [Mach9](https://presspool.ai/companies/mach9-ai) ($34 million Series A, October 21, 2026), [Mave](https://presspool.ai/companies/mave-com) ($28 million Series A, October 22, 2026).
- [Index Ventures](https://presspool.ai/investors/index-ventures), which led this round, also led [Hone](https://presspool.ai/companies/hone-com) ($60 million Seed, October 8, 2026), [Fireworks AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/fireworks-ai) ($1.505 billion Series D, July 16, 2026), [Crosby](https://presspool.ai/companies/crosby-ai) ($60M Series B, March 31, 2026), [LiveKit](https://presspool.ai/companies/livekit-com) ($100M Series C, January 22, 2026), [Wordsmith](https://presspool.ai/companies/wordsmith-ai) ($25 million Series A, June 3, 2025) and [Tessl](https://presspool.ai/companies/tessl-io) ($100M Series A, November 14, 2024). [3 more of its rounds](https://presspool.ai/investors/index-ventures) are on its page.
- [Lux Capital](https://presspool.ai/investors/lux-capital), which led this round, also led [Crosby](https://presspool.ai/companies/crosby-ai) ($60M Series B, March 31, 2026).

## Sources

- [Company announcement](https://x.com/flappyairplanes/status/2112955212612919318)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/year-old-ai-lab-flapping-airplanes-raises-1b-at-a-6b-valuation/)

---

Presspool is a sourced record of AI startup funding. Rounds are listed because they were publicly announced, and no company pays to be listed.

Published by [Jaxon Parrott](https://jaxonparrott.com). Jaxon Parrott coined [Machine Relations](https://machinerelations.ai) in 2024. [AuthorityTech](https://authoritytech.io), which he founded in 2018, is The World's First Machine Relations Agency.

More: [Tracker](https://presspool.ai/) · [Funding](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding) · [Niches](https://presspool.ai/niches) · [Investors](https://presspool.ai/investors) · [Method](https://presspool.ai/method) · [About](https://presspool.ai/about) · [Contact](https://presspool.ai/contact) · [llms.txt](https://presspool.ai/llms.txt)