Company record
Zenithon
Updated October 26, 2026 · Presspool
Zenithon builds physics-grounded world models to simulate rockets, fusion reactors and fabs. zenithon.ai
Funding
Latest announced financing: $10 million, round type not disclosed, announced September 30, 2026.
- $10 million, round type not disclosed, announced September 30, 2026. Investors: Backed, Lunar Ventures, Seraphim Space, MMC Ventures and SOSV, alongside founders and hyperscaler directors. Listed in the AI startup funding roster for September 28, 2026 – October 3, 2026. Sources: Zenithon, Tech.eu.
Of the 236 rounds announced in dollars on Presspool's weekly rosters since September 21, 2026, Zenithon's $10 million is the joint 133rd largest; their median is $15 million.
Whether AI names Zenithon
- On the World models map: named or cited in 5 of 51 answers to Presspool's World models questions on October 26, 2026 (ChatGPT 1 of 8, Claude 1 of 8, Perplexity 2 of 8, Gemini 0 of 7, Copilot 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 1 of 8, Google AI Overviews 0 of 4). See the map. Of the 11 companies on the map, Zenithon ranked 9th by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on World models questions: World Labs (43 of 51), AMI Labs (27 of 51), Decart (27 of 51), Odyssey (25 of 51) and Runway (24 of 51). Most often named in the same answers: Decart (5), World Labs (5), AMI Labs (4), Manifold AI (4), Overworld (4).
- Machine Relations Index: Not cited in any Machine Relations Index answer, May 10, 2026 to October 18, 2026.
Week by week
Answers that named or cited Zenithon in each weekly sample of Presspool's World models questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week.
| Week of | World models |
|---|---|
| September 28, 2026 | 0 of 54 |
| October 5, 2026 | 0 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | 2 of 51 |
| October 19, 2026 | 2 of 55 |
| October 26, 2026 | 5 of 51 |
Sources AI cites when it names Zenithon
Presspool asked its 8 World models questions on October 26, 2026; 5 of the 51 answers named or cited Zenithon, on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Mode. The sites those 5 answers cited most:
- presspool.ai: 4 of 5 answers
- techcrunch.com: 3 of 5 answers
- thedeepview.com: 3 of 5 answers
- worldlabs.ai: 3 of 5 answers
- techloy.com: 2 of 5 answers
- aiweekly.co: 1 of 5 answers
- arstechnica.com: 1 of 5 answers
- axomap.com: 1 of 5 answers
- butlereagle.com: 1 of 5 answers
- caixinglobal.com: 1 of 5 answers
Related records
Also on the World models map: AMI Labs, Decart, General Intuition, Manifold AI, Moonlake AI, Odyssey, Overworld, Runway, SpAItial, World Labs.
Closest rounds in the roster for September 28, 2026 – October 3, 2026: Parakeet Health ($10 million Series A, October 1, 2026), Presto ($10 million, round type not disclosed, September 28, 2026), Blue Fire AI ($9 million, round type not disclosed, September 29, 2026), Kanu AI ($11.7 million, round type not disclosed, September 30, 2026), Satlyt ($8 million Seed, October 1, 2026), Destro AI ($8 million Seed, September 29, 2026).