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Mirendil announces $1B Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Clearlake

According to a post on X by @mirendil, the company announced a $1B Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Clearlake. The stated goal is to make frontier AI research and development accessible to scientists. Team members, including @bneyshabur, said in the post that the company is hiring. The source is a social post, so the details here are limited to what the announcement states.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-11-12T20:45:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-13T10:20:21+00:00
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According to a post on X by @mirendil, the company announced a $1B Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Clearlake. The stated goal is to make frontier AI research and development accessible to scientists. Team members, including @bneyshabur, said in the post that the company is hiring. The source is a social post, so the details here are limited to what the announcement states.

AI-assisted summary based on the listed source.

Mirendil announced a $1B Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Clearlake to make frontier AI R&D accessible to scientists. Team members including @bneyshabur said they are hiring. Why it matters: Very large early rounds for AI-for-science labs show investors are betting beyond chat products. Also:...

For researchers, founders and investors tracking AI funding, the round suggests capital is flowing to tools aimed at scientific work, not only chat products. The source's commentary frames it that way, but the post itself is the only source here. Watch for more detail on what Mirendil is building and which roles it is hiring for.

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Signal Strength 91% Technical label WATCH Public Interest 39 Category MONEY Reader Depth GENERAL

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Recognizable Entity Score 0 Practical Impact Score 38 Novelty Interest Score 94 Consequence Score 46 Curiosity Score 0 Shareability Score 52

VQV surfaced this signal because it is recent, relevant to Startup Funding, connected to Scobleizer News Pulse (X).