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Keen Technologies

Carmack's AGI lab. Sutton and Javed left in 2026 to found Oak Lab.

HQ
Dallas
Founded
2022
Camps
Experience / RL

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What it does

John Carmack's AGI lab, started in 2022 with $20M from Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Patrick Collison, Tobi Lütke and Sequoia. Bets on reinforcement learning from runtime experience with a systems-engineering approach. Sutton and Javed left in 2026 to found Oak Lab.

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    Carmack's AGI lab. Sutton and Javed left in 2026 to found Oak Lab.
    Sources AI pioneer Richard Sutton founds new research lab BetaKit 2026-07-14 · The father of reinforcement learning is leaving Carmack to build his own AI The Next Web 2026-07-14

Capital

AmountKindValuationDateInvestorsSource
$20Mseed Aug 2022 Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Patrick Collison, Tobi Lütke, Sequoia The Next Web

People

John CarmackJohn CarmackFounder
KJKhurram JavedResearch scientist (until Jul 2026)
Richard SuttonRichard SuttonResearch scientist (until Jul 2026)