The startup, called Stem AI, is currently in stealth. But public documents show it was incorporated in June 2023, and filed for a trademark in August 2023. Shear is listed as CEO on an incorporation document filed with the California Secretary of State earlier this year. According to the trademark application, Stem AI is developing software to create AI that 'understands, cooperates with, and aligns with human behavior, human preferences, human biology, human morality, and human ethics.' The startup landed Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as an investor in August, according to Pitchbook. One of the co-founders of Stem AI is Adam Goldstein, best known for founding travel search and booking site Hipmunk. After selling Hipmunk to Concur in 2016, Goldstein became a visiting partner at Y Combinator, and founded an incubator, Astonishing Labs, to back bio research. Goldstein also worked at Tufts University's Levin Labs for a year as a visiting scientist, where he '[developed] new models for...
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