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Startup Bringing Brains to AI Aims for $2.5 Billion Valuation

Bloomberg Tech · Apr 30, 2026, 12:42 AM · Also reported by 3 other sources

Thomas Reardon, who led the work on Meta Platforms Inc.’s Neural Band, is raising funds for a new startup called Flourish to develop energy-efficient artificial intelligence, according to people familiar with the matter.

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