AI research lab NeoCognition announced the completion of a $40 million seed funding round, co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with participation from Vista Equity Partners. Angel investors include Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and Databricks co-founder Ion Stoica. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company was co-founded by Ohio State University Associate Professor Yu Su, along with Xiang Deng and Yu Gu, and focuses on improving the reliability of AI agents. Their solution involves allowing agents to build domain-specific "world models" in real-world use to adapt to specific business environments, rather than relying on general pre-trained models. Currently targeting enterprise clients, the company plans to embed sustainably optimized AI agents into its SaaS products; no publicly released product has yet been launched.