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Elorian AI

Palo Alto, US · Founded 2025 · 25 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors

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Elorian is an AI research and product lab building models for visual reasoning, training systems to interpret and manipulate visual representations by understanding spatial relationships, structure, and physical constraints. Its models target applications across engineering design, robotics, medicine and scientific research, and satellite imagery analysis.

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Founders & leadership

Elorian AI was founded in 2025 by Andrew Dai, Yinfei Yang, and Seth Neel.

ADAndrew Dai
Andrew DaiCo-founder & CEOAndrew Dai holds a Ph.D. in Machine Learning from the University of Edinburgh and has worked as a principal researcher and engineering manager in deep learning, with expertise in natural language understanding, medical records analysis, and large language models. He founded Elorian AI, a research lab developing AI models for visual reasoning applications.
YYYinfei Yang
Yinfei YangCo-Founder / Chief Multimodal ArchitectFounder of Elorian AI, which builds AI models for visual reasoning and interpretation of visual representations across engineering, robotics, medicine, and scientific research. Yang has programming expertise and a background in computer vision and natural language processing.
SNSeth Neel
Seth NeelCo-Founder & MTSHe was an assistant professor at Harvard Business School and a research scientist at Google, and holds a PhD in statistics and data science from the University of Pennsylvania. He co-founded Welligence Energy Analytics, serving as its CTO and continuing on its board of directors.

Investors · 7

Menlo Ventures✓ confirmed by Elorian AISan Francisco · $1M – $20M

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49 Palms Ventureslisted by 49 Palms VenturesSilicon Valley

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LG Technology Ventureslisted by LG Technology VenturesSilicon Valley

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Striker Venture Partnerslisted by Striker Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $30M
Sunflower Capital Management Fundlisted by Sunflower Capital Management Fund

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The E14 Fundlisted by The E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

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Founder mafia

3 people who came through Elorian AI went on to found or lead other companies.

Wenda WangMember of Technical StaffFounded South Park Commons +1Calvin ChinInvestorFounded The E14 FundSeth NeelCo-Founder & Member of Technical StaffFounded Welligence

In the news

How Elorian AI pulled off a $300M pre-seed valuation | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Jul 2026

Frequently asked questions

What does Elorian AI do?
Elorian is an AI research and product lab building models for visual reasoning, training systems to interpret and manipulate visual representations by understanding spatial relationships, structure, and physical constraints. Its models target applications across engineering design, robotics, medicine and scientific research, and satellite imagery analysis.
Who founded Elorian AI?
Elorian AI was founded by Andrew Dai, Yinfei Yang, Seth Neel in 2025.
Who are Elorian AI's investors?
Elorian AI's investors include Altimeter Capital, Menlo Ventures, 49 Palms Ventures, LG Technology Ventures, Striker Venture Partners, Sunflower Capital Management Fund, The E14 Fund.
Where is Elorian AI headquartered?
Elorian AI is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.