Former Google and Apple researchers launch Trajectory to enhance AI feedback loops
Former researchers from Google and Apple have launched a new AI startup called Trajectory. The company aims to enhance AI feedback loops through continuous learning and rapid iteration cycles. They are seeking around $50 million in seed funding to support their innovative approach to visual reasoning.
- ▪Andrew Dai and Yinfei Yang co-founded Trajectory after years at Google DeepMind and Apple.
- ▪The startup focuses on continuous learning and visual reasoning to improve AI products.
- ▪They are targeting $50 million in seed funding, potentially increasing to $55 million.
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Former Google and Apple researchers launch Trajectory to enhance AI feedback loops A new startup from ex-DeepMind and Apple scientists is betting that rapid iteration cycles can make AI products learn continuously, with implications for crypto's growing AI agent ecosystem. Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team May. 27, 2026 window.sevioads = window.sevioads || []; var sevioads_preferences = []; sevioads_preferences[0] = {}; sevioads_preferences[0].zone = "01f21ccf-2092-46b1-9ac7-8c44cc782e0f"; sevioads_preferences[0].adType = "native"; sevioads_preferences[0].inventoryId = "c5700508-581b-472c-8fdd-a931cdbfc8e1"; sevioads_preferences[0].accountId = "1e47efc1-ec2d-4fca-a8b9-354e249e5095"; sevioads.push(sevioads_preferences); A pair of researchers who spent years inside two of the world’s…
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