Exclusive: Ex-Meta AI Director discloses $10M financing for Noosphere Labs

Former Meta research director Kevin Carlberg leads the 2026 startup, whose filing lists 10 investors and a converted SAFE.

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Noosphere Labs has secured eight-figure backing before revealing a product, funding Carlberg's attempt to move physical AI research from Meta and Sandia into a startup.

Illustration of Noosphere Labs shown as interlocking AI modules stacked upward, representing growth and the $10M financing led by former Meta research director Kevin Carlberg.

RuntimeWire is first to report that Noosphere Labs has raised approximately $10.25 million, according to an SEC filing submitted Sunday.

Kevin Carlberg, a former Meta AI research director who spent years developing faster physics simulations, has raised about $10.25 million for Noosphere Labs, a new physical AI startup that has yet to publicly define its product.…

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