An index of frontier and emerging AI labs.
Safety
Applied AI lab building specialized security models — released dfs-mini1, an in-house security-trained model that reportedly outperforms frontier models at 10-30x lower cost on smart-contract auditing. Raised $80M Series B in March 2026 led by Meritech.
| Name | depthfirst |
|---|---|
| Space | Safety |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Latest valuation | ~$400M |
| Stage | — |
| Status | active |
| HQ | San Francisco |
| Founders | Andrea Banino, Qasim Munye |
| Website | https://depthfirst.com |
| Careers | — |
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| X / Twitter | — |
| Date | Round | Amount ($M) | Valuation | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | ~$400M | reported |
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| Date | Type | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | added | depthfirst added to tracker Latest valuation: ~$400M. | — |
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| Lab | Valuation | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Artemis | — | 2025 |
| FAR.AI | — | 2022 |
| Redwood Research | — | 2021 |
| Lakera | ~$300M (acq.) | 2021 |