Ex-Meta Team Raises $50M to Predict Geopolitics With AI

Sooth Labs, a freshly minted AI startup staffed by former Meta engineers, is hauling in roughly $50 million in new funding. The round values the company at approximately $335 million.

The startup's pitch: AI models purpose-built to help businesses predict geopolitical events before they unfold. Think trade wars, regulatory shifts, political instability — the kind of stuff that blindsides supply chains and market strategies.

It's a bold bet on a notoriously difficult forecasting domain. Geopolitics is messy, chaotic, and famously resistant to clean predictions. But investors are clearly buying the thesis that large-scale AI can find signal in the noise.

A $335 million valuation for what's essentially a brand-new lab is aggressive. Then again, slapping "AI" and "ex-Meta" on a pitch deck has been working wonders lately.