Startup · United States
Lila Sciences
HQ Cambridge, MassachusettsFounded 2022201-500 employeesUpdated
LILA has created the world's first Operating System for Science powered by Scientific Superintelligence™
Funding5 rounds · ~$2.55B
- Equity raised
- ~$2.55B
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- ~$676K
- Latest
- ~$2.00BSeries B · Jun 3, 2026
- Last valuation
- $8.50BprePre-money · Series B · Jun 3, 2026
| Announced | Stage | Valuation | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2025 | Series A | $1.23B | Basis not stated |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Series A | $1.30B | Basis not stated |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Series B | $8.50B | Pre-money |
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2026 | Series B | ~$2.00B | $8.50Bpre | California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) | — | Speculative |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Grant | ~$676K | — | — | — | Reported |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Series A | $115M | $1.30B? | — | Dauntless Ventures, In-Q-Tel | Reported |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Series A | $235M | $1.23B? | Braidwell, Collective Global | Alumni Ventures, Flagship Pioneering, General Catalyst | Reported |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Seed | $200M | — | Flagship Pioneering | General Catalyst | Confirmed |
- Series BValuation $8.50BpreSpeculative~$2.00BJun 3, 2026
- Grant~$676KJan 20, 2026
- $115MOct 14, 2025
- $235MSep 13, 2025
- $200MMar 10, 2025
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems1
- Lila IrisA scientific reasoning model offered to research teams for AI-assisted scientific work.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
People7
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Geoffrey von Maltzahn | Co-founder and CEO |
| Molly Gibson | Co-Founder and President, Future Science |
| Noubar Afeyan | Co-Founder and Chairman |
| Chris Fussell | President, Operations |
| George Church | chief scientist |
| Jawad Ahsan | COO & CFO |
| John Kim | President and Chairman |
Sources14
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Profile3
- 1
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“employee_range: 201-500 (profile: 415)”
- 2
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "c8b146d4-241c-4127-867e-787537c43556"}”
- 3
Lila Sciences · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“LILA has created the world's first Operating System for Science powered by Scientific Superintelligence™”
Systems1
- 4CompanySolutions
Lila Sciences · Supports System
“or you can put our scientific reasoning model (Lila Iris™) in the hands of your own scientists.”
Funding8
- 5
Bloomberg · Jun 3, 2026 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd, Organization · ownership
“in talks to raise about $2 billion at an expected valuation of about $8.5 billion before the new money”
- 6
Lila Sciences · Oct 15, 2025 · Supports Funding round
“bringing Lila’s total capital raised to $550M”
- 7
Reuters · Oct 14, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd
“has raised $115 million in an extension funding round from investors including Nvidia's venture arm”
- 8
Lila Sciences · Sep 15, 2025 · Supports Funding round
“Lila Sciences announced a major Series A milestone, raising $235M”
- 9
Bloomberg · Sep 13, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd
“The startup announced it had raised $235 million at a roughly $1.23 billion valuation.”
- 10
Flagship Pioneering · Mar 10, 2025 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount
“Lila has raised $200 million in committed seed capital from Flagship Pioneering, along with General Catalyst”
- 11
Forge · Supports Funding round · amount
“Series B-1 $1.46B $11.27 $8.5B Calpers, Nvidia Ventures”
- 12
LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“funding round: Grant, 2026-01-20, GBP 500,000, lead: ARIA”
People2
- 13
- 14CompanyGeoffrey von Maltzahn, PhD
Lila Sciences · Supports Role
“Geoffrey von Maltzahn is Co-founder and CEO of Lila Sciences, where he is leading the company’s mission to build scientific superintelligence to solve humankind’s greatest challenges across life, chemical, and materials sciences.”
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