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Agentic AI Capital.
Cognitive Computing Lab.
Venture Builder.

kairos is a silicon valley platform for the agentic era — one house, three pillars. Our vc arm deploys agentic AI capital into category‑defining companies. The cognitive computing lab turns frontier research into working prototypes. Our ai venture builder ships those prototypes as operating companies in the regulated industries that move the world.

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Agentic AI Capital.Conviction checks into AI‑native, regulated‑industry companies.
cognitive computing lab
Frontier research, applied.Neuro‑symbolic AI, agentic workflows, human‑in‑the‑loop governance.
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Venture Builder.Studio that turns the Lab’s prototypes into operating companies.
01 / Thesis

Capital, research, and company‑building are one motion, not three. The frontier of agentic AI rewards teams that can fund, prove, and ship from a single house.

The commercialization cycle for foundation models and agents is collapsing. Pure VCs are too far from the bench; pure labs are too far from the customer; pure studios are too far from frontier research.

kairos closes the loop. kairos vc writes the conviction check. The cognitive computing lab proves the thesis with working artifacts — neuro‑symbolic agents, agentic workflows, and governance models. kairos ai spins those artifacts into operating companies in healthcare, financial services, industrial AI, and beyond.

capital ⟶ research ⟶ company one house, one cadence
02 / The three pillars

One house. Three pillars. Aligned incentives end‑to‑end.

Visit the Lab  →
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001 — kairos vc

Agentic AI Capital.

Conviction checks into AI‑native companies built for the agentic decade. We invest where research, regulation, and reasoning intersect — and where we can earn the work alongside our founders.

002 — Cognitive Computing Lab

Research, applied.

A hybrid research and venture builder anchored in Silicon Valley. Senior executives and academic fellows work shoulder‑to‑shoulder on neuro‑symbolic AI, agentic workflows, and human‑in‑the‑loop governance.

003 — kairos ai

Venture Builder.

Our company‑creation studio. Lab prototypes graduate into operating companies with founder matchmaking, shared platform IP, and a guaranteed seed check from the fund. De‑risked founding, by design.

03 / Where the lab places its bets

High data complexity. High cost of error. High need for reasoning.

The cognitive computing lab and kairos vc concentrate on industries where "almost right" is unacceptable — the places agentic AI earns a seat at the table.

V·01

Healthcare

FHIR-grade clinical teammates. Prior auth, coding, intake — HIPAA-compliant by design.

V·02

Financial Services

Reg BI by mathematics. Wealth, advisory, and back-office workflows for RIAs and beyond.

V·03

Industrial AI

Process intelligence for plant floors and supply chains — discover the happy path, codify the why.

V·04

Robotics & Physical AI

Embodied agents that perceive, plan, and act in the messy real world — under bounded autonomy.

V·05

Property Tech

Leasing, maintenance, and renewal — coordinated by swarms, governed by Fair Housing logic.

V·06

Commodity & Markets

Relational reasoning across counterparties, sanctions, and contracts. Auditable to the axiom.

04 / Shared platform IP

Six subsystems every kairos ai company inherits.

A platform built once in the lab, reused across every venture — from the symbolic axiom to the digital‑human face that delivers the answer. New companies don't start from zero.

Tour the architecture  →
01 Cognitive Core LTN · Scallop
02 Motivation Engine PM4Py · IRL
03 Knowledge Fabric MCP · GraphRAG · Neo4j
04 Swarm Orchestrator LangGraph · Ray
05 Anthropomorphic Interface ACE · MetaHumans
06 Governance Sentinel NeMo · Audit Ledger
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Pillars under one roof — capital, lab, and venture builder
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Vertical bets shared across the kairos vc fund and the kairos ai studio
6–12
Months from lab thesis to working prototype, on average
Founder, fellow, and operator runway. We grow with you, not past you.
05 / Who you'll work with

Founders, executives, and faculty — in one room.

Meet the team  →
Pradeep Javangula
Head & Chief Researcher · Cognitive Computing Lab
2× founder · Adobe · Symphony AI · ServiceNow
Dr. Stuart Evans
Chief Researcher · Cognitive Computing Lab
Distinguished Service Professor · CMU Silicon Valley
Academic Research Fellows
Stanford · Berkeley · CMU · MIT
Cognitive Computing Lab
Operating Partners
Healthcare · FinReg · Industrial AI
kairos vc · kairos ai
06 / Work with kairos

Founders, fellows, LPs, and operators — we should probably talk.

Founders with a thesis in regulated AI — come build with kairos ai. Researchers and faculty — join the lab as a fellow. LPs and corporate partners — back the fund or sponsor a vertical. The bar is high. Compensation is competitive. Equity is meaningful. The mission — agentic AI that earns its place at the table of regulated industries — is the prize.