Thomas Reardon
Thomas Reardon is the founder and CEO of Flourish, an energy-efficient AI startup he co-founded with former Amazon executive Rob Williams. He is best known for spearheading the project at Microsoft that became Internet Explorer, and for founding CTRL-labs, a wrist-based brain-computer interface company that Meta acquired in 2019 for a reported $500 million to $1 billion. He holds a PhD in neuroscience from Columbia University and currently serves as a venture partner at Lux Capital. At Flourish, he is applying principles from neuroscience and connectomics to build dramatically more power-efficient AI systems, having closed a $500 million funding round at a $2.5 billion valuation in 2026 with backers including Jeff Bezos, Lux Capital, and Google Ventures.
“Flourish, 'a new energy-efficient AI startup from Meta vet Thomas Reardon, is raising capital at a $2.5B valuation... with $500M in initial commitments.'”
“A new 'energy-efficient' AI startup from Meta vet Thomas Reardon, is raising capital at a $2.5B valuation... with $500M in initial commitments from Lux Capital and GV.”
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