# Integral AI

> Integral AI is a Japan-US startup building foundation world models - AI systems meant to learn, plan, and act in the real world the way people do, with an emphasis on energy efficiency and continuous, autonomous skill learning. Founded in 2021 by ex-Google AI leaders Jad Tarifi and Nima Asgharbeygi, the company positions its interactive world models as infrastructure for an AI-based economy, spanning robotics, universal simulators, and multimodal interfaces. In December 2025 it made headlines by claiming to have tested the world's first AGI-capable model, TOWA.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States (with a hub in Tokyo, Japan)
- **Founders:** Jad Tarifi (Co-founder, CEO & Chief AI Scientist), Nima Asgharbeygi (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~14 employees
- **Products:** TOWA, Genesis, Stream, Universal Simulators / Foundation World Models
- **Notable:** Announced in December 2025 what it called the world's first AGI-capable model (TOWA)., Raised $4.7M in seed funding from SoftBank Deepcore, Samsung Next, IT-Farm, Grit Ventures and GHOVC., Founded by the leader of Google's first generative AI team (Jad Tarifi).

## Products & services

- **TOWA** — The company's foundation model, which Integral AI describes as the first AGI-capable model - designed to grow, abstract, plan, and act as a unified system inspired by the layered neocortex.
- **Genesis** — A platform for building universal operators - AI agents capable of complex planning, tool use, and continuous learning across domains.
- **Stream** — A universal interface for multimodal input and output, enabling dynamic, real-time interactivity across devices.
- **Universal Simulators / Foundation World Models** — Interactive world models that serve as the scalable, robust substrate for general intelligence and embodied AI, including robotics applications such as a robot-chef system.

## Achievements

- Announced in December 2025 what it called the world's first AGI-capable model (TOWA).
- Raised $4.7M in seed funding from SoftBank Deepcore, Samsung Next, IT-Farm, Grit Ventures and GHOVC.
- Founded by the leader of Google's first generative AI team (Jad Tarifi).
- Proposed a concrete three-part definition of AGI: autonomous skill learning, safe and reliable mastery, and human-level energy efficiency.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Integral AI unveiled TOWA, which it described as the world's first AGI-capable model, citing autonomous robotic skill learning in real-world environments - a claim that drew skepticism from outside experts over the lack of independently audited results.
- **2024-10** — Announced it had raised a total of $4.7 million in seed funding since 2022, from investors including SoftBank Deepcore, Samsung Next, IT-Farm, Grit Ventures and GHOVC.

## Links

- Website: https://integral.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/integral-ai

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