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February 18, 2026

Simile Raises $100 Million

Simile

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Joon Sung Park — CEO

At Simile, we have built the first AI simulation of society, populated by agents based on real humans. Our research pioneered the field of AI-based simulation, creating generative agents to prove that it is possible to simulate real people with high accuracy. We are now developing a foundation model that predicts human behavior in any situation, at any scale.

https://simile.ai/

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