OpenAI Invests in Isara: $94M at $650M Valuation for 2,000-Agent Swarm Coordination

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OpenAI backed Isara, a 9-month-old startup founded by two 23-year-olds (ex-OpenAI safety researcher Eddie Zhang and Oxford student Henry Gasztowtt), which raised $94M at a $650M valuation to build software coordinating thousands of AI agents on complex analytical tasks. Their demo deploys ~2,000 specialized agents that communicate, divide tasks, and align on goals — demonstrated by collectively forecasting gold prices. Other backers include Stanley Druckenmiller and Michael Ovitz, with initial commercial targets being investment firms and biotech.