Prentis, an AI research lab focused on computer-use models launched in April 2026 and co-founded by Ritankar Das with Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, according to two people familiar with the discussions reported on July 24, 2026. The company trains models on how office workers navigate routine document and system workflows, targeting agents for tasks such as insurance claims handling and customs duty refund exceptions. It has signed contracts worth up to $50 million with customers including a healthcare management services organization and several manufacturers, with investor materials projecting a $75 million annualized run rate by Q3, based on fees equal to 20% of realized savings rather than recognized revenue. Prentis claims its Hive-32B model beats OpenAI's GPT-5.4 and Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 on WindowsAgentArena and ScreenSpot-v2 at roughly 10x lower cost per task; TechCrunch did not verify the benchmarks.