{"slug": "exclusive-ex-meta-ai-director-discloses-10m-financing-for-noosphere-labs", "title": "Ex-Meta AI Director discloses $10M financing for Noosphere Labs", "summary": "Noosphere Labs, a physical AI startup led by former Meta AI research director Kevin Carlberg, has raised approximately $10.25 million, according to an SEC filing submitted Sunday. The Form D, filed August 10th, shows the Kirkland, Washington-based company sold $10,249,995 of a planned $10,499,991 equity offering to 10 accredited investors, including the conversion of a SAFE. The funding precedes any public product announcement.", "body_md": "# Exclusive: Ex-Meta AI Director discloses $10M financing for Noosphere Labs\n\n**Former Meta research director Kevin Carlberg leads the 2026 startup, whose filing lists 10 investors and a converted SAFE.**\n\nBy [Ryan Merket](/author/ryan-merket)\n· Published\n\n## Why it matters\n\nNoosphere Labs has secured eight-figure backing before revealing a product, funding Carlberg's attempt to move physical AI research from Meta and Sandia into a startup.\n\nRuntimeWire is first to report that Noosphere Labs has raised approximately $10.25 million, according to an SEC filing submitted Sunday.\n\n[Kevin Carlberg](https://kevintcarlberg.net/), a former Meta AI research director who spent years developing faster physics simulations, has raised about $10.25 million for Noosphere Labs, a new physical AI startup that has yet to publicly define its product.\n\nA [Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10th](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0002149216/000214921626000001/0002149216-26-000001-index.htm) shows that Noosphere Labs sold $10,249,995 of a planned $10,499,991 equity offering. The Kirkland, Washington-based corporation reported 10 investors, all accredited, and said the total includes the conversion of a simple agreement for future equity, or SAFE.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exclusive-ex-meta-ai-director-discloses-10m-financing-for-noosphere-labs", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/exclusive-ex-meta-ai-director-discloses-10m-financing-for-noosphere-labs", "published_at": "2026-08-10 19:15:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-10 19:37:16.229051+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-startups", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Noosphere Labs", "Kevin Carlberg", "Meta", "Securities and Exchange Commission"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exclusive-ex-meta-ai-director-discloses-10m-financing-for-noosphere-labs", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exclusive-ex-meta-ai-director-discloses-10m-financing-for-noosphere-labs.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exclusive-ex-meta-ai-director-discloses-10m-financing-for-noosphere-labs.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/exclusive-ex-meta-ai-director-discloses-10m-financing-for-noosphere-labs.jsonld"}}