Harmonic, the groundbreaking AI startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, has some short but thrilling news! From their recent Press Release about the beta launch of their new ChatBot App. The app demonstrates Harmonic’s groundbreaking AI model, Aristotle. It will be playable in-person and digitally in both the App Store and the Google Play Store from October 27 through October 29, 2023. Aside from the obvious importance of this technology, generative artificial intelligence is transforming quantum reasoning as we know it.
Aristotle recently made waves by bringing home an individual gold medal performance at the 2025 International Math Olympiad. This culmination came after a long and arduous formal testing phase. This achievement highlights the power of Harmonic’s AI model, which generates responses in Lean, an open-source programming language. Aristotle differs from other AI systems with its proprietary algorithmic approach to solution double-checking. This method guarantees correctness without the need for AI-generated proofs.
Tudor Achim, CEO & co-founder of Harmonic, was enthused by the possibilities of Aristotle’s potential. He stated, “Within the domains that Aristotle supports, which are quantitative reasoning domains, we actually do guarantee that there’s no hallucinations.” He further emphasized the significance of the chatbot by saying, “[Aristotle] is the first product available to people that does reasoning and formally verifies the output.”
As an indicator of the growth opportunity, Harmonic recently closed a $100 million Series B round led by Kleiner Perkins. This massive investment so far has fueled the company’s now unicorn valuation at $875 million. Investors are demonstrating tremendous confidence in Harmonic’s lofty aspirations in the AI space. They are confident that the startup’s trajectory and cutting edge technology will warrant a reasonable valuation.
Maxwell covers AI for TechCrunch. He underscored the importance of this launch especially given the broader context of the rapid advancements in AI. Fighting the good fight San Francisco–based Zeff, a veteran of the fight in reports for Gizmodo, Bloomberg, and MSNBC. He has been following all of the latest developments within artificial intelligence and how it’s affecting transportation and other industries.
