Lila Sciences closed a US$350m Series A, lifting total funding to US$550m in under a year and backing a rollout of its AI-enabled “Science Factories”.
The round was completed in two tranches, including US$235m in September co-led by Braidwell and Collective Global. New backers disclosed at the close include NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture arm), Analog Devices, IQT, Dauntless Ventures, Catalio Capital Management, Pennant Investors, a cohort from Peter Diamandis’ Abundance Membership and other investors.
Existing supporters also participated, among them Flagship Pioneering (where Lila originated), General Catalyst, Alumni Ventures, Modi Ventures, ARK Venture Fund, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Common Metal, Dara Holdings, March Capital, the Mathers Foundation, NGS Super, the State of Michigan Retirement System, a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and additional individual investors.
Based in Massachusetts, Lila is building an AI-powered scientific superintelligence platform coupled to autonomous laboratories. The system generates hypotheses, designs experiments and learns from results, with the firm saying it can run the full scientific method end to end.
Proceeds will be used to expand the company’s AI Science Factories—facilities that pair software with instruments under AI control—and to grow its customer base.
Lila previously raised US$200m in seed funding in March.
When it announced the September tranche, the company said the capital would support hiring and the creation of hubs in San Francisco, Boston and London to scale teams and operations.
