Labs Companies, Inc., the superintelligence human-enhancement technology firm founded by Maya Elz Davis and Duránd F. Davis Jr., announced the successful close of its $22.5 million Series Seed financing, valuing the company at $10 billion post-money.
While the financing was completed four months ago, Labs is announcing it now alongside its Series Seed II EDGE Note debt round to provide a comprehensive view of the company’s capital trajectory.
This Series Seed reinforces Labs’ ambitious “1 Company, 7 Labs” vision a multi-disciplinary framework designed to pioneer new categories of superintelligence and human-enhancement technologies. At the heart of this architecture is Yuhmmy App 2.0, the world’s first Social-Taste Super App. The platform enables users to engage in fun, flavorful culinary conversations at Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch, Dessert, and Dinner through audiovisual Tasterooms and ultra-short Taste Reactions with friends, family, and new connections.
Yuhmmy serves not only as Labs’ flagship product but also as a blueprint for future offerings, drawing strength from the combined innovation of all seven Labs:
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lab1: Labs Intelligence – superintelligence
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lab2: Labs Realities – immersive spatial computing
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lab3: Labs Blocks – blockchain infrastructures
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lab4: Labs Crypto – cryptographic finance
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lab5: LabsX – experimental sciences
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lab6: LavLabs – consumer experiences
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lab7: Factory5227 – wearables and frontier hardware
Originating from LavLabs, Yuhmmy App 2.0 quickly integrates the power of Labs Intelligence through proprietary Social-Taste AI Models (STAMs) and Social-Taste Agents (STAGs) via YuhmmyAI, as well as Labs Realities via Spatial-Taste in Yuhmmy AR/VR and the Yuhmmyverse. This early convergence of AI and consumer experience marks the creation of the Social-Taste Graph, introducing the new digital categories of Tasteintelligence and Tasteimmersion. Over time, Yuhmmy will leverage all seven Labs, from hardware and blockchain to immersive experiences and experimental sciences, embodying Labs’ superintelligence ecosystem.
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This fall, Labs will advance its vision by granting initial access to USC and UCLA students, launching a go-to-market strategy where the app operates during specific mealtimes Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Monday–Saturday, and Brunch, Dinner, and Dessert on Sundays creating anticipation and rhythm aligned with traditional mealtime rituals. Early adopters will help shape Yuhmmy’s community, with nationwide students, brands, creators, media, and investors able to join a priority access waitlist. The goal is to transform Yuhmmy into a living ritual, blending digital and physical dining experiences.
Yuhmmy App 2.0 will feature Social-Taste innovations such as Taste Reactions, Tasterooms, Tastechat, Cravecash T2T/Taster-to-Taster payments, Taste Sports, Taste Drops, and TNPL (Taste Now, Pay Later), establishing the foundation of the Commercial-Taste Industry (CTI). Together, these features showcase Labs’ “1 Company, 7 Labs” ecosystem in action.
“We’re building a new category called social-taste,” said Duránd F. Davis Jr., Founder, Executive Chairman & CEO of Labs. “We’re also building an entirely new kind of industry one that runs on what we call commercial-taste.”
“Every lab was built around the belief that technology should serve as an extension of the human senses, human perception and human cognition,” added Maya E. Davis, Co-founder, Vice Chairwoman, President & Chief Ecosystem Strategy Officer (CESO). “This funding brings us closer to reimagining how people crave, create, and connect with taste.”