Flourish secures $500M to build brain-inspired low-power AI

Neuro‑AI startup Flourish has raised $500 million at a reported $2.5 billion valuation to build Cortex AI, a brain‑inspired architecture targeting 20–50 watt power envelopes. TechFundingNews reported on June 5, 2026 that Jeff Bezos committed nearly $100 million to the round, alongside Lux Capital, GV and Catalio Capital, following earlier coverage of the raise in Wired. The company has no commercial product yet and is positioning itself as an architectural rival to efficiency‑focused chip players like Groq, Cerebras and Etched.