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Standard Intelligence – FDM-1 Computer Use AI Model
Standard Intelligence, a six-person startup, raised $75M from Sequoia and Spark Capital to develop FDM-1, a foundation model optimized specifically for computer use tasks. Andrej Karpathy participated as an angel investor. The company represents a new category of specialized AI models for autonomous software interaction.
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## Standard Intelligence – FDM-1 Computer Use AI Model
### Overview
Standard Intelligence Inc. is a six-person AI startup that has developed **FDM-1**, a foundation model specifically optimized for computer use tasks — enabling AI agents to interact with desktop and web interfaces autonomously (SiliconAngle, April 30).
### Funding
The company raised **$75 million** in April 2026 in a round led by Sequoia and Spark Capital, with angel participation from prominent AI researcher **Andrej Karpathy** (SiliconAngle, April 30).
### Product: FDM-1
FDM-1 is positioned as an efficient model purpose-built for computer use, contrasting with general-purpose frontier models that are adapted for this task secondarily. The company reportedly emphasizes efficiency as a key differentiator (SiliconAngle, April 30).
### Strategic Context
Computer use models — enabling AI agents to operate software autonomously — represent an emerging frontier distinct from text-generation or coding assistants. The $75M raise at six employees signals exceptionally high capital efficiency expectations and investor conviction in the specialized model category.
### Notable Backers
- Sequoia (lead)
- Spark Capital (lead)
- Andrej Karpathy (angel)