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Apollo Research, 2026-01-20; retrieved 2026-09-14 tier 3 self (apollo)confirmed

Apollo Research is becoming a PBC (investment section)

https://www.apolloresearch.ai/blog/apollo-research-is-becoming-a-pbc

Seed led by 50Y with Juniper, Macroscopic, Common Metal, SAIF, Ocean, Progress Fund, individuals; mission board seats. [verify 2026-09-15] fetched; page reachable, citation matches; 1 quoted span(s) found verbatim

Signals citing this source

  • Apollo Research, G (against): January 2026 seed round led by 50Y with Juniper, Macroscopic Ventures (an Anthropic Series A and B investor), Common Metal, SAIF and individuals; amount not stated. Mission board seats designated as a governance safeguard.“raised a Seed round led by 50Y”
  • Apollo Research, G (against): Macroscopic Ventures, a participant in the seed round, lists Anthropic Series A and Series B among its investments.“further investments from Juniper Ventures , Macroscopic Ventures”
  • Apollo Research, F (against): Macroscopic Ventures, an investor in Anthropic's Series A and B, participated in Apollo's January 2026 seed round; 50Y led and no stake sizes were disclosed.“further investments from Juniper Ventures , Macroscopic Ventures”
  • Apollo Research, F (against): The January 2026 seed round's size and each investor's stake, including Macroscopic Ventures' (an Anthropic Series A and B investor), are undisclosed: no Form D in EDGAR, no share allotment at Companies House, and the PBC is a Delaware entity with no public cap table.“The round was oversubscribed.”
  • Apollo Research, G (against): The PBC board has three seats, of which the 3rd (and later 6th) are designated mission seats; only the first mission director, Daniel Kokotajlo, is named, and the remaining directors are not published on Apollo's pages or in Companies House (which shows only the UK subsidiary's directors, Hobbhahn and Akin).“Our first mission director is Daniel Kokotajlo.”
  • AVERI, F (against): AIUC, a funder, was seeded by an Anthropic co-founder; Halcyon's CEO chairs Transluce's board; Coefficient's principal is an Anthropic investor. Two of the named funders are two steps from labs.

Ledger rows citing this URL

  • T31 seed round led by 50Y with Juniper, Macroscopic, Common Metal, SAIF, Ocean, Progress Fund, individuals; amount not stated confirmed
  • T32 participant in the seed round confirmed
  • R37 investor at Apollo Research confirmed
  • R38 investor at Apollo Research confirmed