Prentis, an AI research lab co-founded by Ritankar Das, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and Zynga founder Marc Pincus, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Launched in April, the startup focuses on computer-use models that train AI agents to automate routine office workflows across documents and systems, such as processing insurance claims and managing customs duty refund exceptions. Prentis claims its Hive-32B model outperforms rivals including OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 on two computer-use benchmarks: WindowsAgentArena and ScreenSpot-v2, arguing its edge comes from roughly 10 times lower cost per task than frontier APIs. Bitcoin World has not independently verified these benchmark results. The startup has signed contracts worth up to $50 million with several customers, including a healthcare management service organization, a manufacturer, and goods and clothing manufacturers. Investor materials predict an estimated $75 million annualized run rate by the third quarter of this year, though the pitch deck notes these figures reflect estimated annualized value based on a contracted fee equal to 20% of savings realized, are not recognized revenue, and are “performance-dependent and subject to final execution.” Prentis enters a crowded market where Anthropic, OpenAI, and Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines are also developing AI agents for computer use.