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Labs Companies, Inc. is a privately held Delaware corporation headquartered in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2025 by Duránd F. Davis Jr. and Maya Elz Davis. The company self-describes as a "frontier intelligences human-enhancement technology supercompany" organized as "1 Company, 7 Labs" across two strata: Core Labs (lab1 Labsintelligence, lab2 Labs Realities, lab3 Labs Blocks, lab4 Labs Crypto, lab5 LabsX, lab6 LavLabs, lab7 Labsintuition) and a parallel Cluster Labs layer covering investment, payments, financial services, realty, health, media, entertainment, and studio operations. Co-founders hold the majority of economic and governance control through Class A and Class B Common Stock.

The flagship product is Yuhmmy App 2.0, marketed as the "World's 1st Everything Social-Taste Superapp," built on the proprietary YuhmmyAI "Tasteintelligence" layer (STAMs and STAGs inside the LaLaMo/Lamimo/Lasamo model family) and the Yuhmmyverse AR/VR dimension. Planned monetization follows an SAT framework: subscriptions via Yuhmmy Premium Packages ($7–$100/month tiers), advertising via Yuhmmy Promote (LAN, STEBA, YAN!, TAP!) targeting F&B advertisers such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, 7-Eleven, Darden, Mondelēz, and Mars, and transactions via Yuhmmy Marketplace and the FinTaste stack (Cravecash, TNPL, Tastebank). The product has not yet launched; exclusive early access is targeted for USC and UCLA in Summer/Fall 2026, with planned international expansion into APAC, MENA, EMEA, LATAM, DACH, and Nordic markets.

Commercially the company is pre-revenue, with only 2 employees today and a planned build-out of 25 executives over 18 months. $65 million has been raised across six rounds from January 2024 through August 2025, most recently a $35 million Series Seed II EDGE Note from JetDebt Finance at a $12.5 billion post-money valuation, with a custom FOAD anti-dilution clause for early investors.

Name

Labs

Legal name

Labs Companies, Inc.

Website

https://labscompanies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Labs Companies, Inc., founded in 2025, is a Santa Monica-based private technology company developing Yuhmmy App 2.0, a planned Social-Taste Superapp, alongside proprietary AI, XR, fintech, and hardware stacks targeting college students, creators, brands, and food-and-beverage SMBs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscriptions (Yuhmmy Premium Packages / Y2P): Recurring revenue anchored by Yuhmmy Premium Packages with monthly and yearly tiers: Pilot $7, Pulse $20, Plus $25, and Pro $100. Delivers AI-personalized experiences, content exclusives, intelligent add-ons, and elevated membership tiers within the Yuhmmy ecosystem.
2. Advertising (Yuhmmy Promote): AI-native monetization engine supporting CPM, CPI, CPC, CTA, and CPR formats. LAN (Labs Advertising Network) delivers sensory-aligned, hyper-targeted campaigns using contextual and behavioral cues. Includes TasteAds, STEBA (Social-Taste Expression-Based Ads), YAN! (Yuhmmy Advertising Network), and TAP! (Taste Advertising Platform), targeting Food & Beverage brands and CVCs like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, 7-Eleven, Darden, Mondelēz, Mars.
3. Transactions (Yuhmmy Marketplaces): Micro-taste transactions across the Taste Shop, Taste Store, Taste Mart, Taste Now Pay Later (TNPL) daily culinary consumables, and the upcoming Tastebank. Powers Cravecash T2T (taster-to-taster) payments and T-commerce (Taste Commerce) on 2-to-4 sided markets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Labs Companies, Inc. is developing Yuhmmy App 2.0, the World's 1st Everything Social-Taste Superapp, set to open Summer 2026 with exclusive early access at USC and UCLA. The super app centers audiovisual culinary conversations around taste via live Tasterooms, ultra short-form Taste Reactions, Crave Channels, Tastestreams, and Crave Communities, powered by proprietary STAMs and STAGs Tasteintelligence models. The offering also includes Yuhmmy Premium Package subscriptions (Pilot $7, Pulse $20, Plus $25, Pro $100), Yuhmmy Promote advertising (TasteAds, STEBA, YAN!, TAP!), Yuhmmy Marketplace for taste commerce (Taste Shop, Taste Store, Taste Mart, TNPL), and the FinTaste payments stack (Cravecash, YuhmmyPay, Tastebank).

Product overview

Labs Companies, Inc. operates a multilabs architecture consisting of two parallel strata — Core Labs (lab1 Labsintelligence through lab7 Labsintuition/Factory5227) and Cluster Labs (Labs Investor Group, Labs Payments, with Labs Financial Group, Labs Realty Group, Labs Health Group, Labs Media Group, Labs Entertainment Group, and Labs Studio Group forming). The flagship public-facing product is Yuhmmy App 2.0, billed as the World's 1st Everything Social-Taste Superapp, which fuses the YuhmmyAI intelligence layer (STAMs/STAGs inside LaLaMo) and Yuhmmy AR/VR (the Yuhmmyverse) with consumer surfaces like Yuhmmy Premium Package, Yuhmmy Promote (TasteAds, STEBA, YAN!, TAP!), Yuhmmy Marketplace (Taste Shop/Store/Mart, TNPL, Tastebank), Yuhmmy Pay/Wallet/Cravecash and Yuhmmy Characters (PalatePups, FlavorFriends, TasteToons) under the BREMS/SAT business framework. Workbatch (under lab6 LavLabs) and the projectLARG and projectPARG hardware RD&R programs under lab7 round out the product family, while TubeTechTalks and TubeTechReads serve as the company's media and thought-leadership channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Yuhmmy: The world's 1st Everything Social-Taste Superapp; flagship product opening Summer 2026, includes Yuhmmy App 2.0, YuhmmyAI, Yuhmmy AR/VR, and the Yuhmmyverse immersive dimension.
• YuhmmyAI
• Yuhmmy AR/VR
• Yuhmmy Brands
• LavLabs
• Labsintelligence
• Labs Realities
• Labs Blocks
• Labs Crypto
• LabsX
• Labsintuition
• Labs Investor Group (LIG)
• Labs Payments

Products and services

• Yuhmmy App 2.0 World's 1st Everything Social-Taste Superapp and flagship public-facing product of Labs Companies, Inc. It centers audiovisual culinary conversations around taste via live audiovisual Tasterooms, ultra short-form Taste Reactions (Taste Teases, Flavor Flashes, Savor Snaps, Crave Clips, Munch Moments), Crave Channels, Tastestreams, Tastechat, Yuhmmy VS (Taste Sports), Crave Communities, and a network of Social-Taste Apps (Stapps) spanning events, shopping, maps, music, and more. For consumers (initially college students at USC and UCLA) seeking a unified social platform around taste and flavor.
• Yuhmmy Premium Package (Y2P) Premium subscription tier service inside Yuhmmy App with monthly and yearly pricing tiers (Pilot $7/month, Pulse $20/month, Plus $25/month, Pro $100/month) delivering AI-personalized experiences, content exclusives, intelligent add-ons, and elevated membership. For individual consumers seeking premium access and enhanced AI-personalization within the Yuhmmy ecosystem.
• Yuhmmy Promote (TasteAds, STEBA, YAN!, TAP!) Advertising platform within the Yuhmmy ecosystem including TasteAds, STEBA (Social-Taste Expression-Based Ads), YAN! (Yuhmmy Advertising Network), TAP! (Taste Advertising Platform), and LAN (Labs Advertising Network). Supports CPM, CPI, CPC, CTA, and CPR pricing formats and delivers sensory-aligned, hyper-targeted campaigns. For Food & Beverage brands and CVCs such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, 7-Eleven, Darden, Mondelēz, and Mars.
• Yuhmmy Marketplace (Taste Shop, Taste Store, Taste Mart, TNPL) Marketplace platform for micro-taste transactions including the Taste Shop, Taste Store, Taste Mart, daily culinary consumables, and Taste Now Pay Later (TNPL). Powers 2-to-4 sided markets for peer-to-peer, brand-to-consumer, and platform-mediated exchanges, anchored by the upcoming Tastebank. For individual consumers and SMB Tastetrepreneurs buying and selling taste-based products and experiences.
• Yuhmmy Pay / Cravecash / Yuhmmy Wallet (FinTaste Stack) FinTaste stack of payments and digital-value instruments inside the Yuhmmy ecosystem, including Cravecash (with T2T taster-to-taster payments), Cravecoins, Tastecoins, Yuhmbucks, Yuhmmy Pay, Yuhmmy Wallet, Yuhmmy Money, Tastetokens, and the upcoming Tastebank. Operated by Labs Payments with infrastructure from Labs Financial Group. For individual consumers and SMB sellers transacting across the Yuhmmy ecosystem.
• Yuhmmy Characters (PalatePups, FlavorFriends, TasteToons) Taste-native layer of expressive, collectible identities functioning as Digital & Physical Taste Valuables (DPTVs). Includes PalatePups (Crave Creatures that sniff out tastes and Munch Moods), FlavorFriends (e.g., JabJerky), and TasteToons (animated bite-sized Palate Personas). They unlock premium content, PalatePoints, and Yuhmmy Rewards inside Yuhmmy. For individual Yuhmmers and collectors of taste-based digital and physical characters.
• Labs Investor Group (LIG) Investment Funds Multi-strategy investment platform dedicated to providing capital and strategic support across multiple asset classes and industries. Plans to launch two 2026 funds: Test Tube Fund I ($100M early-stage sub-fund) and Labs Investor Fund I ($1B flagship organized into AI Fund One, XR Fund One, Crypto Fund One, and Humane Fund One). Operated on the VCIEFS six-firm model (Labs Ventures, Labs Capital, Labs Investments plus three additional firms). For institutional LPs, family offices, and strategic capital partners seeking exposure to the Labs ecosystem.
• Workbatch Workplace/experience product housed under lab6 LavLabs, the human-experience lab of Labs. Part of Labs' family of products alongside Yuhmmy, connecting with taste, expression, workplaces, memory, and emotion.

Quantifiable outcome

• $12.5 billion post-money valuation after Series Seed II (25% increase from $10B Series Seed in April 2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability17 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship.

• USC (University of Southern California)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Exclusive early-access launch campus for Yuhmmy App 2.0 in fall 2026. On-campus rollout is designed to harmonize with student life, turning familiar human taste habits into an expressive layer on Yuhmmy — the first taste of the super-app outside private alpha.
• UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Co-leading campus launch alongside USC for Yuhmmy App 2.0 exclusive early access in fall 2026.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• TikTok (ByteDance): Direct peer — a short-form audiovisual social super app that anchors a global creator economy. Yuhmmy App 2.0 competes in the same format (ultra short-form Taste Reactions, live Tasterooms) and the same consumer segment (Gen Z), just with a taste-vertical content layer.
• Snap Inc. Direct peer — AR-first social platform with face-camera effects, lenses, and creator monetization. Snap's AR hardware ambitions (Spectacles) and face-computing direction parallel projectLARG and Yuhmmy AR/VR, while its younger user base overlaps Yuhmmy's USC/UCLA beachhead.
• Discord: Direct peer — community-led social platform organized around shared interests and live audio rooms. Discord's Tasterooms-equivalent (Stage Channels) and topic-based community structure mirror Yuhmmy's Crave Communities and live audiovisual drop-in model.
• Lemon8 (ByteDance): Direct peer — ByteDance's lifestyle discovery app combining short-form video with content categories like food. Lemon8 directly competes for the taste/lifestyle social-discovery use case Yuhmmy targets, with ByteDance's distribution and AI infrastructure as competitive threats.

Broad incumbents

• Instagram (Meta): Broad incumbent — visual social platform with shopping, creator monetization, and AR effects overlapping Yuhmmy's SAT stack (subscriptions, brand partnerships, marketplace). Instagram's Reels and Shops features compete for the same social-taste-and-commerce use cases.
• Yelp: Broad incumbent — food/business discovery and reviews platform with daily rankings. Yelp's TasteRanks-style daily charts overlap Yuhmmy's Taste Charts feature, and its SMB advertising business overlaps Yuhmmy Promote's advertiser base.
• Pinterest: Broad incumbent — visual discovery platform with strong food/recipe vertical and shopping integration. Pinterest's recommendation engine and taste/lifestyle content overlap with YuhmmyAI's personalization and T-commerce ambitions.
• OpenTable: Broad incumbent — restaurant discovery, reservation, and dining experience platform. OpenTable's restaurant-side marketplace and consumer dining content overlap with Yuhmmy Marketplace's TNPL, Taste Mart, and restaurant brand integrations (e.g., Darden).

Emerging players

• Roblox: Emerging player — creator-economy platform with digital collectibles, virtual identity, and immersive experiences. Roblox's avatar/identity system parallels Yuhmmy Characters (PalatePups, FlavorFriends, TasteToons) as DPTVs, and its younger user base is comparable to Yuhmmy's college-student segment.
• BeReal: Emerging player — authentic social app targeting Gen Z with time-gated, real-life sharing prompts. Yuhmmy's time-gated mealtime openings echo BeReal's daily notification mechanic, and both target the same college-student demographic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors13 records

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M&A

Investments

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