Midas
Category: AI Safety
Midas builds mathematical trust infrastructure that uses formal verification to ensure provable correctness of AI outputs, data, and reasoning. Midas was founded in 2025. The company is led by Renzo Balcazar. Based in New York, USA. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $10M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Nova Global, Valor Equity Partners, Silicon Valley Angels, Z Fellows, additional angel investors previously backing OpenAI, Tesla, and SpaceX.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- New York, USA
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $10M
Value proposition
Applies formal mathematical verification to AI systems so outputs are proven correct before use, rather than relying on after-the-fact review, in mission-critical sectors.
Products and solutions
Proof-native verification platform embedding formal mathematical evidence and correctness checks into AI workflows (outputs, training data, and reasoning verification).
Unique value
Proof-native approach — verifying reasoning and data from the start via formal mathematical verification, rather than error-checking outputs after generation.
Target customer
Enterprises and institutions deploying AI in mission-critical sectors: biotech, defense, hardware design, financial systems, and AI/cloud infrastructure providers.
Industries served
AI Safety/Security, Biotech, Defense, Hardware Design, Financial Systems, Cloud/AI Infrastructure
Technology advantage
Team of IMO/IOI medalists and engineers from Jane Street, Google, AWS, NVIDIA, and Mercor; academic backgrounds from Stanford, MIT, Cambridge, Princeton, Duke; formal verification methods applied to AI reliability.
How they differentiate
Focuses on mathematically provable correctness ('proof-native') across the AI stack rather than post-hoc auditing or interpretability-only approaches used by competitors.
Main competitors
Goodfire (AI interpretability), Harmonic, Imandra (formal verification for AI/finance)
Major milestones
Publicly launched February 5, 2026 with $10M funding round, positioned as backed by early investors of OpenAI, Tesla, and SpaceX.
Market positioning
Positioned as foundational 'trust/verification layer' for AI, targeting high-stakes, mission-critical deployments where unproven AI outputs are unacceptable.
Geographic focus
United States (primarily), targeting global AI infrastructure adopters
About Renzo Balcazar
Duke University alum; International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) medalist background; co-founded Midas with Shalim Monteagudo-Contreras.
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Official website: https://trymidas.ai