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Proximal

Proximal is a research lab building the data engine that trains autonomous coding agents for AI labs and engineering teams.

proximal.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·PROXIMAL·26

Stagenot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Raisednot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Headcount25as of Sep 2026[3][4]

Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Founded2025[3][9]

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People

Calvin Chen, Co-Founder and CEO[3][4][9]

Justus Mattern, Co-Founder[3][4][9]

Navid Pour, Co-Founder[3][4][9]

Vishal Agrawal, Member of Technical Staff[7]

Signals

Mar 11 2026newsProximal Cloud partners with Instant Systems on enterprise AI deployment at AI Impact Summit 2026[2]

Feb 18 2026launchCalvin Chen and Justus Mattern announce Proximal, a research lab building training data for long-horizon coding agents[9]

Oct 15 2024newsExcelsior Energy Capital signs multiyear agreement with Proximal Energy for AI-powered asset management across 2 GWh of storage[1]

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Sourcestracings · 9

[1]Excelsior Energy Capital and Proximal Energy Enter Multiyear Agreement for AI-Powered Asset Management - Silicon UK

Sep 2026 · silicon.co.uk

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[2]Proximal cloud, instant systems partner on enterprise AI

Sep 2026 · uniindia.com

reported

[3]Justus Mattern

Sep 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[4]Calvin Chen

Sep 2026 · linkedin.com

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[5]Dickens Nyabuti

Sep 2026 · linkedin.com

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[6]Bill Whitely

Sep 2026 · linkedin.com

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[7]Vishal Agrawal

Sep 2026 · linkedin.com

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[8]Harish Chandra

Sep 2026 · linkedin.com

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[9]I'm excited to introduce Proximal with Justus Mattern and Navid Pour.

Sep 2026 · linkedin.com

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Proximal is a research lab building the data engine that trains autonomous coding agents for AI labs and engineering teams.

proximal.ai · San Francisco

Stagenot publicly disclosed

Raisednot publicly disclosed

Headcount25

Valuationnot publicly disclosed

Founded2025

Compsnone named by a source

Ask what the company has raised and from whom.

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