
Prior Labs is building breakthrough foundation models that understand spreadsheets and databases - the lifeblood of science and business. While foundation models have transformed text and images, tabular data has remained largely untouched. We're tackling this opportunity to revolutionize how we approach scientific discovery, medical research, financial modeling, and business intelligence. Backed by Balderton Capital, XTX Ventures, SAP Founder Hans Werner-Hector's Hector Foundation, Atlantic Labs, Galion.exe and top AI leaders such as Peter Sarlin, Guy Podjarny, Thomas Wolf, Ed Grefenstette, Robin Rombach, Christopher Lynch and Ash Kulkarni.

Prior Labs is building breakthrough foundation models that understand spreadsheets and databases - the lifeblood of science and business. While foundation models have transformed text and images, tabular data has remained largely untouched. We're tackling this opportunity to revolutionize how we approach scientific discovery, medical research, financial modeling, and business intelligence. Backed by Balderton Capital, XTX Ventures, SAP Founder Hans Werner-Hector's Hector Foundation, Atlantic Labs, Galion.exe and top AI leaders such as Peter Sarlin, Guy Podjarny, Thomas Wolf, Ed Grefenstette, Robin Rombach, Christopher Lynch and Ash Kulkarni.
What they do: Build tabular foundation models (TabPFN family) for predictions on structured data (classification, regression, time-series)
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Founders / leadership: Noah Hollmann (Co‑Founder & CTO); Sauraj Gambhir (Co‑Founder & Managing Director)
Investors (selected): Balderton Capital, XTX Ventures, Hector Foundation, Atlantic Labs, Galion.exe
Employees: 27
Structured/tabular data modeling and prediction for scientific and business applications
2024
Technology, Information and Internet
Round reported with multiple institutional and angel investors; exact amount not stated in provided evidence.
“Backed by institutional investors (Balderton Capital, XTX Ventures, Hector Foundation, Atlantic Labs, Galion.exe) and angel AI/tech leaders”
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Who We Are:
Prior Labs is building breakthrough foundation models that understand spreadsheets and databases—the backbone of science and business. Foundation models have transformed text and images, but structured data has remained largely untouched. We’re tackling this $100B+ opportunity to revolutionize how we approach scientific discovery, medical research, financial modeling, and business intelligence.
Our Impact:
We aim to be the world-leading organization working on structured data. Our TabPFN v2 model, recently published in Nature, sets the new state-of-the-art for small structured data. Our models have gained significant traction with 1M+ downloads and 3,500+ GitHub stars. We are now building the next generation of models that combine AI advancements with specialized architectures for structured data.
Backing and Momentum:
With €9M in pre-seed funding from top-tier investors including Balderton Capital, XTX Ventures, and Hector Foundation—and support from leaders at Hugging Face, DeepMind, and Silo AI—we’re moving rapidly toward commercialization.
Job Title: Founding Data Scientist
Location: Berlin, Freiburg
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: All
Compensation: €80K – €200K • Offers Equity
Overview:
You'll be among the first data scientists working with an entirely new class of AI models. As our Founding Data Scientist, you'll be the critical link between our breakthrough technology and real-world applications. As a super-user of our foundation models, you'll deeply understand our technology's capabilities, demonstrate compelling use cases, and help shape our product roadmap.
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