Odyssey is an AI lab that develops general-purpose world models designed to understand and simulate the world in real time. Odyssey's Twitter Score is 57 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #15,375 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Odyssey was co-founded by Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke in 2023, with Cameron serving as CEO and Hawke as CTO. The lab's core focus is building foundation models capable of simulating coherent, interactive environments rather than narrow task-specific systems. In May 2025, Odyssey released Odyssey-1 as a research preview of a real-time playable world model, followed by Odyssey-2 Max, its largest general-purpose world model, in April 2026.
Odyssey has also developed Starchild-1 for synchronized audio and video generation, and Agora-1 for multi-participant world simulation, extending its model lineup beyond single-user interactive environments. Amazon Web Services serves as the lab's preferred cloud provider, and Odyssey maintains an affiliation with Annapurna Labs.
Odyssey announced a $310 million Series B at a $1.45 billion valuation in June 2026, per public reporting. Backers include Amazon, GV, NVentures, Natural Capital, AMD Ventures, Samsung Next, Air Street Capital, DCVC, EQT, and In-Q-Tel. Odyssey has accumulated 35,479 followers as of August 2026 and published 408 posts. Odyssey has been mentioned by 41 accounts a total of 101 times.
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The accounts that follow Odyssey include 253 founders, 67 angel investors, 89 influencers and 1 VCs. Among them are Marc Andreessen, Fred Ehrsam, Andrew Kang, Vance Spencer, Zeneca and Sriram Krishnan.