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Exia Labs

See what happens next.

01 / Mission

Better tools for critical missions.

Exia Labs builds technology that helps organizations understand complex environments and simulate what happens next. From national security to public safety, we give people better tools to explore possibilities, anticipate outcomes, and make critical decisions.

02 / Technology

Simulation through Spatial Reasoning

Blue is a next-generation simulation platform that fuses operational and geospatial data into actionable intelligence across a wide spectrum of military operations. Built on the same advanced spatial reasoning foundation, Terra is a dedicated, standalone product designed for commercial customers.

Blue simulation platform displaying a geospatial map with operational units, coverage overlays, and a scenario timeline.

Machine-Readable World Model

Translates the physical world into structured data so that AI and autonomous systems can instantly reason, navigate, and act.

Spatial Reasoning

Perceive, analyze, and mathematically compute the physical relationships, distances, and dynamics between objects.

Scenario Simulation

Explore what-if scenarios to anticipate outcomes and compare feasible courses of action.

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03 / About

About

Exia Labs was founded by longtime game developers in 2024. Its founding team includes domain experts from industry-leading simulation and video game companies.

Founders

Jonathan Pan

Jonathan Pan

CEO, Co-Founder

Impacted by the events of 9/11, Jon joined the U.S. Army and served in Operation Enduring Freedom. After his military service, he pursued his lifelong passion for video games, beginning his career at Riot Games and eventually overseeing $300M in annual budgets for original game development at Meta and Amazon. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a Special Government Employee in the U.S. Government.

Serj Kazar

Serj Kazar

CTO, Co-Founder

Serj is a lifelong gamer who began his career as an environment artist, creating models, lighting, rigs, and animations for television and commercials. After discovering he was a better engineer than artist, he studied computer science and joined Riot Games as an engineer. Following a stint at Bird, he returned to Riot as a Principal Engineer and technical lead for machine learning and data across multiple games. His work spans ML bots, recommendations, matchmaking, and player behavior systems using supervised and reinforcement learning.

Team alumni

MetaAmazonRiot GamesElectronic ArtsU.S. ArmyWalmartHoover Institution

Investors

a16z speedrunMana VenturesAnorak VenturesPathbreaker VenturesSpace CapitalMarlinspike
04 / Research

Research