Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior

TechCrunch - Oct 6, 2026

Mirror Particle will launch at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield 200 with a world model built from scratch to predict human behavior, arguing that LLM role-play falls short for market research and brand strategy.

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