Lab Tycoon: AI Startup Sim
Train models. Beg for GPUs.
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Run an AI lab: train models, raise absurd rounds, survive the hype cycle. Idle sim with a satirical streak.
Run a scrappy AI lab from a garage to the frontier. Train models on questionable data, ship them before they are ready, and beg investors for GPUs with a straight face.
Lab Tycoon is an idle tycoon game about the AI industry. Pick an architecture, slide your compute between training and serving, and watch your big demo go sideways in front of the one investor who mattered. Raise absurd funding rounds. Poach researchers. Wake up to a rival lab open-sourcing your entire business overnight.
FEATURES
- Train and ship models across generations, from chatbots that lie confidently to agents that almost work
- A living lab: hire researchers, grow from garage to office to frontier campus
- Compute is everything. Buy GPUs, rent cloud, and keep the burn rate from eating you alive
- Random events ripped from the AI news cycle, only slightly exaggerated
- Idle progress while you are away. Your models keep training. Your costs keep growing.
- Exit when the moment is right, then start again with a head start
No account. No internet required. The full game is playable free.
Lab Tycoon now speaks Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Turkish, Polish, Swedish, and Danish. The investors remain fluent only in hype.
New: every exit now mints a share card. Show the world your IPO, your acquisition, or the AGI that says you're safe. And the Founders' Wing now introduces itself at the moment your first company starts paying for your second.
The developer, Brandon Kessinger, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Brandon Kessinger
- Size
- 12.7 MB
- Category
- Simulation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Russian
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- The Founders' Wing $4.99
- Emergency Runway $2.99
- Founder Pack $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Brandon Kessinger
