Fundraising Fox
/Companies
Sign in

Artifact

DefunctYC S20

San Francisco, US · Founded 2020 · 10 employees · 14 known investors

Find your way into Artifact

Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Artifact

  • Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to the Artifact team. We find them for you
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
  • Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone

Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.

Sign up with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in

Artifact captures and preserves personal stories and life narratives for families and individuals. The platform allows people to create digital records of meaningful relationships and histories that might otherwise be lost.

ConsumerMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentMarketplacePodcastsUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaFully Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S20)

Artifact was founded in 2020 by Ross Chanin, Moncef Biaz, Martin Gouy, and George Quraishi.

RCRoss Chanin
Ross ChaninCo-Founder & CEOHe relocated to the Bay Area in 2006 from New Jersey.
MBMoncef Biaz
Moncef BiazCo-Founder & CTO (YC S20)2020–2024Moncef Biaz grew up in Morocco and studied in France before relocating to the United States. He was an early employee at Knowhere News and Charlie Finance, and has focused on product development and building ventures from their inception.
MGMartin Gouy
Martin GouyCo-Founder & CTO (YC S20)2020–2024Martin Gouy is from France and has experience building hardware across multiple domains including drones, microphones, and ceramics.
GQGeorge Quraishi
George QuraishiCOOuntil 2023George Quraishi is a writer and editor who founded and operated Howler, a soccer publication, for seven years, where he developed podcast production skills. He is now working on Artifact.
ASAntony Samuel
Antony SamuelFounder
CKCorbin Klett
Corbin KlettFounder
KS
Kevin SystromFounder
MK
Mike KriegerFounder

Investors · 14

Andreessen HorowitzreportedMenlo Park · $500K – $50M

How we know: funding news · Not right? Tell us

Bamboo Capital PartnersreportedLuxembourg

How we know: Y Combinator's founder network · Not right? Tell us

FloodgatereportedMenlo Park · $500K – $5M

How we know: open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us

GMO VenturePartnersreportedTokyo

How we know: Y Combinator's founder network · Not right? Tell us

Goodwater CapitalreportedBurlingame · $5M – $50M

How we know: funding news · Y Combinator's founder network · Not right? Tell us

GV (Google Ventures)reportedMountain View · $250K – $50M

How we know: open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us

Insight PartnersreportedNew York · $120M – $350M

How we know: press coverage · Not right? Tell us

Inverse Venturesreported

How we know: Y Combinator's founder network · Not right? Tell us

Josh Hannahreported

How we know: Y Combinator's founder network · Not right? Tell us

Offline VenturesreportedMill Valley · $250K – $5M

How we know: Y Combinator's founder network · Not right? Tell us

Spark CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $500K – $25M

How we know: Y Combinator's founder network · Not right? Tell us

TCVreportedMenlo Park · $10M – $500M

How we know: press coverage · Not right? Tell us

Tiger Global ManagementreportedNew York · $1M – $100M

How we know: Y Combinator's founder network · Not right? Tell us

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Founder mafia

3 people who came through Artifact went on to found or lead other companies.

Ross ChaninFounderFounded Reputation ComAntony SamuelFounderFounded ArtifactCorbin KlettFounderFounded Artifact

Related companies · 4

KhabriMABAR69 is an online gambling platform offering lottery games (4D togel) across Macau, Sydney, and Hong Kong markets, as well as slot games from licensed providers.
BreakerBreaker is an app for discovering and listening to podcasts, with plans to offer exclusive premium audio content on a paid subscription basis to listeners and provide publishers with analytics and community engagement tools.
WondercraftWondercraft provides an AI-powered platform that enables content creators to produce audio content such as podcasts, audiobooks, and ads by typing, with support for multiple languages and AI-generated voices. The platform is designed for storytellers, marketers, and content creators worldwide who need affordable, professional-quality audio production without technical expertise or specialized equipment.
OverlapOverlap provides an AI-powered platform for editing long-form videos into short-form clips and automating their distribution across social media platforms. The platform serves creators, media networks, and brands looking to scale their social video content on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.

Companies working in the same space as Artifact.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
Artifact Company Inc.

In the news

Artifact Raises $5M in Seed Fundingfinsmes.com · Dec 2022Artifact wants to record your family history in podcast-like audio recordings • TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Dec 2022

Frequently asked questions

What does Artifact do?
Artifact captures and preserves personal stories and life narratives for families and individuals. The platform allows people to create digital records of meaningful relationships and histories that might otherwise be lost.
Who founded Artifact?
Artifact was founded by Ross Chanin, Moncef Biaz, Martin Gouy, George Quraishi in 2020.
Who are Artifact's investors?
Artifact's investors include Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Bamboo Capital Partners, Floodgate, GMO VenturePartners, Goodwater Capital, GV (Google Ventures), Insight Partners and 6 more.
Where is Artifact headquartered?
Artifact is headquartered in San Francisco, US.