A16Z Speedrun

Pivot is an AI operating system for procurement that manages the complete procurement lifecycle in a single platform, built on a modern data layer with real-time ERP connections and AI agents for tasks such as benchmarking, intake requests, and negotiations.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechRoboticsSaaS

Paddy(Founder)Malcolm Crease(CEO & Founder)Marc-Antoine Lacroix(Co-founder)Romain Libeau(Co-founder)Estelle Giuly(Co-founder)Stephen Millardin

Co-investorsNotion CapitalForestay CapitalEnterprise Capital FundsCompanyon VenturesEPIC VENTURESFirstMark Capital+1 more

Orbital builds commercial AI compute infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit, deploying satellite-hosted GPU payloads with high-bandwidth ground links for AI inference.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSpace TechLos Angeles, US

Co-investorsAnti

2weeks is a game studio, founded in 2024, that adapts and modernizes existing games for new players and platforms using its own custom engine, pipelines, and distribution tools.

Gaming

Richard Foge(Co-founder)Brandon Dillon(Co-founder)in

a16z is a venture capital firm that invests in seed to growth-stage technology companies across artificial intelligence, healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, gaming, and infrastructure sectors.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep Tech

Ricard BoadaSofia Gumuzio

BoardMarc AndreessenBen Horowitz

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitza16z cryptoBeast VenturesBeyond Earth VenturesBooz Allen VenturesDigerati Investments+8 more

Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersPrana Tech Ventures

Agent Astra provides logistics management tools that help operators track shipments and move containers more efficiently while maintaining operational relationships.

Logistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzLatitud Ventures

Aghanim provides web-based monetization tools and business intelligence for mobile game companies, offering an alternative to in-app transactions along with player incentive and loyalty features.

FintechGamingSaaSWestlake Village, US

Constantin Andry(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAlbert Tugushev(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inKonstantin Golubitsky(Founder)inKonstantin Golubitskii(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsPoint72 Ventures

Alike is an AI coordination tool that connects to a team's calendar, email, messages, and meeting notes to automate status updates, check-ins, and alignment in the background.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS

Addi(CEO)eMax(CTO)Danial(CCO)

Co-investorsRevo Capital

Ambiguous builds an AI agent platform for workflow automation where multiple agents collaborate to handle business tasks with human-level understanding.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Cody Updegrave(Founder)in

Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesBlitzscaling Ventures

Amdahl provides search and evaluation infrastructure for go-to-market AI agents, enabling them to query sales calls and CRM data with cited evidence and score AI-generated outputs against buyer language.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech

Annette Sung(CEO)inArya Soltanieh(CTO)inRobert Khoury(CTO)in

Anchr builds AI agents that automate internal logistics operations for food distributors, covering order management, procurement, inventory, customer support, and finance workflows.

AI & Machine LearningFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainNew York, US

Tzar Taraporvala(Co-CEO)inSmayan Mehra(Co-CEO)

Co-investorsAnterra Capital

AndThen creates human-crafted audio experiences that users navigate and control using their voice.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Antihero Studios is a game studio building multiplayer mobile games focused on social play with friends.

ConsumerGaming

Co-investorsSisu Game Ventures

Argu.ai provides automated vision-based data extraction for port operations, using AI to read container IDs, vehicle plates, and vessel names from camera feeds.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Artifact provides AI-powered automation for accounting and professional services firms, handling bookkeeping, reconciliations, ledger posting, reporting, and close workflows.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Carter Springall(Founder)in

Augmenta develops software that uses computational design and AI to automate building design, targeting the construction and engineering industry.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeep TechSaaS

Francesco Iorio(Founder)in

Co-investorsFerguson VenturesHazelview VenturesPrelude VenturesSuffolk TechnologiesEclipseFounders+2 more

Cascade develops an AI-powered marketing software tool and provides digital marketing consulting services to help companies execute data-driven marketing strategies.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSShibuya, JP

Co-investorsTechstarsAda VenturesY Combinator

Cascade is an investment platform accessible in the U.S. that lets users onboard via wire, ACH, or stablecoin and trade crypto, U.S. equities, and private markets around the clock.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsVariant FundAda Ventures

Cascade builds an agentic AI layer that sits across enterprise systems of record such as HRIS, ITSM, and benefits administration, deploying AI agents that interpret employee intent, enforce policy, and execute end-to-end workflows like onboarding, equipment requests, and benefits enrollment.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechBellevue, US

Ana-Maria Constantin(Founder)inPulak Goyal(Founder)in

Co-investorsGradient VenturesMyriad Venture PartnersSBXiAda Ventures

Cascade uses AI to identify and match Request for Proposal (RFP) opportunities to construction and architecture firms by scanning government and private sector portals, then assists in proposal writing and bid management.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS

Joana F.(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlitzscaling VenturesshuckerVCAda Ventures

Dex is an AI-powered recruiting platform that matches software engineers with relevant job opportunities through curated role recommendations and direct access to hiring teams, eliminating traditional application processes.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS

Paddy Lambros(CEO & Co-founder)in

Co-investorsNotion CapitalRLC Ventures

Dex is a relationship management tool that provides an intuitive, modern rolodex for organizing and maintaining personal and professional contacts.

ConsumerSaaSSan Francisco, US

Kevin Sun(Founder)in

Co-investorsAmino CapitalY CombinatorNotion Capital

Dex is an AI-powered workspace assistant that ingests operational data across a user's tools and integrations, organizing it into structured context and a knowledge base.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Regina Lin(Founder)inKevin Gu(Founder)in

Co-investorsTheory VenturesY CombinatorNotion Capital

AI copilot for private credit and asset-backed finance

Co-investorsCongruent Venturesfresh.fundKDXLMNT VenturesPenny Jar Capital VentureStepchange+1 more

Ezra offers advanced MRI-based full-body scans designed to screen for early signs of cancer and hundreds of other medical conditions.

Digital HealthHealthtechLongevity

Emi Gal(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsGood FriendsHealthier CapitalLDV CapitalCongruent VenturesCredo VenturesKDX+6 more

Fearn is a patent prosecution firm that handles patent drafting and filing for technology teams, founded by former Big Law patent professionals and PhDs.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTech

Han Kim(Co-founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsDesigner FundKindred VenturesESSENCE VCEssence Venture Capital

Fundamental Research Labs builds autonomous, socially intelligent AI agents capable of reasoning and multi-agent collaboration.

AI & Machine Learning

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Factorial FundsFirst Spark Ventures, LlcPatronVamosVentures+2 more

Gamebeast provides an AI-powered analytics and intelligence platform for game studios that unifies player behavior, monetization, and sentiment data to help teams understand player engagement and game performance.

AI & Machine LearningGamingSaaS

Christian Meris(Founder)in

Co-investorsFulcrum VentureJ2 VenturesAndreessen HorowitzThe Mini Fund

Cofounder is an AI-powered platform that provides agentic departments for early-stage founders, automating engineering, sales, marketing, design, finance, and operations tasks.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS

Co-investorsUnion Square Ventures (USV)Acrew CapitalAntigravity CapitalBackwards CapitalCompoundPrecursor Ventures+1 more

idilio.tv is a mobile streaming app for Latin American microdramas — original short-form vertical series with 1-to-3-minute episodes, available on iOS and Android.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Gabriela Tafur(CEO)inEsteban Ramírez(CTO)in

Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)Blitzscaling VenturesHoneystone VenturesNuMundo VenturesAccelerator VenturesGoodwater Capital+3 more

k-ID builds infrastructure for age verification and age-adaptive content across digital platforms, enabling companies to confirm user age in a privacy-preserving and compliant manner.

GamingGovTechSaaS

Julian Corbett(Founder)inJeff Wu(Founder)inTimothy M(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzLightspeed Venture PartnersTIRTA VenturesZ Venture CapitalKonvoy Ventures

Live Aware Labs provides AI-powered player feedback and insights tools to game developers, helping studios understand and act on player experiences throughout the development process.

AI & Machine LearningGamingSaaS

Sean Vesce(CEO)inDavid Berger(CTO)in

Co-investorsLifelike CapitalTRANSCEND

Loops is an AI tool that analyzes top-performing ads in a brand's market to extract winning patterns and automatically generate static ad creatives tailored to the brand.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

Co-investorsKima VenturesCardumen CapitalScale Venture Partners

Loops builds an email platform designed for software companies to manage customer communication and engagement.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSWashington, US

Chris Frantz(Founder)inAdam Kaczmarek(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorCardumen CapitalScale Venture PartnersTwenty Two Ventures

Loops AI provides a semantic intelligence layer for e-commerce that powers AI-driven product discovery, natural-language search, automated sales conversations, and virtual try-on agents.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech

Co-investorsConnecticut Innovations

Data intelligence layer providing personalized B2B recommendations.

Data & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US

Falon Fatemi(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investors500 GlobalBase Venture Management, Inc.Dreamers VCJetBlue VenturesMS&AD VenturesNewView Capital+7 more

nunu.ai develops multi-modal AI agents designed to test, play, and simulate games for quality assurance and live player cooperation.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerGamingZH, CH

Jan Schnyder(Founder)inKyrill Hux(Founder)inNicolas Muntwyler(Founder)in

Co-investorsHartmann CapitalTIRTA VenturesY CombinatorBoost VC

Rork Max is an AI-powered platform that enables developers to build and ship native iOS applications and games through conversational AI, with support for creating multiplayer games with physics simulations.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsGaming

Daniel Dhawan(Founder)in

Co-investorsChapter OneFoundersLeft Lane CapitalPeak XV PartnersSarah SmithHustle Fund+2 more

Runware provides a single API and inference platform for running AI models across image, video, audio, 3D, vision and LLM tasks, giving developers one endpoint, authentication and billing to switch between open-source and closed-source models.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools

Ioana Hreninciuc(Founder)inFlaviu R.(Founder)in

Co-investorsBegin CapitalCoho DeeptechComcast VenturesDawn CapitalZero Prime VenturesInsight Partners+1 more

Sans Strings is an animation, visual effects, and entertainment studio that produces creative work and production pipelines for entertainment brands.

Creator EconomyGamingMedia & Entertainment

Andy(Head of Operations, Business Development & Creative Strategy)

Co-investorsKima VenturesRed River WestAndreessen HorowitzSisu Game Ventures

Sekai is an AI-powered platform where users create, remix, and share interactive mini-apps instantly without coding, ranging from utilities to games.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomySocial

Kaiser Kim(Founder)inLucky Z.(Founder)inAzhar Deen(Founder)in

Co-investors359 CapitalConnect VenturesMVP VenturesKhosla Ventures

Sentra is a tool that captures and reconstructs the context behind engineering decisions, linking discussions, tickets, and pull requests to explain why choices were made.

Developer ToolsFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Andrey Starenky(Founder)inAl Rey(Founder)in

Co-investorsBackwards CapitalAntigravity CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersKey1 CapitalPrecursor VenturesStandard Investments+3 more

Smart Bricks provides analytical intelligence and advisory services to institutional real estate investors to support their investment decision-making.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechPropTechDubai, AE

MohamedinMohamed Mohamedin

Co-investorsTechstarsNVIDIA500 GlobalCornerstone VCDuke Capital PartnersSouth Loop Ventures+2 more

Sweatpals is a platform for fitness instructors, run club organizers, and gym owners to build communities and host events, handling bookings, ticketing, check-in, and text marketing campaigns in one place.

MarketplacesSports TechWellness & FitnessBuda, US

Salar Shahini Shamsabadi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Salar Shahini(Founder)inMandi Zhou(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsPatronAntlerHARTBEAT VENTURESWndrCo

TAYA makes a wearable voice accessory worn like a necklace that captures spoken thoughts, notes, and reminders with a single button press and resurfaces them later.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardware

Co-investorsDorm RoomMaC Venture CapitalFemale Founders

Uthana offers a text-to-motion generation tool that creates character animations from natural language descriptions, designed for digital creators and animation professionals.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsGamingSaaS

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Cursor CapitalIA VenturesMetavision

Windwalk Games develops multiplayer video games, including the social deduction game Enemy on Board and the Arthurian co-op roguelike SWORN (with Team17), alongside Harbor, a suite of gamification and automation tools for the marketing and community teams of game developers and publishers.

ConsumerGamingMarketing TechSaaSAustin, US

Cris Feo(Founder)inSamuel Leonard(Founder)in

Co-investorsTIRTA VenturesY Combinator

ZeroDrift provides a compliance enforcement system that governs AI-generated communications for regulated enterprises before they reach customers and regulators.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US

Kumesh Aroomoogan(Founder & CEO)inAshok Loganathan(Founding Head of Engineering)Anand Loganathan(Founding Head of Platforms)

Co-investorsConvergeGeek VenturesTetradActive CapitalFounders FuturePitchdrive+1 more