How many investments has AI Fund made?

AI Fund has 43 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does AI Fund invest at?

AI Fund invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.

What is AI Fund's typical check size?

AI Fund typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.

Where is AI Fund located?

AI Fund is headquartered in Mountain View, US.

Does AI Fund lead rounds?

Yes, AI Fund leads investment rounds.

Who does AI Fund co-invest with?

AI Fund most often shares deals with Advance Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Magnify Ventures, among 87 tracked co-investors.

AI Fund

Venture studiooperating company · company profile

Mountain View · Pre-Seed–Series A · 46 people tracked

Also known as AI FUND GROWTH VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC · AI VENTURES MANAGEMENT II, LLC · AI VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

AI Fund operates as a venture studio, partnering with entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to rapidly build new AI companies and improve their odds of success. It backs founders with deep technical expertise and clear vision for applying AI in their fields, pairing them with a proven company-building methodology to validate, build, and scale ventures within roughly three months. Its focus spans AI applications addressing real-world problems at scale, from helping first responders and simplifying supply chains to transforming how governments deliver services. The studio is supported by top-tier VCs and partners including Sequoia Capital, NEA, Nikkei, and AES.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Consumer EdTech Enterprise Software Fintech Healthtech Media & Entertainment Retail Tech SaaS Europe Global Mountain View Palo Alto United States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage

Pre-Seed–Series A

Check

$100K – $1M

Mountain View, California, US

Leads rounds

Leads

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2018

Last 12 months

2 investments

AUM

$370M

VC funds

Tracked investments

Team · 46 people

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Kirsty Tan· General Partner, AI Fund Growth Fund· San Francisco Bay Areain

Kirsty Tan is a General Partner at AI Fund Growth Fund. She has experience across technology, strategy, consulting, and academia, and works as a mentor and advisor in these domains.

Andy Ku· Partner· San Francisco Bay Areain

Andy Ku is a Partner at AI Fund who works across technology, entrepreneurship, and government sectors. His experience includes leading venture investments at IQT focused on workforce development, founding a job-matching technology company, directing product marketing for LinkedIn's job seeker platform, serving as a White House Fellow with the U.S. Labor Department on AI-driven veteran employment matching, and mentoring at Year Up.

Eli Chen· Technology Partner· San Mateo, California, United Statesin

Andrew Ng· Managing General Partner· Palo Alto, California, United Statesin 𝕏

Andrew Ng is a trained engineer who still codes and prototypes with founders, co-founds and shapes products in a studio-style, educates the ecosystem on AI, and champions lean, capital-efficient building.

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Eva Wang· Partner· United Statesin

Eva Wang is Partner, COO, and General Counsel at AI Fund, where she oversees finance, legal, HR, investor relations, and office administration, and was part of the firm's founding team. A corporate securities lawyer, she previously was a partner in the corporate practice at Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West, advising technology startups and venture capital firms, and led the opening of Shanghai offices for two US law firms. She holds a law degree from New York University and a bachelor's in economics and statistics from the University of Western Ontario, and is fluent in Mandarin.

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Maximilian Seeburg· Principal· Stockholm, Swedenin

Anthony Soohoo· Advisor· Dallas, Texas, United Statesin 𝕏

A technology and digital transformation executive with over 25 years of experience, having held CEO, Fortune 100 executive, entrepreneur, and board roles at companies including Walmart, CBS, Yahoo!, and Apple. He founded Dotspotter (acquired by CBS) and Dot & Bo (now part of Alibaba), holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and serves on boards including Spryker Systems and Civio.ai.

Bill MacCartney· AI Fund Fellow· Palo Alto, California, United Statesin

Bill MacCartney is CTO in Residence at SignalFire. He previously served as VP of Machine Learning at Cohere, where he led a team of 50+ scientists and engineers on large language models, and held roles including Director of Proactive Intelligence at Apple, Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, Managing Director at BlackRock, and Senior Research Scientist at Google.

Brendan Marx· Engineer· San Diego, California, United Statesin

Dan Landau· Sr. Marketing Manager· New York City Metropolitan Areain

Dan Landau is Head of Marketing at AI Fund, Andrew Ng's venture studio, where he leads marketing strategy, event production, and advisory services for early-stage founding teams. He has built marketing functions from scratch at multiple organizations and has authored and illustrated Fearless Portraits: Women Who Dared to Transform the World, a collection of historical profiles.

Daniel Macklin· Venture Advisor· Boston, Massachusetts, United Statesin

Daniel Macklin is President of Summer and co-founder of SoFi, which went public at a valuation exceeding $18 billion. He previously served as CEO of Salary Finance Inc and currently holds board positions and advisory roles at early-stage companies while making angel investments. Macklin has been featured in major publications including Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal, and has lectured at Stanford University.

David Sobie· Venture Advisor· Santa Monica, California, United Statesin

Dean Sysman· Venture Advisor· New York, New Yorkin 𝕏

Dean Sysman is Executive Chair and Co-Founder of Axonius, a cybersecurity company that reached $2.6 billion valuation and $100 million ARR within five years of its founding, which he led as CEO for nine years. He conducts research at Columbia University at the intersection of systems and artificial intelligence, and serves on the boards of Olakai, Lasso Security, and SecurityScorecard, with an investment portfolio spanning over 20 early-stage companies including three unicorns. Sysman is a graduate of computer science from the Israeli special "Etgar" program and a former captain in the Israeli Intelligence Corps.

Ellen Li· CFO· Atlanta Metropolitan Areain

Ellen Li is Chief Financial Officer at AI Fund, the venture studio founded by Andrew Ng, where she oversees finance, valuation, fundraising, and investor relations while supporting early-stage portfolio companies. She holds credentials as a CPA, CA, and CFA Charterholder, and brings prior experience as CFO of a Boston-based healthtech startup and in leading finance for the Private Equity division at Fengate Asset Management. Li began her career at KPMG and is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Emil Stefanutti· Venture Advisor· Houston, Texas, United Statesin

Emil Stefanutti is co-founder and CEO of Gaia Dynamics, a trade technology company focused on global trade compliance. He previously founded Shoppr.tv, an ad tech platform for shoppable television advertising, and co-founded ContractRoom, a legal tech company acquired by Mitratech in 2021. Stefanutti has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience across technology, media, and design sectors, and holds a degree in Design from Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan.

Jill Shih· General Manager, Taiwan· Taiwanin

Jill Shih serves as General Manager for Taiwan at AI Fund. With over 25 years of experience in product user experience and project management across mobile internet, internet, and software sectors, she has previously led cross-regional teams at companies including Good Finance, ZA International, Cobinhood, Cheetah Mobile, NQ Mobile, Microsoft, and Trend Micro across Taiwan, China, Japan, and Hong Kong. She began her career in software development at Sprint in the United States.

Johnny Lee· AI Fund Fellow· Redmond, Washington, United Statesin

Johnny Lee is founder of LGI Tech, LLC. He has led technical programs that reached tens of millions to billions of users. His work spans AI for wearables, spatial computing, robotic training from human demonstrations, and depth camera technology, with a focus on advancing early-stage technologies from research to production. He has been recognized as a TED speaker and TR35 honoree.

Jon Zemmelman· Sr. Executive Recruiter

Laurence Moroney· AI Fund Fellow· Sammamish, Washington, United Statesin 𝕏

Laurence Moroney is Director of Artificial Intelligence at Arm and an investor and advisor to AI companies across the startup and enterprise sectors. Previously, he spent over a decade as an AI Lead at Google, where he worked across research, product development, and developer advocacy, growing the developer ecosystem and launching products serving millions of users. He is a Fellow at the AI Fund, a best-selling author, and has advised startups on healthcare and environmental applications of AI.

Michelle Lee· Sr. Executive Assistant· San Francisco, California, United Statesin

Miguel Paredes· AI Fund Fellow· San Francisco Bay Areain

Miguel Paredes is an AI Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School with a PhD in Applied AI and Data Science from MIT and undergraduate training in computer science. He has worked as a generative AI and data science consultant, advised startups and venture capital firms, and holds experience in strategy, machine learning, analytics, and causal inference. His technical expertise spans A/B testing, econometrics, optimization, and impact evaluation methodologies.

Mike Rubino· Head of Talent· San Francisco, California, United Statesin

Mike Rubino is Head of Talent at AI Fund, Andrew Ng's venture studio, where he identifies and hires technical founders and CEOs for newly formed AI companies. Previously, he scaled recruiting functions at Neuralink (growing the company from 40 to 275+ employees), Chef Robotics, and Promise, a Series B govtech company. He co-founded Syelo Ventures, a community for early-stage talent leaders, and develops recruiting tools using AI and software platforms.

Monte Zweben· Venture Advisor· San Francisco, California, United Statesin

Monte Zweben is Co-Founder and CEO of ControlRooms.ai, an AI troubleshooting platform. He is a serial entrepreneur with previous exits including the $2.9 billion IPO of Blue Martini Software and the $225 million acquisition of Red Pepper Software by PeopleSoft. Zweben holds positions on the Dean's Advisory Board at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and has served as a public board member for Rocket Fuel and Advent Software, while maintaining expertise in artificial intelligence through patents, academic publications, and prior management of NASA's principal AI laboratory.

Natalia Urrego· Operations Manager of Colombia· Colombiain

Natalia Urrego is Operations Manager Colombia at AI Fund. She holds a degree in economics and an International Business Administration qualification, with over twenty years of experience in administration, treasury, finance, controlling, and import-export operations. She is bilingual in Spanish and English, holds a current B1/B2 USA visa, and has proficiency in office applications.

Nikki Angco· Chief of Staff to Andrew Ngin

Philippe Chambadal· Venture Advisor· New York, New York, United Statesin

Phillip Chang· Venture Advisor· Palo Alto, California, United Statesin

Phillip Chang is a venture advisor at AI Fund with over 30 years of experience building and scaling technology companies across Taiwan, China, and the United States. He co-founded and served as general manager of Ayla Networks' Asia Pacific operations, where he established the Greater China region, built a team of 60+ employees, and supported the company through four funding rounds totaling over $130 million. Previously, he held executive positions at ZeroG Wireless (acquired by Microchip), Broadweb (acquired by Trend Micro), and Linkpeople, and has taught corporate groups and advised startups in Taiwan and Shanghai. Chang holds a BA from UC Berkeley, an MS from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

Rakesh Utekar· Technical Builder· San Francisco, California, United Statesin

Rakesh Utekar is a Technical Builder and AI Engineer at AI Fund with experience in retrieval-augmented generation, speech-to-speech systems, and vector databases. He is pursuing a Master of Computer Science with a Data Science specialization at Seattle University, where he serves as a Teaching Assistant for Visual Analytics, and previously interned as a Machine Learning Engineer at SlashRTC, where he built speech-to-text models using Python and TensorFlow.

Rishabh Singhal· Principal Builder· San Francisco, California, United Statesin

Rishabh Singhal is a Principal at AI Fund, Andrew Ng's venture studio, where he leads applied AI product development and company formation. He has guided products through customer discovery, technical validation, deployment, and commercialization across AI Fund and four early-stage software and hardware companies, including helping establish two funded AI startups. His background includes product, analytics, and strategy roles at Kodiak Robotics, Sofar Ocean, Uber, and Kearney, with experience spanning enterprise AI, autonomous systems, AI security, and physical-world technology.

Rob Solomon· Venture Advisor𝕏

Robert Schulte· Venture Advisor

Ross Saario· Venture Advisor

Ruby Valderrama· Sr. Accountant

Sarah Daniels· Venture Advisor· Boston, Massachusetts, United Statesin

Scott C. Taylor· Venture Advisor

Shan Sinha· Venture Advisor

Shannon Lieu· Assistant General Counsel· San Francisco Bay Areain

Shannon Lieu is Assistant General Counsel at AI Fund. She has advised technology and life sciences startups through formation, financing, and exit stages, drawing on experience as a former CPA and legal background.

Sharbani Roy· AI Fund Fellow

Terry Boyle· Venture Advisor· Boston, Massachusetts, United Statesin

Thomas Kiessling· Venture Advisor· Palo Alto, California, United Statesin

Tim Westergren· Venture Advisor

TJ Kennedy· Venture Advisor

Carlos Alzate· CTO· Boca Raton, Florida, United Statesin

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Paul Chiarelli· Venture Advisor and Board Member· Ottawa, Ontario, Canadain

Phoebe Wang· SME Advisor· San Francisco, Californiain

Phoebe Wang is a Partner at WI Harper Group in the firm's Beijing office, focusing on advanced technology and new energy investments. Before joining WI Harper, she worked as a manager at Kingsoft Co., Ltd., where she handled product, marketing, online games, growth strategy, and game publishing. She holds an MBA from Tsinghua University and a B.E. from Dalian Maritime University.

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Rotimi Tijani· Venture Advisor / Board Member· Toronto, Ontario, Canadain

Rotimi Tijani leads DMZ's Black Innovation Programs, designing programming and mentoring founders. He has experience launching e-commerce ventures in Nigeria and supporting founders across North America, with a background in venture capital and startup ecosystems.

Founder mafia

The AI Fund mafia →

12 people who came through AI Fund went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 44 of 57 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×41SaaS ×19Enterprise Software ×17Developer Tools ×7Fintech ×7Digital Health ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Cybersecurity ×3

HQs:United States×12Germany×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 14 portfolio companies

57%

solo founders

8 of 14 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×82 founders×23 founders×34+ founders×1

Investments · 57 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 1 2025 · 2 2024 · 5 2023 · 210 dated

Civio AIcivio.ai in 𝕏✓ verified

Civio provides an AI-powered platform that connects revenue teams' tools, knowledge, and workflows to reduce manual work and operational friction.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsGovtech Ventures

Haven Safetyhavensafety.com in✓ verified

Haven provides an AI-powered platform for incident investigation and root cause analysis that collects witness statements, reconstructs timelines, and generates corrective actions across manufacturing, utilities, construction, and other industrial sectors.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Joseph Hanna(Co-Founder & CEO)Jim Wang(Co-Founder & CTO)

Octagonoctagonai.co in 𝕏✓ verified

Octagon AI produces continuously-updated research reports and strategy baskets that compare model-generated probabilities against live prediction-market prices to surface trading edge, currently covering Kalshi markets with Polymarket planned.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsInception Studio Capital

Octagonoctagonfi.com in 𝕏✓ verified

Octagon provides research reports and analytics for prediction markets, comparing model-generated probabilities to live market prices to identify pricing gaps ("edge").

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsZelda Ventures

PuppyDogpuppydog.io in 𝕏✓ verified

PuppyDog.io is an AI agent platform that automatically generates and delivers personalized product videos for marketing campaigns, user onboarding, team training, and sales.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSMountain View, US

Fahad Aziz(Founder and CEO)Pierce Gaynor(Head of Product)Muneeb Khawaja(VP of Engineering)

SpeechLabspeechlab.ai in✓ verified

Speechlab is a speech-to-speech AI platform that localizes and makes video and audio content accessible across 50+ languages through dubbed audio, translated captions, and subtitles, with an editing suite for quality control.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsGrit Capital Partners

Vocal Bridgevocalbridgeai.com in✓ verified

Vocal Bridge provides a developer SDK and CLI for adding real-time voice interaction to AI applications, letting apps embed bidirectional voice with UI actions, turn any text-based LLM agent into a voice agent, and place outbound phone calls.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

10Web10web.io in 𝕏

10Web provides a white-labeled website generation API that enables platforms to automatically create WordPress sites from user-submitted business data, assets, and branding information.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Sergey Markosyan(Co-founder & CTO)Armen Saghatelyan(Co-founder & CDO)Tigran Nazaryan(Co-founder & CInO)Narek Torosyan(CEO)

Co-investorsFormula VC Sierra Ventures

Affineonaffineon.com inFeb 2025 · $5M

Affineon Health builds automation tools for healthcare providers and care teams, reducing administrative and tedious tasks so clinicians can focus on patient care.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Ryan Van Wert(Physician Executive / Co-founder)Evan(Executive (former COO Zus Health, CPO Codametrix, CPO Innovaccer))Tony(CTO)Dan(CFO & COO)Abid Siddiqui(Chief Operating Officer)

Co-investorsBenhamou Global Ventures City Light Headwater Ventures Loup Ventures Signal Peak Ventures

Async

Basetenbaseten.co in 𝕏

Baseten provides AI inference and infrastructure services that optimize model deployment, serving, and orchestration across the full stack.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Tuhin Srivastava(CEO and Co-Founder)inAmir Haghighat(CTO and Co-Founder)inPhil Howes(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)inPankaj Gupta(Co-Founder)inPhilip Howes(Co-Founder and Chief Scientist)inDanielle Herzberg(Executive Officer)

Co-investors01 Advisors Alpha Partners Aspire11 Athletic Ventures Battery Ventures Blackbird Ventures +23 more

Bearingbearing.ai in

Bearing AI provides AI-powered intelligence for the maritime and global supply chain sector, offering insights on vessel availability, fuel consumption, freight rates, and port congestion using large language models and proprietary shipping data.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain

Bhumabhuma.dev

Biztripbiztrip.ai in

BizTrip AI is an AI-powered travel agent for corporate employees that handles the full business trip lifecycle—booking air, hotel, and ground transport, applying travel policy, and automatically rebooking when fares drop—using Sabre inventory.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Tom Romary(Founder and CEO)Andrew Ng(Cofounder)inScott Persinger(Cofounder and CTO)

BNTObnto.comOct 2025 · $15M

BNTO operates a clothing and accessories rental subscription service that allows customers to select and rotate designer pieces monthly without committing to ownership.

B2B MarketplacesCircular EconomyConsumer

Co-investorsBasis Set Ventures Notable Capital New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

BNTObnto.rent

CallidusAI inJan 2024 · $10M

Mckinney, US

Justin Ray McCallon(Executive Officer, Director)Zachary Stolzenberg(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTaylor Oliver(Director)Emil Stefanutti(Director)

Co-investorsActive Capital Capital Factory CERVIN VENTURES Myriad Venture Partners Tandem Ventures

Cara

Common Sense Privacycommonsenseprivacy.net in

Common Sense Privacy offers software that provides attorney-level privacy compliance guidance, dashboards, and scorecards to help companies meet privacy laws such as GDPR and demonstrate trust through a Privacy Seal.

CybersecurityLegalTechSaaS

Co-investorsMagnify Ventures

Credo AIcredo.ai in 𝕏

Credo AI provides an AI governance platform that integrates policy and regulatory requirements into technical implementation, serving enterprises, policymakers, and regulators seeking to ensure AI systems remain compliant, safe, and responsible.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSector Agnostic

Navrina Singh(CEO and Founder)

Co-investorsBooz Allen Ventures Decibel Partners FPV Mozilla Ventures

Esteamesteam.ai in 𝕏Acquired

Esteam builds an AI-powered reading tool, Esteam Reader, that uses speech recognition and generative AI to assess reading and create personalized stories and assessments for children.

AI & Machine LearningEdTech

Jennifer Wong(Founder)in

Co-investorsFirst Row Partners Magnify Ventures

Factoredfactored.ai in 𝕏

Factored provides vetted AI, machine learning, and data engineers to enterprises through embedded engineering teams, managed services, and advisory, working in U.S. time zones.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Andrew Ng(Co-Founder)in

Feenyxfeenyx.ai in 𝕏

Feenyx is a talent acquisition software company that provides recruiting and hiring teams with tools designed to streamline candidate sourcing, evaluation, and placement through AI-powered recommendations and insights.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS

Freight Herofreighthero.ai in

Freight Hero provides an AI-powered managed service for freight brokers that handles load operations from rate confirmation through POD collection, including dispatching, tracking, check-ins, and issue escalation.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSPalo Alto, US

Andre

Co-investorsDynamo Ventures

Gaia Dynamicsgaiadynamics.ai in 𝕏

Gaia Dynamics provides AI-driven tariff classification and real-time tracking of tariff changes to help businesses calculate accurate duty rates for international shipments.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Co-investorsZenda

IPerceptipercept.io in

IPercept provides condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for CNC machines, collecting motion and vibration data via a smart device on the machine's kinematic chain to detect developing faults in components like axes, spindles, and joints.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechIoT

Karoly SzipkaAndreas Archenti(Professor)

Co-investorsBackstage AB J12 Ventures Luminar Ventures RunwayFBU

IrisGoirisgo.ai in 𝕏

IrisGo is an AI-powered automation platform that observes user workflows and autonomously executes tasks across desktop applications and tools without manual configuration.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkPalo Alto, US

Jeffrey Lai(Founder)

Jivijivi.ai in 𝕏

Jivi is an AI-powered clinical platform offering MedX AI Agents and a HealthOS system that provide diagnostic support, lab report analysis, personalized health recommendations, and 24/7 medical guidance to consumers.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Kirakira-learning.com in 𝕏Apr 2023

Kira is an AI-based learning platform that combines instruction, assessment, and intervention into a single system, replacing disconnected education software tools.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaSPalo Alto, US

Andrea Pasinetti(Executive Officer, Director)Jagriti Agrawal(Cofounder)

BoardCarmen Chang(Director)Andrew Ng(Director)inEva Wang(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)AI Venture

Landing AIlanding.ai in 𝕏

LandingAI builds Agentic Document Extraction, an AI system that converts complex, multi-page documents into structured, auditable data for automation in high-stakes workflows.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsInsight Partners Intel Capital McRock Capital Samsung Catalyst Fund Taiwania Capital

Meenomeeno.com

Mindpeakmindpeak.ai inSep 2024 · $15.3M

Mindpeak develops AI-powered diagnostic software for cancer pathology, translating complex tissue data into clinical insights to support treatment decisions.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices

Co-investorsFraser Nina Capital European Innovation Council Fund ZEISS Ventures

Olakaiolakai.ai in 𝕏

Olakai provides a platform for AI governance and ROI measurement that unifies insights from coding AI tools, copilots, and autonomous agents across enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Pixi

Podcastlepodcastle.ai

Podcastle (Async) is an AI video and audio editing platform that lets users create, edit, and repurpose videos through chat-based prompts, including generating video, cleaning up audio, creating voiceovers, adding subtitles, dubbing, and turning long content into short-form social clips.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Arto Yeritsyan(Founder)in

Co-investorsRTP Global Sierra Ventures Mosaic Ventures Point Nine SmartGateVC

Profitmindprofitmind.com in

Profitmind offers an agentic AI platform for the retail and CPG industry that provides quantified, prioritized recommendations for pricing, inventory, and merchandise decisions by ingesting a retailer's strategy and historical data.

AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS

Rapidfirerapidfire.ai in 𝕏Mar 2024

RapidFire AI provides an open experimentation engine that orchestrates datasets and LLM pipelines for AI practitioners to customize and test AI models with greater speed and efficiency.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US

Arun Kumar(Co-founder)inJack Norris(Co-founder)inPradyumna Sridhara(Founder)John Schroeder(Director)

Co-investors.406 Ventures

Realavatarrealavatar.ai

ResolveGrid

Rypplerypple.ai in

Rypple is an AI coaching tool for managers that draws on a team's meetings, messages, goals, and commitments to surface signals, prompt daily actions, and support tougher conversations.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Sendpixisendpixi.com

Sinpexsinpex.de inJan 2024

Sinpex provides KYC (Know Your Customer) and KYB (Know Your Business) compliance solutions that help organizations verify customer and business identities at scale while maintaining regulatory compliance and reducing risk.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBerlin, DE

Co-investorsTX Ventures ACE & Company

Skyfireskyfire.xyz in 𝕏Apr 2026 · $11M

Skyfire provides financial infrastructure that enables AI agents to transact autonomously—making and receiving payments, managing accounts, and accessing services globally without traditional financial intermediaries.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US

Amir Sarhangi(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsArrington Capital Blitzscaling Ventures Coinbase Ventures DCVC (Data Collective)Draper Associates Evolution Equity Partners +8 more

Skyfire AIskyfireai.com in

SkyfireAI develops autonomous drone systems with AI-powered threat detection for first responders and security applications, reducing response times and false alarms in emergency situations.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics

Co-investorsBDev Ventures GENIUS NY Halogen Ventures Management Company Llc New York Angels

StrongSuitstrongsuit.com in 𝕏

StrongSuit is an AI platform for litigators that covers discovery, legal research, drafting, precedent verification, and oral argument preparation in one system.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS

Sunrisesunrise.ai

Sunrise AI designs, deploys, and operates custom AI systems inside client businesses, connecting to their proprietary data and workflows to build an "AI operating layer" starting with a single high-impact workflow.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Sunrise AI

ValidMindvalidmind.com in 𝕏

ValidMind provides an AI governance platform for regulated industries such as banking and insurance, covering model risk management, validation automation, and oversight of autonomous AI agents.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Jonas Jacobi(Founder)in

Co-investorsMS&AD Ventures New York Life Ventures Point72 Ventures Third Prime Angel Invest FJ Labs +2 more

ValidMindvalidmind.ai in 𝕏

ValidMind provides a platform for testing, documenting, validating, and monitoring AI models, primarily serving financial institutions like banks and insurers seeking to deploy AI safely and maintain regulatory compliance.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Jonas JacobiAndres RodriguezMehdi Esmail

Vidably

Vindexa

Whylabswhylabs.ai inAcquired

WhyLabs provided AI observability and monitoring tools for responsible AI adoption, including platforms for data logging, privacy-preserving monitoring, and large language model oversight.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator Ascend Venture Capital Defy Partners Madrona Venture Group

Woebotwoebot.io in 𝕏

Woebot Health builds chat-based AI wellness tools to provide mental health support to individuals and organizations.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental Health

Alison Darcy(Founder)in

Co-investorsJAZZ Venture Partners Owl Ventures Leaps by Bayer New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Temasek

Woebot Healthwoebothealth.com in 𝕏

Woebot is a chat-based mental health support app for adolescents that uses conversational AI informed by cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence-based approaches.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMental Health

Dr. Alison Darcy(Founder)

Co-investorsAurum Venture Partners Giant Leap Khosla Ventures Kicker Ventures New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Owl Ventures

Workeraworkera.ai inMar 2023 · $23.5M

Workera provides skills assessment and talent intelligence solutions, helping organizations evaluate technical capabilities and workforce readiness in AI and cloud technologies.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech

Kian Katanforoosh(Founder and CEO)in

Co-investorsAIX Ventures In-Q-Tel New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Owl Ventures Sozo Ventures Tech Square Ventures +1 more

Workhelixworkhelix.com in 𝕏Oct 2024

Workhelix provides enterprise leaders with real-time visibility into their AI adoption, quantifying time saved, mapping AI opportunities, and linking usage to business outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBeaverton, US

Erik Brynjolfsson(Director)Andrew McAfee(Director)Daniel Rock(Director)Shaun Johnson(Director)inJames Milin(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAIX Ventures Benhamou Global Ventures Bloomberg Beta

WPXIwpxi.com 𝕏

WPXI is a local news outlet covering the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, publishing coverage of regional events and community stories.

Media & EntertainmentPittsburgh, US

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has AI Fund made?: AI Fund has 43 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does AI Fund invest at?: AI Fund invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is AI Fund's typical check size?: AI Fund typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
What sectors does AI Fund focus on?: AI Fund focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS.
Where is AI Fund located?: AI Fund is headquartered in Mountain View, US.
Does AI Fund lead rounds?: Yes, AI Fund leads investment rounds.
Who does AI Fund co-invest with?: AI Fund most often shares deals with Advance Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Magnify Ventures, among 87 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 50

New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.

Both backed · 5

BNTO Kira Woebot Woebot Health Workera

$200K – $40M

Owl Ventures

Owl Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm with over $2 billion in assets under management that invests in education technology companies serving PreK-12, higher education, career mobility, and professional learning sectors. The firm also invests in companies at the intersection of education technology and other industries.

Both backed · 3

Woebot Woebot Health Workera

$5M – $50M

Sierra Ventures

Sierra Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in first-principles founders, backing companies from inception through Series A across AI infrastructure, applied/vertical AI, deep tech, and physical/embodied AI.

Both backed · 2

10Web Podcastle

$10M

AIX Ventures

AIX Ventures is an AI-focused venture fund that backs founders building companies in artificial intelligence.

Both backed · 2

Workera Workhelix

$1M – $5M

Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla.

Both backed · 1

Woebot Health

$5K – $50M

Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.

Both backed · 1

Baseten

$100K – $200M

Insight Partners

Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.

Both backed · 1

Landing AI

$120M – $350M

DCVC (Data Collective)

DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large-scale real-world problems across many industries.

Both backed · 1

Skyfire

$5M – $25M

Madrona Venture Group

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-founded venture firm that partners with founders across early and acceleration stages, providing capital plus hands-on support in recruiting, strategy, business development, and fundraising.

Both backed · 1

Whylabs

$2M – $10M

Caffeinated Capital

Caffeinated Capital is a venture firm based in San Francisco and New York that leads seed and Series A rounds and continues investing throughout the life of technology companies.

Both backed · 1

Baseten

$3M – $50M

Point Nine

Point Nine is an early-stage venture capital firm that has operated for nearly 15 years, emphasizing focus over scale.

Both backed · 1

Podcastle

$1M – $10M

Mosaic Ventures

Mosaic Ventures is a thesis-driven boutique venture capital partnership focused on applied AI, backing European AI founders and helping them scale globally.

Both backed · 1

Podcastle

$1M – $10M

▶38 more co-investors

Conviction RTP Global Defy Partners JAZZ Venture Partners Luminar Ventures Sequoia Capital Uncork Capital First Round Capital Menlo Ventures CRV (Charles River Ventures)Canaan Partners Partech Ventures SciFi VC Obvious Ventures Amplify Partners Practical Venture Capital Ridge Ventures Homebrew TSVC AngelPad Eclipse Ventures Betaworks Ventures Management, Llc Causal Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)August Capital Passion Capital Transmedia Capital Walden International A.Capital Ventures Yes VC Morado Venture Partners Origin Ventures CSC Venture Capital Lifeline Ventures Colle Capital Partners SuperSeed Alpana Ventures X Machina Capital

Firms observed investing alongside AI Fund, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with AI Fund's recorded portfolio.

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Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla.

$5K – $50M

Good Growth Capital

Good Growth Capital is a venture firm that invests exclusively in impact sectors aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, pursuing strong financial returns while meeting diversity and UNDP impact metrics across its portfolio.

Corazon Capital

Corazon Capital is a venture capital firm founded by investors and operators Sam Yagan and Steve Farsht to back founders pursuing bold visions through long-term partnership and hands-on advice.

$150K – $500K

AppWorks Ventures

AppWorks is a Taiwan-based venture capital firm and accelerator founded by former founders, backing tech startups across Greater Southeast Asia since 2009.

$200K – $15M

Moonshots Capital

Moonshots Capital is an early-stage technology venture capital firm founded and led by military veterans who have invested in U.S. companies since 2004.

$5K – $2.5M

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