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FoundationSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 2 people tracked
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AI Grant funds open source projects in artificial intelligence and machine learning, offering grants between $5,000 and $50,000 with no strings attached. Support can take the form of cash or compute resources. The program has backed a wide range of researchers and developers working on deep learning tools, libraries, datasets, and applied ML across fields such as healthcare, quantum simulation, drug discovery, computer vision, and generative models. It operates a separate accelerator program at aigrant.com.
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Team · 2 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 12 of 13 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×10Enterprise Software ×6SaaS ×5Developer Tools ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Consumer ×2HR Tech ×2Biotech ×1
HQs:United States×11
Investments · 13 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22024 · 22022 · 26 dated
Automates complex call center operations; acquired by Sagility Health.
Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorFlare Capital PartnersRadical VenturesWRF Capital
Chroma Sync is a serverless data ingestion service for Chroma Cloud that connects S3 buckets, GitHub repositories, and websites, then parses, chunks, and embeds the content for search.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAlt CapitalAir Street CapitalAIX VenturesAngel Collective Opportunity FundBloomberg BetaAmjad Masad+3 more
Coexist is a San Francisco-based, Techstars-backed app that helps couples coordinate household tasks, notes, reminders, and meal/grocery planning together.
HR TechSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsTechstarsLightspeed Venture Partners
Hamming provides quality assurance and monitoring software for voice agents, enabling teams to test voice applications before deployment and track performance in production across accuracy, safety, and compliance metrics.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareAustin, US
Sumanyu Sharma(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsCoalition OperatorsMischiefOlive Tree CapitalPioneerTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator+2 more
K-Scale Labs develops humanoid robots with open-source designs that can locomote, communicate, and perform object manipulation tasks.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Benjamin Bolte(Founder)inMatthew Freed(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator0 To 1 VenturesAgrolimen VenturesAndreessen HorowitzFellowsFlyer One Ventures+6 more
Poly is an AI-powered file browser that uses deep content understanding to enable users to search, summarize, generate, and collaborate on files across multiple formats.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Abhay Agarwal(Founder)inSamuel Lo(Founder)in
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesY CombinatorBloomberg BetaGoodwater CapitalNextView VenturesRomulus Capital
Reality Defender develops an AI platform for detecting deepfakes and synthetic media, serving enterprise organizations to prevent fraud and impersonation.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Ben Colman(Co-Founder and CEO)inGaurav Bharaj(Co-founder)inAli Shahriyari(Co-Founder and Advisor)inLars Buttler(Founder)inMilos Fulton(Executive Officer)in
BoardAlexander Ross(Director)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalArgon VenturesBantam GroupBooz Allen VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Evolution VC Partners+21 more
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Reworkd is an AI-powered web data extraction platform that automates end-to-end data scraping and monitoring from websites at scale without requiring code.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Srijan Subedi(Founder)inDaniel Gross(Co-founder)Asim Shrestha(Founder)in
Co-investorsRitual CapitalY CombinatorPanache Ventures
Rowan offers a web app and Python API for molecular design, simulation, and property prediction, including workflows for pKa, bond strength, redox potentials, protein-ligand binding affinity, and ADME properties.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechSaaSAllston, US
Arien Wagen(Executive Officer, Director)Corin Wagen(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsPillar VC
Sameday provides AI voice systems that answer incoming calls and handle overflow/after-hours service for plumbing and HVAC businesses.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechLehi, US
Aaron Cooper(Co-founder)inMax Forsey(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsPioneerY CombinatorJWass PT InvestorsLudlow VenturesRed Rooster VenturesSandhill (ex Stonks)+2 more
Shapes is an AI-native HR platform that consolidates people processes—onboarding, time-off, time tracking, surveys, documents, and performance cycles—into one system, with AI agents that run workflows and tools users can build by describing them in plain language.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSNew York City, US
Arnon Nir(Founder)inShirley Baumer(Founder)in
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersNFX
Sync provides AI lipsync software that lets video creators record content once and then digitally modify their mouth movements and speech in post-production, eliminating the need for multiple takes or re-recordings.
Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Prady Modukuru(Founder)inPrajwal K R(Founder & Chief Scientist)inRudrabha Mukhopadhyay(Founder)inPavan Reddy(Founder)in
Co-investorsLobster CapitalMento vcY CombinatorAltaIR CapitalCreator VenturesEight Capital+6 more
Vapi is a platform for building, deploying, and monitoring voice AI agents at enterprise scale, with APIs and integrations for customer support and inbound communications.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jordan Dearsley(Founder)inNikhil Gupta(Founder)in
BoardMichael Droesch(Director)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersGarage CapitalNew York Life VenturesNotable CapitalPeak XV Partners+11 more
Portfolio news
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Reality Defender · biometricupdate.com · Sep 11, 2026
Vapi · thesaasnews.com · May 13, 2026
Poly · finsmes.com · Nov 20, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has AI Grant made?
- AI Grant has 13 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does AI Grant invest at?
- AI Grant invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is AI Grant's typical check size?
- AI Grant typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What sectors does AI Grant focus on?
- AI Grant focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech.
- Where is AI Grant located?
- AI Grant is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
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