Fundraising FoxAI Grant
FoundationSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
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.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 5 of 6 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×4Developer Tools ×2Enterprise Software ×2HR Tech ×2SaaS ×2Biotech ×1
HQs:United States×5
Investments · 7 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22024 · 22022 · 15 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 FundAmjad MasadBloomberg Beta+2 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 CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorOrange Collective+1 more
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
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-investorsNFXLightspeed Venture Partners
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-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersGarage CapitalNew York Life VenturesNotable CapitalPeak XV PartnersshuckerVC+6 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Vapi · whalesbook.com · Jul 16, 2026
Hamming AI · nubiapage.com · Jul 1, 2026
coexist · finance.yahoo.com · May 11, 2026
Shapes · digitaltoday.co.kr · Apr 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has AI Grant made?
- AI Grant has 6 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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In Conversation with Daniel Gross(Pioneer) - From 0 to 1 Scaling a Modest Project to a $20M Series A
Techsylvania · Daniel Gross
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