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AI2 Incubator

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Seattle · 10 people tracked

Also known as AI2 Incubator Common · AI2 INCUBATOR EQUITIES

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Fund manager profile

AI2 Incubator is a venture fund manager based in Seattle. SEC filings show 5 venture funds on record, most recently AI2 Incubator Fund III-A, L.P. ($3.9M offering) filed July 2025.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.

HQ
Seattle, US
Founded
2022
Last 12 months
6 investments
Tracked investments
14
Acquisitions
1

Team · 10 people

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Jacob Colker· General Partner
Matt McIlwain· General Partner
Vu Ha· General Partner
Yifan Zhang· General Partner

15 people who came through AI2 Incubator went on to found or lead other companies.

+ 3 more

What they invest in

from 14 of 14 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×11SaaS ×5Enterprise Software ×4Developer Tools ×3Digital Health ×2Hardware ×2HR Tech ×2LegalTech ×2

HQs:United States×8Canada×1

Investments · 14 tracked

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By year:2026 · 22025 · 82024 · 111 dated

Friday Harborfridayharbor.aiinMar 2025✓ verified

Friday Harbor is an AI-native technology platform for the US mortgage industry, used by mortgage banks to process live loan volume with tools such as a direct integration to Fannie Mae's income calculator.

AI & Machine LearningFintechPropTechSeattle, US

Theo Ellis(CEO)in

BoardJesse Collins(Director)

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesMischiefAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAllen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)Wischoff Ventures

Meetingflowmeetingflow.comin𝕏✓ verifiedAcquired

Meetingflow is an AI meeting assistant for customer-facing teams that provides automatic note-taking, meeting summaries, a meeting-focused AI chat copilot, collaborative meeting plans, and CRM updates.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales TechSeattle, US

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAscend Venture Capital

AZXazx.ioinJan 2026

AZX is an AI transformation engineering firm that builds tailored AI-enabled solutions and software for organizations in energy, real estate, supply chain, government, and other critical infrastructure industries.

AI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise Software

Richard Evans(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAscend Venture CapitalKOMPAS VCStepchangeFounders' Co-opSFV

Cadditrycaddi.cominMar 2025 · $5M

Caddi builds AI-powered workflow automation for professional services firms including legal and financial organizations, enabling automation of back-office administrative tasks without requiring coding expertise.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS

Alejandro Castellano(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAllen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)Ubiquity VenturesFounders' Co-op

Cadstromcadstrom.ioinDec 2024 · $6.8M

Cadstrom provides automated schematic and PCB validation software that catches design errors traditional ERC flows and manual reviews miss, producing structured validation reports before boards go to fabrication.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsHardwareMontréal, CA

Margot(Sets the technical vision (technical lead/co-founder))inMargot Blouin(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorBison VenturesInnovation Endeavors

CASIUMcasium.comin𝕏Oct 2025 · $5M

Casium provides business immigration services combining experienced attorneys who file visas with a platform that tracks case status across 90 countries.

HR TechLegalTechSaaSBellevue, US

Priyanka Kulkarni(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAllen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)Felicis VenturesGTMfundMaverick Ventures

Devplandevplan.comin𝕏

DevPlan delivers role-specific project briefings to team members via Slack and email, highlighting action items, risks, changes, and decisions relevant to their work.

Developer ToolsSaaSBoca Raton, US

Chris Bee(Founder)inAnton Safonov(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatoreLab VenturesGrand VenturesMighty CapitalService Provider CapitalAcequia Capital (AceCap)

Emphereemphere.comin𝕏Jun 2026 · $2.1M

Emphere provides hardened, minimal container images with mapped supply chains, verifying every release and dependency to eliminate fixable CVEs before images reach a customer's registry.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSeattle, US

Ankit Kumar(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorOutsiders

Enviveenvive.aiinSep 2025 · $15M

Envive provides an AI intelligence layer for eCommerce brands, offering an "Adaptive Storefront" sales agent that converts shopper questions into personalized recommendations across on-site, email, SMS, landing pages, and product pages.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSan Francisco, US

Aniket Deosthali(Co-Founder)Sameer Singh(Co-Founder)inIz Beltagy(Co-Founder)inMatthew Peters(Co-Founder)inAniket D(Founder)

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAscend Venture CapitalFUSEJ4 VenturesPoint72 Ventures

Ethosphereethosphere.aiinSep 2025 · $2.5M

Ethosphere is a privacy-first platform that records and analyzes in-person, customer-facing conversations on the retail sales floor to generate coaching feedback for associates, action steps for managers, and fleet-wide performance insights for brands.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechRetail TechSeattle, US

Curran Dougherty(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorJ4 VenturesPoint72 VenturesHike Ventures

Hearvanahearvana.aiNov 2025

Hearvana is developing acoustic intelligence technology aimed at enhancing listening capabilities for both humans and machines.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware

Shyam Gollakota(Founder)inMalek Itani(Founder)inTuochao Chen(Founder)

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAscend Venture CapitalJ4 VenturesPoint72 VenturesSCB 10XAmazon Alexa Fund+6 more

PreemptiveAIpreemptiveai.comin

Preemptive builds smartphone-based physiological sensing technology that turns a 30-second fingertip camera scan into measurements of a person's circulatory and autonomic state, using a foundation model trained on paired optical waveforms.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Matt Whitehill(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorGood FriendsInspired CapitalMeridian Street CapitalVoyager Capital

Synthesizesynthesize.bioinSep 2025 · $10M

Synthesize develops generative AI models that simulate human tissue responses to drugs and diseases for clinical trial design.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health

Robert Bradley, PhDinJeff Leek, PhDinAlice Walsh, PhDinGregory Koytiger, PhDin

Co-investorsMadrona Venture GroupInner Loop CapitalSahsen Ventures

Unwrapunwrap.aiin𝕏Jan 2025 · $12M

Unwrap is a customer intelligence platform that uses natural language processing to aggregate and analyze customer feedback, letting product teams read and understand feedback at scale.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSanta Barbara, US

Ryan Millner(Co-founder)inAshwin Singhania(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAtlassian VenturesScale Venture PartnersScOp Venture Capital

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has AI2 Incubator made?
AI2 Incubator has 14 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 11 dated in the last 24 months.
Where is AI2 Incubator located?
AI2 Incubator is headquartered in Seattle, US.

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Shift AI - Ep11 with Oren Etzioni of the AI2 Incubator

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