National Science Foundation — 2019 Investments

TQIntelligence builds an AI mental health platform that uses Speech Emotion Recognition and large language models to detect emotional and psychological distress and provide personalized feedback.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental Health

Tradepal provides a communication and information-sharing platform that lets users exchange messages synchronously or asynchronously, one-to-one or in groups.

EdTechSaaS

Trash is a video editing app that uses AI to automatically generate rough cuts of video in seconds, offering effects it describes as "photo filters for video." It is aimed at creators making video content.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator Economy

Tyber Medical (EXALTA) is an OEM partner for medical device companies, offering design, engineering, regulatory clearance, manufacturing, and post-market surveillance for orthopedic and adjacent surgical products.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareMedical Devices

Ultorg is a desktop application providing a spreadsheet-like graphical interface for relational databases, letting users query, join, visualize, and edit data across tables without writing SQL or building custom CRUD apps.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Eirik Bakke

UST Systems builds ultrasonic detection technology that identifies micro-cracks and stress in manufacturing processes, allowing production lines to reject structurally compromised parts.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

Unanimous AI develops Swarm AI and Hyperchat AI technologies and a cloud-based collaboration platform called Thinkscape that lets networked teams of up to 250 people hold real-time text, voice, or video conversations to amplify collective intelligence.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSArlington, US

Louis Rosenberg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)David Baltaxe(Executive Officer, Director)James Harris(Director)

BoardJoe Rosenbaum(Director)

Unar Labs builds Morf, an accessibility platform that transforms PDFs, Office files, scans, STEM materials, and graphics into accessible formats (including tagged PDFs, Braille/BRF, MathML, and multisensory graphics) using AI automation plus CPACC-certified human QA.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechGolden, US

Andrew Maxey(Executive Officer, Director)Aaron Parker(Executive Officer)Daniel Flagg(Executive Officer)Sean Kline(Executive Officer)Shari Kennett(Director)J. Scott Pusey(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAutodesk FoundationBeyond CapitalCircular Innovation FundDiamond Edge VenturesHG VenturesNew Climate Ventures+7 more

VaxForm is developing oral vaccines, including an oral COVID vaccine based on its QYNDR platform.

BiotechHealthtechLehigh Valley, US

Volexion develops cathode active material encapsulation technology and drop-in composite materials for lithium-ion battery manufacturing, improving cycle life, power density, temperature range, and voltage window.

CleantechEnergyNew Materials

Co-investorsClean Energy VentureEarth FoundryEnergy FoundryClean Energy Ventures

Advanced ManufacturingNorcross, US

Christopher Oberste(Founder)inLewis H Motion(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher M Oberste(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardClay Phillips(Director)

WISRAN provides technology that allocates the actual cost of equipment, labor, and fuel to individual fields, showing farmers and custom operators the true cost per acre rather than farm-wide averages.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS

WS Robots manufactures autonomous mobile robots designed for aerospace manufacturing and maintenance operations, combining artificial intelligence and customizable end-effectors to automate precision tasks in production facilities.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Co-investorsCortado VenturesPlains VenturesAero X VenturesCubit Capital

Xopolis develops AI systems designed to augment human work across education, enterprise, and government, offering platforms including HeuriSight (analyzing how students approach problems), ProtoBots (no-code custom AI agents for document Q&A and research), and Intelligent Research Agents for automating research tasks.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise Software

Columbia Falls, US

Craig Wilkins(Founder)David Wilkins(Founder)Randy A. Moore(Executive Officer, Director)Adam Weisenstein(Executive Officer)

BoardHoward F. Wilkins III(Director)Alan Campbell(Director)

Fayetteville, US

Michael Artinger(Executive Officer, Director)Bernie Prusaczyk(Executive Officer)Masoud Agah(Director)

BoardRobert Calvin Goforth(Director)