Outset Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
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1,293 people in our graph share verified history with the Outset Capital team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Investment thesis
Writes small, non‑lead checks and deliberately slots alongside top‑tier leads, giving founders direct access to partners actively training 100B+ parameter foundation models and maximizing helpfulness per dollar.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Outset Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 16 of 25 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Developer Tools ×6Enterprise Software ×5SaaS ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Deep Tech ×3Robotics ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1
HQs:United States×15
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×53 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
Stanford University ×4University of California, Berkeley ×3Brown University ×2UC San Diego ×2University of Virginia ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 22 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×10Engineering ×4Life Sciences ×4Humanities ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 27 founders with career history
DeepMind ×4Goldman Sachs ×3Stanford University ×3Amazon ×2Carya Venture Partners ×2Dropbox ×2NVIDIA ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
7 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 24 with degree data)
Investments · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 23 dated
DatologyAI provides automated data curation for AI model training, helping companies identify and remove low-quality data to improve model performance and reduce computational costs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRedwood City, US
Ari Morcos(Founder)inBogdan Gaza(Founder)in
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesRadical VenturesAmplify PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Amazon Alexa FundAmplify Partners CV
Browserbase provides a browser automation platform that enables AI agents to interact with websites reliably, handling authentication, navigation, and complex actions to automate web-based workflows and data collection.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Kleiner PerkinsNotable CapitalWayfinder VenturesOkta Ventures
Harper Insure is an insurance broker that uses data analytics and human expertise to match commercial clients with appropriate insurance carriers and coverage.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Dakotah Rice(Founder)inTushar Nair(Founder)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesLobster CapitalOlive Tree CapitalY Combinator10x Founders468 Capital+3 more
Hedra is an AI-powered creative platform that generates visual content including graphics, videos, and product shots for creators and brands.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentNew York, US
Michael Lingelbach(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAlexa FundIndex Ventures
Personal website of Josh Albrecht, co-founder of the AI company Imbue (formerly Generally Intelligent), which develops open, transparent, user-aligned AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningSan Francisco, US
Josh Albrecht(Co-founder)in
Personal website of Kanjun Qiu, whose main focus is Imbue, a company building AI agents that help people create and edit software by translating ideas into code.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Kanjun Qiu(Founder)in
Kindred is a platform that facilitates home swaps between travelers, connecting people who exchange their homes for periods of time.
MarketplacesTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Justine Palefsky(Founder)inTasneem Amina(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAsymmetric Capital PartnersAvenir Growth CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersCaffeinated CapitalIndex Ventures+1 more
Computer chip manufacturer building high-performance, cost-efficient platforms optimized for large-scale AI workloads.
Covina, US
Michial Gunter(Executive Officer, Director)Reiner Pope(Executive Officer, Director)inMike Gunter(Founder)in
BoardYasmin Razavi(Director)in
Co-investorsHomebrewResonance VCSpark CapitalSV AngelTriatomic Capital
Medra builds robotic systems integrated with AI, computer vision, and natural language processing to automate data collection for life science research.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Michelle Lee(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCarbon SiliconFifty YearsFusionHuman CapitalLux CapitalMenlo Ventures+4 more
Orbillion Bio develops cultivated beef using computational optimization and proprietary bioprocess controls to achieve cost-competitive production at scale without genetic modification or expensive growth factors.
Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechSan Francisco, US
Patricia Bubner(Founder)in
Co-investorsAt One VenturesBeresford VenturesEarth Venture CapitalMetaplanetVentureSouqY Combinator+3 more
Physical Intelligence develops generalist AI models for robotics that can control any robot to perform various tasks through learning algorithms and multi-robot training.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Sergey Levine(Founder)Adnan Esmail(Founder)inBrian Ichter(Founder)inKarol Hausman(Founder)inLachy Groom(Founder)inQuan Vuong(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapitalGKhosla VenturesLux CapitalRedpoint VenturesSequoia CapitalThrive Capital+24 more
Poetiq builds self-improving AI systems that sit on top of existing LLMs to extract and synthesize their embedded knowledge into reliable reasoning strategies, using far less data than traditional reinforcement learning post-training.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Ian Fischer(Founder)in
Co-investorsOperator Collective468 CapitalCharacterFYRFLY Venture PartnersSurface VenturesY Combinator
Reflex is a platform for building and deploying enterprise applications in Python, combining framework, infrastructure, and data connectivity in a single unified system.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Nikhil Rao(Founder)inAlek Petuskey(Founder)in
Co-investorsLattice CapitalAbstract VenturesAnsa CapitalLux CapitalPICUS CAPITALY Combinator+4 more
Sanas builds real-time Speech AI technology that removes communication barriers caused by accents, languages, background noise, and audio quality issues.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSStanford, US
Shawn Zhang(Founder)inMax Serebryakov(Founder)inAndrés Pérez Soderi(Founder)inSharath Keshava Narayana(CEO and Co-founder)in
Co-investorsDN CapitalHuman CapitalInsight PartnersGeneral CatalystQuadrille CapitalAdapt Ventures+8 more
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StarSling builds AI-native continuous integration for GitHub Actions, providing fast runners and agents that analyze workflows, logs, and telemetry to automatically open pull requests optimizing CI pipelines.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Yonas Beshawred(Co-founder & CEO)inDaniel Worku(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorTranspose Platform ManagementVermilion Cliffs Ventures
Tako builds a tool that helps knowledge workers find, access, and share information to support data-driven decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Alex Rosenberg(CEO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsHaun VenturesTiger Global ManagementAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzRibbit Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AI DungeonCandorCharge RoboticsCo-investors: Arash FerdowsiMetaHuman CreatorWithkeystone
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Physical Intelligence · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Hedra · einpresswire.com · Jun 30, 2026
StarSling · ycombinator.com · Jun 29, 2026
Harper · urbangeekz.com · Feb 26, 2026
MatX Faster chips for LLMs · seekingalpha.com · Feb 24, 2026
Orbillion Bio · foodnavigator-usa.com · Feb 18, 2026
Kindred · venture5.com · Feb 9, 2026
Poetiq · thesaasnews.com · Feb 3, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Outset Capital made?
- Outset Capital has 23 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Outset Capital invest at?
- Outset Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Outset Capital's typical check size?
- Outset Capital typically writes checks of $200K – $400K.
- What sectors does Outset Capital focus on?
- Outset Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Future of Work, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is Outset Capital located?
- Outset Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Outset Capital lead rounds?
- Outset Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Outset Capital co-invest with?
- Outset Capital most often shares deals with Abstract Ventures, Lux Capital, Y Combinator, among 66 tracked co-investors.
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