AI-native quant VC · est 2017
Portfolio50+ companies9+ exitsest 2017top-decile

Every companywe've backed since 2017.

The world's first AI-only fund — 50+ companies across four frontiers, 9+ exits, top-decile performance.

01Agentic AI and autonomous systems13 cos

Companies building AI agents that take action, run workflows end-to-end, or operate autonomously in the physical or digital world. This is where the application layer of modern AI is most visible, and it is where we have been most active recently.

02Foundation models and scientific AI5 cos

Companies building new AI capabilities at the model layer, in scientific domains, or at the frontier of what is computationally possible. These are the bets where the technical risk is highest and the upside is structural.

03AI for industry19 cos

Companies applying AI to a specific vertical, where domain expertise plus AI capability produces a defensible product. The vertical AI bucket is the largest and most diverse part of our portfolio because the surface area of “AI applied to industry X” is itself enormous.

04AI-native infrastructure and data13 cos

Companies building the data, identity, security, and tooling layer that AI applications need to run safely at scale. Infrastructure investments are typically less obvious than application investments but they compound over longer timeframes.

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