Artificial Intelligence
AI is breaking into every software category. That’s why we invest in early-stage companies, helping winners in these markets create massive economic and societal value.
What we do
Backing the Most Promising AI Companies
ALL IN on AI
We’re not just observing the AI era unfold. We’re shaping what comes next.
Our AI Companies
The founders we back don’t limit themselves to what is, but relentlessly pursue what could be. We invest in transformative, early-stage AI companies that are changing the way we live and work.
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Milestones
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2021 – Founded
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2023 – Partnered, Series C
Leadership
Dario Amodei
Co-Founder & CEO
Daniela Amodei
Co-Founder & President
Partners
Pinecone makes it easy to build high-performance AI applications with its managed, cloud-native vector database and simple API.
Milestones
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2019 – Founded
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2022 – Partnered, Series A
Leadership
Edo Liberty
Founder & CEO
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Typeface is an enterprise-grade generative AI app to create engaging, personalized content faster and easier than ever before.
Milestones
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2022 – Founded
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2023 – Partnered, Series A
Leadership
Abhay Parasnis
Founder & CEO
Partners
Sana is an AI-powered learning platform that empowers organizations to find, share, and harness the knowledge they need to achieve their missions.
Milestones
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2016 – Founded
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2022 – Partnered, Series B
Leadership
Joel Hellermark
Founder & CEO
Partners
Clarifai is an artificial intelligence company that excels in visual recognition, solving real-world problems for businesses and developers alike.
Milestones
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2013 – Founded
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2016 – Partnered, Series B
Partners
Genesis Therapeutics is pioneering AI technologies to create medicines for patients with severe and unmet medical needs.
Milestones
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2019 – Founded
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2020 – Partnered, Series A
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Lindy is an AI assistant that can help with all your tasks, from calendar management and email drafting to contract sending and beyond.
Milestones
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2020 – Founded
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2020 – Partnered, Seed
Leadership
Flo Crivello
Founder & CEO
Partners
Observe.AI transforms customer service experiences and improves agent performance by helping businesses analyze 100% of calls and streamline quality assurance workflows.
Milestones
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2017 – Founded
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2020 – Partnered, Series B
Leadership
Swapnil Jain
Co-Founder & CEO
Partners
Menlo Invests at Every Layer of the Modern AI Stack
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Applications
AI-powered end-user apps
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Middleware
Developer tools to build and deploy
AI applications
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Data + Infrastructure
Tools for productionizing LLMs: databases, compute, observability
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Foundation Models
Core models that serve as the backbone to AI applications, pre-trained on large data sets
Related Focus Areas
Innovations at the intersection of technology and biology will drive major improvements in the quality of our health and the cost of healthcare.
Today’s world is shaped by technologies that seemed unimaginable just a decade ago; the possibilities ahead are even greater.
The rise of AI and the cloud, coupled with stricter regulations, has created a new era of cybersecurity challenges—and unprecedented opportunities for innovation.
As cloud-native enterprises push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI, a new generation of companies will write the playbook for the underlying infrastructure that powers their applications.
The cloud revolution didn’t just change how we deliver software—it unleashed a new era of enterprise innovation, transforming every industry.
The cloud revolution didn’t just change how we deliver software—it unleashed a new era of enterprise innovation. We provide founders with early-stage venture capital to reimagine software solutions for every industry.
