AI
AI spotlight
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Milestones
- 2021 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series C
Partner
Pinecone makes it easy to build high-performance vector search applications with its managed, cloud-native vector database and simple API.
Milestones
- 2019 → Founded
- 2022 → Partnered, Series A
Partner
Typeface is an enterprise-grade generative AI app to create engaging, personalized content faster and easier than ever before.
Milestones
- 2022 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series A
Partner
Sana is an AI-powered learning platform that empowers organizations to find, share, and harness the knowledge they need to achieve their missions.
Milestones
- 2016 → Founded
- 2022 → Partnered, Series B
Partner
Clarifai is an artificial intelligence company that excels in visual recognition, solving real-world problems for businesses and developers alike.
Milestones
- 2013 → Founded
- 2016 → Partnered, Series B
Partner
Genesis Therapeutics is pioneering AI technologies to create medicines for patients with severe and unmet medical needs.
Milestones
- 2019 → Founded
- 2020 → Partnered, Series A
Partner
Lindy is an AI assistant that can help with all your tasks, from calendar management and email drafting to contract sending and beyond.
Milestones
- 2020 → Founded
- 2020 → Partnered, Seed
Partner
Observe.AI transforms customer service experiences and improves agent performance by helping businesses analyze 100% of calls and streamline quality assurance workflows.
Milestones
- 2017 → Founded
- 2020 → Partnered, Series B
Partner
Our perspective
The Anthology Fund is a $100 million initiative created through a partnership between Menlo Ventures and Anthropic to fuel the next generation of AI startups.
We are delighted to announce that Menlo Ventures is leading Kinetic’s $21 million Series B to support them on their journey to rethink smart car maintenance and repair.
C.C. joins us as a principal, focused on AI applications for consumer and enterprise and broader consumer tech.
With supply chain companies increasingly recognizing the advantages of shared data and optimized workflows, a new era of collaboration is on the horizon.
Observe’s success in moving to the enterprise provides a playbook for both startups and enterprises on how to leverage GenAI to win together.
Today, we mark a significant milestone as we congratulate airspace security pioneer Dedrone on its agreement to be acquired by Axon.
The first AI-native enterprise apps broke from the pack, distinguishing themselves from the wave of AI apps that emerged last year following the rise of OpenAI and Anthropic.
Deedy joins us as a principal, focused on early-stage investments in AI/ML, next-generation infrastructure, and enterprise software.
For those in healthcare, JPM provides the unofficial kickoff to every new year with a chance to recap the year before and inform our view on the year ahead.
Generative AI is a powerful technology in the hands of both good and bad actors. While cybercriminals can use GenAI to complicate and expand existing threats, it’s also an incredible defensive technology.
In the race to adopt generative AI, every enterprise grapples with a common concern: security.
Menlo believes that the new AI and cybersecurity stacks represent the biggest investment opportunities of the decade, and Rama will help us double down on both.
The future of the modern AI stack is being decided now. More than ever, machines are capable of reasoning, creation, and creativity, and these new capabilities are driving enterprises to reconstruct their tech stacks.
In November 2023, we hosted an exclusive gathering of leading investors, entrepreneurs, and industry luminaries at Menlo Ventures’ Annual Meeting + CEO Summit.
We’re thrilled to lead OfferFit’s Series B and believe it delivers a category-disrupting solution at a time when the marketing world is looking to embrace AI.
Menlo Ventures surveyed more than 450 enterprise executives to provide a view into generative AI adoption in the enterprise today.
