The people behind the ideas.
The ideas behind the companies.

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Company list
Runway
Runway’s
Cristóbal Valenzuela
on AI-driven art and lifelong learning
Deepgram
Deepgram’s
Scott Stephenson
on revolutionizing voice AI and building a developer tool
Impinj
Impinj’s
Chris Diorio
on pioneering an industry and perseverance
Pulumi
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers
Terray
Terray’s
Jacob Berlin
on why data is the difference for AI-driven drug development
Yoodli
Yoodli’s
Varun Puri and Esha Joshi
on helping people find their voice
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  • AnsweriQ
    AnsweriQ applied AI to the challenge of customer support ticket routing and helps human customer support agents answer questions faster.
    Initial Investment
    2017
    AnsweriQ applied AI to the challenge of customer support ticket routing and helps human customer support agents answer questions faster.
    Founders
    Prashant Luthra
    Pradeep Rathinam
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Freshworks 2020
    Initial Investment
    2017
  • Groundlight
    Groundlight is an AI platform simplifying computer vision integration for businesses, enabling seamless automation, monitoring, and robotics solutions.
    Initial Investment
    2022
    Groundlight is an AI platform simplifying computer vision integration for businesses, enabling seamless automation, monitoring, and robotics solutions.
    Founders
    Leo Dirac
    Avi Geiger
    Initial Investment
    2022
    groundlight.ai
  • Lattice Data
    Lattice turned dark data such as text and images into actionable, analyzable structured data with human-caliber quality and at machine scale.
    Initial Investment
    2015
    Lattice turned dark data such as text and images into actionable, analyzable structured data with human-caliber quality and at machine scale.
    Founders
    Christopher Ré
    Feng Niu
    Michael Cafarella
    Raphael Hoffmann
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Apple 2017
    Initial Investment
    2015
  • Numbers Station
    Numbers Station is Automating the Data Stack starting with AI Powered Data Transformation.
    Initial Investment
    2023
    Numbers Station is Automating the Data Stack starting with AI Powered Data Transformation.
    Founders
    Chris Aberger
    Ines Chami
    Sen Wu
    Chris Re
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Alation in 2025
    Initial Investment
    2023
    numbersstation.ai
  • Placed
    Placed is the leader in location-driven insights and ad intelligence. Measuring billions of locations across the world’s largest opt-in mobile location panel. Placed provides the most comprehensive understanding of consumers’ offline behaviors.
    Initial Investment
    2011
    Placed is the leader in location-driven insights and ad intelligence. Measuring billions of locations across the world’s largest opt-in mobile location panel. Placed provides the most comprehensive understanding of consumers’ offline behaviors.
    Founder
    David Shim
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Snap 2017
    Initial Investment
    2011
  • Smartsheet
    Smartsheet is a leading work management platform designed to empower teams of any size to create custom processes, programs and portfolios that fit the way they work.
    Initial Investment
    2007
    Smartsheet is a leading work management platform designed to empower teams of any size to create custom processes, programs and portfolios that fit the way they work.
    CEO
    Mark Mader
    Investment Journey
    Public April 2018
    NYSE: SMAR
    Initial Investment
    2007
  • Turi
    Turi was an AI and Machine Learning platform.
    Initial Investment
    2013
    Turi was an AI and Machine Learning platform.
    Founders
    Carlos Guestrin
    Yucheng Low
    Danny Bickson
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Apple 2016
    Initial Investment
    2013
  • Vercept
    Vercept is an AI-native company building software that helps organizations turn complex data and workflows into intelligent, automated systems. By combining modern AI infrastructure with intuitive interfaces, Vercept enables teams to move from insight to action faster. Its flagship application, Vy, used AI to “see” and understand screen elements much like a human does. Users could instruct Vy via natural language or demonstrations to automate repetitive tasks, such as data entry, video production, or file organization.
    Initial Investment
    2025
    Vercept is an AI-native company building software that helps organizations turn complex data and workflows into intelligent, automated systems. By combining modern AI infrastructure with intuitive interfaces, Vercept enables teams to move from insight to action faster. Its flagship application, Vy, used AI to “see” and understand screen elements much like a human does. Users could instruct Vy via natural language or demonstrations to automate repetitive tasks, such as data entry, video production, or file organization.
    Founders
    Kiana Ehsani
    Luca Weihs
    Ross Girshick
    Matt Deitke
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Anthropic in 2026
    Initial Investment
    2025
    vercept.com/