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

MotherDuck’s
Joran Tigani
on shaping serverless data with DuckDB 
Runway’s
Cristóbal Valenzuela
on AI-driven art and lifelong learning 
Rec Room’s
Nick Fajt
on democratizing game development 
Common Room’s
Linda Lian
on integrating community into your company 
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers 
Statsig’s
Vijaye Raji
on using data to build better products Company List
AI & Intelligent Apps
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AnsweriQ applied AI to the challenge of customer support ticket routing and helps human customer support agents answer questions faster.Initial Investment2017AnsweriQ applied AI to the challenge of customer support ticket routing and helps human customer support agents answer questions faster.FoundersPrashant Luthra
Pradeep RathinamInvestment JourneyAcquired by Freshworks 2020Initial Investment2017 -
Lattice turned dark data such as text and images into actionable, analyzable structured data with human-caliber quality and at machine scale.Initial Investment2015Lattice turned dark data such as text and images into actionable, analyzable structured data with human-caliber quality and at machine scale.FoundersChristopher Ré
Feng Niu
Michael Cafarella
Raphael HoffmannInvestment JourneyAcquired by Apple 2017Initial Investment2015 -
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 Investment2011Placed 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.FounderDavid ShimInvestment JourneyAcquired by Snap 2017Initial Investment2011
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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 Investment2007Smartsheet 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.CEOMark MaderInvestment JourneyPublic April 2018
NYSE: SMARInitial Investment2007 -
Turi was an AI and Machine Learning platform.Initial Investment2013Turi was an AI and Machine Learning platform.FoundersCarlos Guestrin
Yucheng Low
Danny BicksonInvestment JourneyAcquired by Apple 2016Initial Investment2013