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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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  • Algorithmia
    Algorithmia’s AI Layer managed the machine learning lifecycle and automates the deployment of machine learning models at scale.
    Initial Investment
    2014
    Algorithmia’s AI Layer managed the machine learning lifecycle and automates the deployment of machine learning models at scale.
    Founders
    Kenny Daniel
    Diego Oppenheimer
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Datarobot 2021
    Initial Investment
    2014
  • Chatitive
    Chatitive provided intelligent messaging experiences for businesses. The company was incubated with Madrona Venture Labs.
    Initial Investment
    2016
    Chatitive provided intelligent messaging experiences for businesses. The company was incubated with Madrona Venture Labs.
    Founders
    Andy Hollenbeck
    Daniel Pirone
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Mailchimp 2021
    Initial Investment
    2016
  • Kitt.ai
    Kitt.ai’s was an early spin out from the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence focused on conversational intelligence.
    Initial Investment
    2016
    Kitt.ai’s was an early spin out from the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence focused on conversational intelligence.
    Founders
    Xuchen Yao
    Kenji Sagae
    Guoguo Chen
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Baidu 2017
    Initial Investment
    2016
  • Lexion
    Lexion is a SaaS application of AI and NLP applied to managing the information buried in corporate contracts.
    Initial Investment
    2019
    Lexion is a SaaS application of AI and NLP applied to managing the information buried in corporate contracts.
    Founders
    Gaurav Oberoi
    Emad Elwany
    James Baird
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Docusign May 2024
    Initial Investment
    2019
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  • OctoAI
    OctoAI's mission is to build easy and efficient AI systems that enable customers to turn AI models into production applications people value.
    Initial Investment
    2019
    OctoAI's mission is to build easy and efficient AI systems that enable customers to turn AI models into production applications people value.
    Founders
    Luis Ceze
    Tianqi Chen
    Jared Roesch
    Jason Knight
    Thierry Moreau
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Nvidia 2024
    Initial Investment
    2019
    octo.aiJobs
  • Saykara
    Saykara provides an AI-powered, voice activated virtual scribe for physicians.
    Initial Investment
    2017
    Saykara provides an AI-powered, voice activated virtual scribe for physicians.
    Founder
    Harjinder Sandu
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Nuance 2021
    Initial Investment
    2017
  • Suplari
    Suplari applied AI-automated analytics and insights for procurement and finance teams.
    Initial Investment
    2017
    Suplari applied AI-automated analytics and insights for procurement and finance teams.
    Founders
    Nikesh Parekh
    Jeff Gerber
    Brian White
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Microsoft 2021
    Initial Investment
    2017
  • WhyLabs
    As teams across industries adopt AI, WhyLabs enables them to operate with certainty by providing model monitoring, preventing costly model failures, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration. Incubated at the Allen Institute for AI, WhyLabs is a privately-held, venture-funded company based in Seattle.
    Initial Investment
    2020
    As teams across industries adopt AI, WhyLabs enables them to operate with certainty by providing model monitoring, preventing costly model failures, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration. Incubated at the Allen Institute for AI, WhyLabs is a privately-held, venture-funded company based in Seattle.
    Founders
    Alessya Visnjic
    Sam Gracie
    Andy Dang
    Maria Karaivanova
    Initial Investment
    2020
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  • XetHub
    XetHub brings data and code together so that hybrid and remote teams can collaborate seamlessly in a git-enabled environment at scale and speed. XetHub was acquired by Hugging Face in 2024.
    Initial Investment
    2022
    XetHub brings data and code together so that hybrid and remote teams can collaborate seamlessly in a git-enabled environment at scale and speed. XetHub was acquired by Hugging Face in 2024.
    Founders
    Yucheng Low
    Rajat Arya
    Ajit Banerjee
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Hugging Face 2024
    Initial Investment
    2022
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  • Xnor.ai
    Xnor.ai pioneered a lightweight AI framework that enabled deep learning, machine vision, and speech recognition to be done directly on resource constrained devices such as phones, embedded systems and Raspberry Pi Zero.
    Initial Investment
    2017
    Xnor.ai pioneered a lightweight AI framework that enabled deep learning, machine vision, and speech recognition to be done directly on resource constrained devices such as phones, embedded systems and Raspberry Pi Zero.
    Founders
    Ali Farhadi
    Mohammad Rastegari
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Apple 2020
    Initial Investment
    2017