AI & Intelligent Apps

Why we invest

Artificial intelligence has captured the imagination of consumers and businesses alike as they reimagine how life and work will change. While Madrona has been investing in AI since 2012, the recent acceleration has highlighted opportunities in the combination of unstructured data, natural user interactions, and generative capabilities. Our experience in applied AI from a technology and business model perspective has built a comprehensive understanding of AI’s strengths and vulnerabilities and an understanding of the expertise needed to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape. Madrona believes the next generation of tech leaders will emerge from key areas, including application orchestration, intelligent applications, AI infrastructure, and AI agents at the edge.

AI & Intelligent Apps

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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
  • Ally.io
    Ally was a business and goal management software platform with roots in the OKR (objectives and key results) goal alignment framework that is transforming businesses and employees’ work lives.
    Initial Investment
    2021
    Ally was a business and goal management software platform with roots in the OKR (objectives and key results) goal alignment framework that is transforming businesses and employees’ work lives.
    Founder
    Vetri Vellore
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Microsoft 2021
    Initial Investment
    2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
    Founder/s or CEO
    Yucheng Low
    Rajat Arya
    Ajit Banerjee
    Initial Investment
    2022
  • 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