Capital
Early-stage investment.
We invest in early-stage AI companies with a clear customer need and a credible path to growth.
Our thesis
We look for businesses that can turn a useful AI product into lasting customer demand.
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Models
An advantage
beyond the model.We look for data, customer relationships and distribution that remain valuable as models improve and become easier to access.
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Production
Reliable performance
in daily use.A product must earn its place in daily work through dependable results, manageable costs and clear ways for customers to check its output.
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Founders
Founders who know
their market.We back founders who understand the problem firsthand, know how to reach customers and use early evidence to make better product decisions.
Experience founders can put to work.
We help founders work through product decisions, technical tradeoffs and operating costs, drawing on what we learn building Praus, Lost Tribes and client systems.
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Products
Praus and Lost Tribes give us experience developing AI tools that people use directly.
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Deployments
Client engagements show us what it takes to introduce and operate AI inside an organization.
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Capital
Tell us what you are building.
Share the problem you are solving, what you have learned from customers and where the company stands today.
- Who we invest in
- Early-stage companies building with AI.
- Investment size
- $0–$5M per company.
- What founders get
- Capital, product judgment and practical support from the lab.
- What we look for
- Direct experience of the market, a clear path to customers and the discipline to build for production from the first release.