AI Angel Fund
AI Angel Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $50K–$250K checks and has 53 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $50K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 53 companies on record
- Partners
- 17 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, SaaS, Other, Developer Tools, EdTech
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-05
Pre-Seed, Seed
$50K – $250K
53+ companies
17 partners
Investment Thesis
AI Angel Fund invests in early-stage companies leveraging AI for business and government applications, with a particular focus on ethical AI and SaaS platforms.
How AI Angel Fund invests
AI Angel Fund is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS, Other, Developer Tools, EdTech. It does not invest in Consumer, Fashion.
AI Angel Fund typically writes checks of $50K–$250K per investment.
AI Angel Fund has backed 53 companies in our records, including Ethical AI Inc., GovSaaS, Ben's Bites.
Partners & Team
Jane Doe
GP
Ahmad Awais
Angel Investor; VP of DX, Rapid
VP of Developer Relations and Developer Experience at Rapid. Google Developers Advisory Board and AI Dev Panel founding member. Has two exits and one acquisition. Recent investment mentioned: Resend.
Beyang Liu
Angel Investor; Founder & CTO, Sourcegraph
CTO and co-founder of Sourcegraph. Helps dev tool creators build teams, figure out go-to-market, and meet investors. Hosts a podcast featuring creators of developer tools.
Logan Kilpatrick
Angel Investor; DevRel, OpenAI
Has background in AI, software engineering, and developer relations, with experience at OpenAI, NASA, Apple, and PathAI. Typical check size is $20k.
Steven Tey
Angel Investor; DevRel, Vercel
DevRel with a founder background who has built products including Dub.co, DomainsG.PT, and Novel.sh. Helps founders with product, strategy, investor introductions, and access to network and audience.
Evil Rabbit
Angel Investor; Principal Brand Designer, Vercel
Principal Brand Designer at Vercel, working on brands and products including Next.js and Turborepo. Previously worked at Viacom and Auth0. Invests $2.5k-$10k checks in early-stage devtool startups focused on tech and design.
Lee Robinson
Angel Investor; VP of DX, Vercel
VP of Developer Experience at Vercel, where his team helps developers build a faster web. Leads community and education for Next.js and is an open-source contributor. Advisor and investor in early-stage startups.
Alexander Nevedovsky
Angel Investor; Founder, FundraisingHackers
Two-time founder with an exit from WANNA to Farfetch. Helps and invests in founders via FundraisingHackers.com. Typical check size is $5k-$10k.
Varun Dodla
Angel Investor; Co-founder, Slync
Founder and CTO background. Supports startups with $5k-$15k checks and helps build technical teams and refine product vision.
Nitesh Banta
Angel Investor; CEO, B12
Operator angel and former VC. Typical check size is $100k-$250k. Investments include B12, Xwing, and Pilot.com.
Ben Tossell
Angel Investor; Founder, Ben's Bites
Ex-founder with an exit and large distribution through Ben's Bites newsletter with 100k+ subscribers. Invests $100k+ in AI pre-seed to seed-stage companies.
Elad Gil
Angel Investor; Independent Entrepreneur
Investor or advisor to companies including Airbnb, Airtable, Anduril, Brex, Coinbase, Figma, Notion, Retool, Stripe, and others. Involved with AI companies including Character.AI, Harvey.AI, and Perplexity.AI. Invests $250k+ checks.
Alana Goyal
Angel Investor; Founder, basecase
Runs basecase, an early-stage venture firm by builders, for builders. Helps founders recruit first engineers, secure first customers, and raise institutional rounds. Invests $500k-$5M checks.
Jared Palmer
Angel Investor; VP of AI, Vercel
VP of AI at Vercel, which acquired his startup Turborepo. Former Engineering Lead at The Palmer Group. Invests $25k-$100k checks in devtool and enterprise SaaS startups.
Mayo Oshin
Angel Investor; Founder & CEO, Siennai Analytics
Founder of Siennai Analytics, a B2B AI consulting and development company. Early contributor to LangChainAI and AI educator. Has provided strategic AI consultations to leaders at Evercore, BCG, PwC, and others.
Yucheng L
Angel Investor; Founder, Velocity1
Has background in machine learning, software engineering, and community management. Previously a senior ML engineer at leading e-commerce companies and CTO & Investor of a Sequoia-led AIGC startup. Investment range is typically $2k-$10k.
swyx
Angel Investor; Founder, Smol
DevRel and developer community background at AWS and three unicorns. Editor of Latent.Space and organizer of AI.Engineer Summit. Invests $25k-$75k checks in devtool and AI startups.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (53)
Other
Ethical AI Inc.
GovSaaS
Ben's Bites
basecase
Airbnb
Airtable
Anduril
Brex
Checkr
Coinbase
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