AI Angel Fund

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.

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.

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.

Operator angel and former VC. Typical check size is $100k-$250k. Investments include B12, Xwing, and Pilot.com.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Has background in AI, software engineering, and developer relations, with experience at OpenAI, NASA, Apple, and PathAI. Typical check size is $20k.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Two-time founder with an exit from WANNA to Farfetch. Helps and invests in founders via FundraisingHackers.com. Typical check size is $5k-$10k.

Founder and CTO background. Supports startups with $5k-$15k checks and helps build technical teams and refine product vision.

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.