AI First Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)
AI First Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 23 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 23 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- AUM
- $365M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise
- HQ
- Palo Alto, CA
Last verified: 2026-08-20
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
$500K – $3.0M
$365M
23+ companies
3 partners
About AI First Capital
AI First Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm specializes in early-stage companies using artificial intelligence to solve industry-specific problems, focusing on verticalized AI applications. AI First Capital invests at the pre-seed, seed, and series A stages.
The firm maintains a typical check size of $500K to $3.0M and has assets under management of $365M. AI First Capital invests in the sectors of AI/ML, B2B SaaS, Legal Tech, HR Tech, and Enterprise. The firm does not invest in hardware. Cold outreach is an accepted way to approach the firm.
Investment Thesis
AI First Capital specializes in early-stage companies using artificial intelligence to solve industry-specific problems, focusing on verticalized AI applications.
How AI First Capital invests
AI First Capital is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise. It does not invest in Hardware.
AI First Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $365M in assets under management.
AI First Capital has backed 23 companies in our records, including KitchenAI, InsightDining, Cognition Labs.
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Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Recent Activity
Investment Track Record
AI First Capital has recorded investments in 23 portfolio companies. Recorded investments include Cofactr in enterprise AI at pre-seed, Cognition Labs in AI and developer tools at early stage, EzDubs in media and AI at pre-seed, Hamming AI in developer tools at pre-seed, Ironclad in legaltech and AI at early stage, Mercor in HR and AI at early stage, InsightDining in HospitalityTech, and KitchenAI in AI and RestaurantTech. Additional recorded investments include ALPHA, ALTRIUM, EARLYBIRD, ENTRIES, FAMOUS.AI, FORWARD / INHERITANCE, and FOUNDR.
The firm's investment thesis centers on supporting companies that apply artificial intelligence to address specific vertical industry challenges.
Portfolio Companies (23)
Other
KitchenAI
InsightDining
Cognition Labs
AI software engineering
Ironclad
contract management
Mercor
AI talent platform
Hamming AI
AI coding tools
Cofactr
AI operations platform
EzDubs
AI video dubbing
MONEY
SYNTHARA
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Gene Podsiadlo, Senior Strategic Advisor, Special Limited Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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