AI First Capital
AI First Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
$500K – $3.0M
$365M
8+ companies
7 partners
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, Other, 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 8 companies in our records, including KitchenAI, InsightDining, Cognition Labs.
Meet the Team
Anil Kapoor
Founding Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (8)
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
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Other — 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 Neville Teagarden, Co-Founder and General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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