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AI Fund

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite

AI Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$365M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

AI Fund focuses on investing in AI-first startups applying machine learning to solve industry-specific challenges.

How AI Fund invests

AI Fund is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS.

AI Fund typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $365M in assets under management.

AI Fund has backed 8 companies in our records, including Landing AI, Landing AI, Workera.

Meet the Team

AN

Andrew Ng

Founder and General Partner

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Enterprise SaaS
LL

Linda Lee

Talent Acquisition Partner

EL

Ellen Li

Chief Financial Officer

EW

Eva Wang

Chief Operating Officer

JS

Jill Shih

General Manager

KB

Katherine Baird

Senior Associate

NU

Natalia Urrego

Operations Manager

EJ

Ellie Jenkins

Partnership Manager

AN

Andrew Ng

Founder

AI
Enterprise Software

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

LA

Landing AI

Industry-Specific AI
LA

Landing AI

AI Infrastructure
WO

Workera

Enterprise verification platform to future-proof organizations

WO

Workhelix

Helping enterprises turn AI technology into productivity

PR

Profitmind

The AI Profit engine for retail

FA

Factored

Expert engineers in AI, machine learning, and data

BA

Baseten

Fast, scalable inference infrastructure on external or internal clouds

VA

ValidMind

AI risk management for financial institutions

How to pitch AI Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS — 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 Andrew Ng, Founder and General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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