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AI Industrial Fund

VC
Pittsburgh, PAWebsite

AI Industrial Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Pittsburgh, PA investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $100K–$300K checks and has 43 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $300K

Portfolio

43+ companies

Team

18 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Dedicated to investing in AI startups revolutionizing industrial manufacturing processes.

How AI Industrial Fund invests

AI Industrial Fund is a vc firm based in Pittsburgh, PA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML.

AI Industrial Fund typically writes checks of $100K–$300K per investment.

AI Industrial Fund has backed 43 companies in our records, including AutomatePro, 10web, Affineon Health.

Meet the Team

YC

Yichen Chu

General Partner

AI PC
KK

Kian Katanforoosh

General Partner

Enterprise Verification
DE

Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson

General Partner

AI Technology
Productivity
JL

Jeffrey Lai

General Partner

AI PC
DM

Dr. Mark Chrystal

General Partner

AI Profit
DA

Dr. Andrew McAfee

General Partner

AI Technology
Productivity
JM

James Milin

General Partner

AI Technology
Productivity
EL

Ellen Li

Chief Financial Officer

EW

Eva Wang

Chief Operating Officer

LL

Linda Lee

Talent Acquisition Partner

ML

Michelle Lee

Executive Assistant

NU

Natalia Urrego

Operations Manager

JS

Jill Shih

General Manager

EJ

Ellie Jenkins

Partnership Manager

DD

Dr. Daniel Rock

General Partner

AI Technology
IN

Israel Niezen

General Partner

AI
Machine Learning
Data
LS

Laura Smith

Founding Partner

AI
Industrial Tech
AN

Andrew Ng

Founder

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (43)

Other

AU

AutomatePro

Industrial Automation
10

10web

AF

Affineon Health

AS

Async

BA

Baseten

BE

Bearing

BH

Bhuma

BI

BizTrip AI

BN

BNTO

CA

Cara

How to pitch AI Industrial Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $300K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Yichen Chu, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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