AI Innovators Fund — Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$3.0M Checks)
AI Innovators Fund is a Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in SaaS, Other, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 43 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 43 companies on record
- Partners
- 18 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Other, Enterprise, AI / ML
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-11
Seed
$1.0M – $3.0M
43+ companies
18 partners
Investment Thesis
Investing in AI-driven solutions transforming enterprise workflow automation with a focus on engineering and industrial applications.
How AI Innovators Fund invests
AI Innovators Fund is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Other, Enterprise, AI / ML.
AI Innovators Fund typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.
AI Innovators Fund has backed 43 companies in our records, including Enginify AI, 10web, affineon health.
Partners & Team
Kian Katanforoosh
General Partner
CEO & Co-founder of Workera
Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson
General Partner
Co-chairman & Co-founder of Workhelix
Dr. Andrew McAfee
General Partner
Co-chairman & Co-founder of Workhelix
James Milin
General Partner
CEO & Co-founder of Workhelix
Dr. Daniel Rock
General Partner
CTO & Co-founder of Workhelix
Jeffrey Lai
General Partner
CEO & Co-founder of IrisGo
Dr. Mark Chrystal
General Partner
CEO & Co-founder of Profitmind
Raj Patel
GP
Andrew Ng
Founder
Founder of AI Fund, a venture studio backed by over $370 million that collaborates with entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to build AI companies.
Israel Niezen
General Partner
CEO & Co-founder of Factored
Yichen Chu
General Partner
Co-founder of IrisGo
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (43)
Other
Enginify AI
10web
affineon health
async
baseten
bearing ai
bhuma
Acquired
biztrip ai
bnto
cara
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michelle Lee, Executive Assistant.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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