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AI Ventures Fund

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

AI Ventures Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in AI / ML, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

18 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

AI Ventures Fund invests in early-stage startups utilizing AI/ML to solve complex business problems in the B2B SaaS space.

How AI Ventures Fund invests

AI Ventures Fund is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer.

AI Ventures Fund typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.

AI Ventures Fund has backed 2 companies in our records, including Dashboards AI, AI Insights.

Meet the Team

JL

Jeffrey Lai

General Partner

AI PC

CEO & Co-founder of IrisGo

EL

Ellen Li

Chief Financial Officer

EW

Eva Wang

Chief Operating Officer

AC

Alexa Chen

GP

AI/ML
B2B SaaS
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

DE

Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson

General Partner

AI Productivity

Co-chairman & Co-founder of Workhelix

IN

Israel Niezen

General Partner

AI

CEO & Co-founder of Factored

DD

Dr. Daniel Rock

General Partner

AI Productivity

CTO & Co-founder of Workhelix

JM

James Milin

General Partner

AI Productivity

CEO & Co-founder of Workhelix

DA

Dr. Andrew McAfee

General Partner

AI Productivity

Co-chairman & Co-founder of Workhelix

KK

Kian Katanforoosh

General Partner

Enterprise Verification

CEO & Co-founder of Workera

YC

Yichen Chu

General Partner

AI PC

Co-founder of IrisGo

AN

Andrew Ng

General Partner

AI

Founded by Andrew Ng, AI Fund is a venture studio.

DM

Dr. Mark Chrystal

General Partner

AI Profit

CEO & Co-founder of Profitmind

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

DA

Dashboards AI

Analytics
AI

AI Insights

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

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