Rested and recharged? So are we. Here's what we've been up to this summer:
- We hosted our inaugural cohort of Felicis Fellows. This year, the program focused on bringing top ML students from around the country together and exposing them to the world of entrepreneurship. Read this blog from?Operating Partner Michelle Delcambre and learn about the winning teams; then, this article from Supervised highlights how we're supporting the next class of AI founders.
- Research Associate Eric Flaningam?joined the team; he'll be based in our New York City office.
- GP Viviana Faga shared?her advice on GTM strategy for early-stage AI founders on the Fund/Build/Scale podcast.
- We shared videos of Crusoe CEO and co-founder Chase Lochmiller talking about the company's bold mission?and ambitions.
- Managing Director and GP Katie Riester talked about our investing philosophy and how we maintain relationships with our LPs with Juniper Square.
- Runtime featured GP Astasia Myers answering the question:?What's the biggest?mistake enterprises?make when trying to modernize their data stack?
- Michelle Delcambre appeared on the HR Heretics podcast to discuss how organizations can plan for growth and other HR practices.
- We closed seven seed deals (and counting!) - more to come soon.
- We participated in SkildAI's $300M Series A, an ambitious startup building general robotic intelligence. Read what Managing Partner Aydin Senkut and Deal Partner James Detweiler had to say about?why we made this investment, and then read what the Skild team?wrote on their site?and?the Forbes article.
- We led the $27.5M Series A in Sona, a platform for workforce management in industries like social care, restaurants, retail, and hotels. GP Niki Pezeshki wrote about why we led this investment,?and TechCrunch?covered the round.??
- We co-led the $7.5M seed round of funding for Redactive AI, an Australian startup that is?helping enterprises?with data security when implementing AI.
- We led the $7M seed round of funding for Granza Bio, a team developing a new approach to delivering immunotherapy.
- Kandji announced their $100M Series D to continue to advancing apple in the enterprise.
- Armada, which provides data infrastructure and AI services at the edge for critical industries, announced a new $40M in funding and a new partnership with Haliburton.?
- Notion passed 100M users recently, and founder Ivan Zhao shared some reflections?on building the company to this point.?
- FastCompany honored Canva and Guideline?with "Innovation by Design" awards for this year.
- This post by GP Astasia Myers and Research Associate Eric Flaningam breaks down the AI data infra landscape, shares the trends we’re seeing, and discusses the most promising areas of innovation.
- Learn how AI changes revenue strategy and how?founders can position their companies so they're on the safe side of the innovation line.
- Intelligent machines are here, and Deal Partner Gabriella Garcia shares this post that details the opportunities in this really exciting space.
