Welcome aboard Dean Sysman! Dean joins the AI Fund ecosystem as a Venture Advisor, working to guide founders on their 0-1 journey and beyond. Currently CEO and co-founder of Axonius, Dean is a world-renowned entrepreneur and expert in cybersecurity. He's been honored with a place on the Forbes Under30 Israel list, and winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in New York. Under Dean’s leadership, Axonius has swiftly grown to a $2.6 billion valuation in less than 5 years from founding. Before founding Axonius, Dean co-founded Cymmetria, A YC-backed cyber deception company with Fortune 500 customers that was acquired by private equity. More about Dean: https://lnkd.in/eN4dePmG
AI Fund
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Palo Alto, California 36,400 followers
Together, let's build great companies that move humanity forward.
About us
Who is AI Fund? We are a team of AI pioneers, proven entrepreneurs, seasoned operators, and venture capitalists that collaborates with leading entrepreneurs to solve big challenges using artificial intelligence. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Andrew Ng, AI Fund is backed with $176 million in capital by some of the leading VC firms and investors, including NEA, Sequoia, and Greylock. How Are We Different? We work with entrepreneurs during their startup’s most critical and risky phase, from 0 to 1. At the earliest stages, your company strategy is still being formed, and you’re still on the path to demonstrating your idea’s full potential – this is a reality we understand. This is the period when decisions on product strategy, market fit, and team are most critical, moving fast and fixing parts of your business when you have limited resources is a challenge. We believe the best way to help entrepreneurs is by providing our time, expertise, and resources to help flesh out these key strategic decisions. Making the right decisions at the right time can often make the difference. We are here to improve these dynamics, at a time when the help matters the most. Why Work With AI Fund? Getting a startup from idea to Series A funding is not easy. We’ve been there and understand the challenges you must overcome. Whether you desire limited help and just want access to our unique ecosystems of AI experts and entrepreneurs or you would like our full support, we are interested in the opportunity to help in your success. We are flexible in how we work with companies, but ultimately, we are here to maximize your chance of success and accelerate getting your company to market. We provide the capital, expertise, and resources to accelerate the work required to minimize risks in your startup, help you rise above the noise, and make your company more attractive to new investors.
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 11-50 employees
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- Palo Alto, California
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- Privately Held
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- 2017
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- deep learning, machine learning, artificial intelligence, startup, entrepreneurship, investment, funding, co-founder, company building, venture capital, and venture studio
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Congratulations Fahad Aziz and the PuppyDog.io team! Exciting news for the world of sales and marketing as PuppyDog.io harnesses GenAI to empower marketing teams to deliver hyper-personalized demos at scale.
PuppyDog.io - A Personalized Demo Automation Platform to help secure more qualified leads.
Excited to share the announcement of the launch of our platform and the securing of investment. 👉 PuppyDog.io Unveils AI Platform for Personalized Demo Automation, Secures Pre-seed funding from Andrew Ng’s AI Fund. Andrew Ng, Managing General Partner at AI Fund: “We are excited to support Fahad Aziz and the PuppyDog.io team in their mission to ensure that sales and marketing teams effectively communicate the most relevant product features and positioning to their end customers. PuppyDog.io has built a platform that uses generative AI to create hyper-personalized product demos so sales and marketing professionals can engage with prospective customers in a more targeted way.” PuppyDog’s AI platform learns about a customer’s product and generates engaging demo videos with personalized scripts for each prospect. The platform empowers sales and marketing teams to drive lead generation with personalized demos via email marketing or posting on a website. Since April 2024, its customers have generated over $3.6M in qualified Leads. Asaad Hakeem, CEO of SarcMedIQ, one of PuppyDog's flagship customers, highlighted the impact of the platform: "PuppyDog's ability to create tailored, compelling demos has significantly boosted our outreach efforts. We have successfully engaged multiple hospitals and physician offices, generating high interest in our product. It's an indispensable tool for our marketing strategy." Full Press Release link below #Funding #DemoAutomation #B2BMarketing Andrew Ng Jon Miller Linda Lee
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Congratulations to Navrina Singh, Eli Chen, and the whole Credo AI team on this important milestone! Credo AI is doing important work to help AI grow responsibly and empowering organizations to leverage AI safely. Congratulations!
🌟 We are excited to announce that Credo AI has secured $21 million in new capital from CrimsoNox Capital, Mozilla Ventures, and FPV Ventures, with participation from existing investors Sands Capital, Decibel VC, Booz Allen Hamilton, and AI Fund, bringing our total funding to $41.3 million! As AI transforms our world, we're growing to help organizations navigate complex regulations like the EU AI Act while enhancing our platform to deliver more for our customers. 🌎 Thank you to our investors, customers, partners, and incredible team. Your trust and dedication make this journey possible! As we continue to empower organizations to leverage governance as a competitive edge for responsible AI adoption, we're also looking to grow our talented team. If you're passionate about shaping the future of AI governance, check out our open roles at credo.ai/jobs! Learn more: • Blog post: https://lnkd.in/gREBPkCR • Press Release: https://lnkd.in/gCHbwQ53
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Leland Lai joins the AI Fund ecosystem as a Founder in Residence. A seasoned entrepreneur, he is building an autonomous drone company in Taiwan. Leland got his start launching companies in Hutchison Telecom’s corporate development unit, including Orange (sold to France Telecom) and Star TV (sold to News Corp). He led Cortelco’s wireless division to an IPO as part of eOn Communications (NASDAQ: EONC). He served as GM of Terayon (acquired by Motorola) and was the Managing Director of Asia for GSMA, the mobile industry trade group. He’s since led numerous strategic consulting engagements on telecom and drones for companies such as Meta and DISH Network’s acquisition of GenMobile. He holds an MBA and BS in mechanical engineering from UCLA. Welcome aboard Leland!
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AI Fund is happy to announce our new strategic partnership with KX to co-build and grow exciting new AI companies. 🤝💡 KX is the venture capital arm of Thailand’s KASIKORN Business-Technology Group [KBTG]. Through this joint effort, we will collaborate to build new companies together and strengthen connections between our respective ecosystems. "KXVC offers a powerful connection to the tech community in Thailand and across Southeast Asia. Under Krating Poonpol's leadership, KBTG has become a leading advocate for human-first AI solutions. We look forward to partnering with KBTG to identify novel startup opportunities to co-build to serve the Thailand as well as global market." says Andrew Ng.
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Everything founders need to know about a strong technical team! In this engaging fireside chat, Lumen Sivitz will share insider secrets and proven strategies for recruiting top engineering talent and adapting your hiring practices to match your company's growth stage. 📈 🔑 Key takeaways: - Proven techniques for attracting the best engineers - Tailoring your hiring approach to your startup's unique needs - Overcoming common recruiting challenges - Actionable tips and tricks for building an unbeatable tech team Register here 👇
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Welcome Michael B.! One of our newest Founders in Residence, Michael joins our ecosystem to build an AI for climatetech venture. A seasoned entrepreneur, Michael has built several successful companies across the energy sector. Most recently, he founded Sentient Energy, a distribution grid management and analytics platform, and led it to acquisition by Koch Industries. He previously joined the founding team at BPL Global (acquired by Qualitrol/Danaher) and was an early employee at BigBand Networks (IPO). He also served as an entrepreneur in residence with the US Department of Energy at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Welcome aboard Michael!
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Join us for a spirited conversation with Andrew Ng and Roy E. Bahat (head of Bloomberg Beta) as they discuss what companies need to know for their AI transformation.
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It’s an exciting day for AI Fund, as we celebrate our partnership with The AES Corporation! Together, we will co-build companies that leverage AI to revolutionize the energy sector and power a greener, smarter future. 🚀🌱 "Under Andrés Gluski's visionary leadership, AES is a major force in the US energy infrastructure's transition to renewables. AI, itself a significant contributor to energy demand, has an important role to play to support this transition. I am thrilled to have an opportunity for AI Fund to participate in projects that will drive significant efficiencies in the production, transmission, and consumption of energy," says Andrew Ng. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/exARP4Fc _ #AES #AIFund #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #AI
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Our CTO, Carlos Alzate, has been named among the Most Influential People in AI by the Distrito de Emprendimiento Medellín. Carlos is a key leader in the Colombian AI community and an important mentor in the AI Fund ecosystem. Congratulations Carlos! https://lnkd.in/eEDVSkNv