Cognifence
Reliability infrastructure for AI agents. Synthetic failure environments that stress-test agents before production.
Pre-seed · AI Reliability Infrastructure · Backed alongside Greylock
Portfolio
A small number of companies. Each one earned.
We invest selectively. The list below is not a press release. It is a record of where we have put conviction, through the fund and personally.
Fund and warehouse investments
Pre-seed and seed companies AI10 has backed through the fund and its warehouse vehicles.
Nine companies total. We also back a stealth company in the regulated enterprise automation space and will name it when the time is right.
Honey Labs AI
Proprietary consumer intelligence layer. The data operating system AI-native enterprises build on top of.
Seed · Consumer Intelligence, Data Infrastructure · Backed alongside Viola, J. Horing
Piper AI
Autonomous bid command center. Turns the enterprise proposal workflow into an AI-driven intelligence system.
Pre-seed · AI Revenue Ops · Backed alongside a16z, UpWest, Meron
Qlerate
Data fabric for enterprise quantum. Orchestration between classical, HPC, and quantum environments.
Pre-seed · Quantum Data Infrastructure · Endorsed by Bessemer quantum experts
Relm
Security and governance layer for autonomous AI agents. Effectively CrowdStrike for agents.
Seed · AI Security, Agent Governance · Backed alongside Pico Partners
Arcee AI
Sovereign AI infrastructure for governments and regulated enterprises. Open-weight foundation models deployed inside customer environments.
Growth · Sovereign AI, Open-Weight Models · Backed alongside Vista, Emergence, M12
Jako AI
Autonomous execution layer for physical operations. Systems of Action for industrial workflows.
Pre-seed · Industrial AI, Systems of Action · Backed alongside Pitango
Kihon AI
Hybrid local and cloud runtime for enterprise voice agents. Edge for latency and privacy, cloud for heavy reasoning.
Pre-seed · Voice AI Infrastructure · Backed alongside StageOne Ventures
Personal track record
Companies our partners have personally backed, as angel investors and through SPVs, before AI10.
Co-investor multiples below reflect follow-on rounds at last available reporting. They indicate progress, not fund return.
KELA
Defense technology built by operators.
Seed · Defense Tech · Backed alongside Sequoia Capital · Co-investor follow-on 10x
Cyber portfolio
AI-native security at the perimeter.
Seed · Cyber · Backed alongside Gililot, Dell Capital
Data infrastructure portfolio
Operational data infrastructure for modern teams.
Seed · Data Infrastructure · Backed alongside Bessemer, Index · Co-investor follow-on 10x
Legal generative AI portfolio
Generative AI for the practice of law.
Seed · Legal, Generative AI · Backed alongside Y Combinator, NFX, Entrée
B2B software portfolio
Enterprise software with operator-grade distribution.
Seed · B2B Software · Backed alongside Vertex
Pre-seed cyber portfolio
Identity and resilience for the agent era.
Pre-seed · Cyber · Backed alongside Aleph · Co-investor follow-on 20x
Data management portfolio
Modern data management for AI workloads.
Seed · Data Management · Backed alongside Pitango, Disruptive AI
Together with
Together with the partners we respect most.
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