◈ Homepage — https://aifund.ai/TEAM PORTFOLIO INSIGHTS CAREERS CONTACT BUILD WITH US Co-Founding Companies Together From Idea To Impact AI Fund is a venture studio. We collaborate with entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to create great companies that move humanity forward. For Founders From idea to funded startup in 3 months For Partners Launch AI solutions for your industry challenges Accelerating AI Innovation, One Startup At A Time MEET THE TEAM Founded by Andrew Ng, AI Fund is backed by over $370 million. As a venture studio, we work alongside entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to build new companies rapidly and increase their odds of success.  The studio is supported by top-tier VCs and partners including Sequoia Capital, NEA, Nikkei, and AES. Validate We’ll surround you with a tiger team of business leaders and tech experts. Together, we’ll rapidly de-risk the idea. Build With co-founder matching, pre-seed funding, and a hand-picked core team, we help launch your vision with momentum. Scale Go fast. Grow fast. From fundraising to AI talent, we help you with everything you need to scale. We've Partnered With Extraordinary Founders We build AI companies alongside founders who bring deep technical expertise and a clear vision for what AI can do in their field. When that expertise meets our company-building methodology, the result is ventures designed to solve real problems at scale. From helping first responders save lives to simplifying supply chains, to transforming how governments access services, these collaborations turn hard problems into durable companies. Each venture is built on the strengths of our partners and our proven company-building process for creating powerful AI businesses.   MEET OUR PORTFOLIO COMPANIES IrisGo The digital butler for the AI PC era Jeffrey Lai, CEO & Co-founder | Yichen Chu, COO & Co-founder Profitmind The AI Profit engine for retail Dr. Mark Chrystal, CEO & Co-founder Workera Enterprise verification platform to future-proof organizations Kian Katanforoosh, CEO & Co-founder Workhelix Helping enterprises turn AI technology into productivity Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson, Co-chairman & Co-founder | Dr. Andrew McAfee, Co-chairman & Co-founder | James Milin, CEO & Co-founder | Dr. Daniel Rock, CTO & Co-founder Factored Expert engineers in AI, machine learning, and data Israel Niezen, CEO & Co-founder IrisGo The digital butler for the AI PC era Jeffrey Lai, CEO & Co-founder | Yichen Chu, COO & Co-founder Profitmind The AI Profit engine for retail Dr. Mark Chrystal, CEO & Co-founder Workera Enterprise verification platform to future-proof organizations Kian Katanforoosh, CEO & Co-founder Workhelix Helping enterprises turn AI technology into productivity Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson, Co-chairman & Co-founder | Dr. Andrew McAfee, Co-chairman & Co-founder | James Milin, CEO & Co-founder | Dr. Daniel Rock, CTO & Co-founder Factored Expert engineers in AI, machine learning, and data Israel Niezen, CEO & Co-founder IrisGo The digital butler for the AI PC era Jeffrey Lai, CEO & Co-founder | Yichen Chu, COO & Co-founder Profitmind The AI Profit engine for retail Dr. Mark Chrystal, CEO & Co-founder Workera Enterprise verification platform to future-proof organizations Kian Katanforoosh, CEO & Co-founder Workhelix Helping enterprises turn AI technology into productivity Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson, Co-chairman & Co-founder | Dr. Andrew McAfee, Co-chairman & Co-founder | James Milin, CEO & Co-founder | Dr. Daniel Rock, CTO & Co-founder Factored Expert engineers in AI, machine learning, and data Israel Niezen, CEO & Co-founder Building great companies that move humanity forward. COMPANY Team Contact EXPERTISE Insights Portfolio Careers Investor Portal BUILD WITH US For Founders For Partners Copyright © 2026 AI Fund Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions ◈ Interior Pages — 15 pages crawledWorkera - AI Fund Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Thesis Applications Status Private View Site Workera Enterprise skill verification platform to future-proof organizations Thesis Applications Status Private View Site Company Bio Workera is pioneering the future of skills technology, reimagining how organizations align business needs with verified skills data to future-fit their workforce and accelerate productivity and innovation. Trusted by the Fortune 500, Workera leverages AI-powered agents to deliver unparalleled insights into workforce capabilities, utilizing a state-of-the-art skills ontology and cutting-edge LLMs for the most precise skill measurements available. With Workera, businesses can strategically align teams, accurately identify and bridge skill gaps, and optimize talent allocation with unprecedented efficiency. Our commitment to delivering measurable and verified skill data empowers business leaders to not only manage their workforce more effectively, but also to harness the full potential of their human capital. Workera was named in Fast Company’s exclusive Most Innovative Companies list for 2024 alongside Microsoft, Canva, and others leading the AI revolution. Discover how Workera is helping future-proof workforces at Accenture, Siemens Energy, Belcorp, The United States Air Force, and Samsung at www.workera.ai. Founder Kian Katanforoosh CEO & Co-founder Insights News Workera Adds Executive Leaders as Enterprise Demand for Verified Skills Data Surges News The next phase of the corporate AI boom: measuring which employees actually understand it News Startup Of The Week: Workera News Workera Bets on a Customer Turned Insider for Its Next Phase News Introducing the Business Times’ 40 Under 40 class of 2026: Kian Katanforoosh Let's Work Together Ready to build something great? For Founders For Partners Building great companies that move humanity forward. COMPANY Team Contact Expertise Insights Portfolio Careers Investor Portal Build With Us For Founders For Partners Copyright © 2026 AI Fund Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Search Submit Clear Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Home - AI Fund Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Co-founding companies together from idea to Impact AI Fund is a venture studio. We collaborate with entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to create great companies that move humanity forward. For Founders From idea to funded startup in 3 months For Partners Launch AI solutions for your industry challenges Accelerating AI Innovation, One startup at a Time Meet The Team Founded by Andrew Ng, AI Fund is backed by over $370 million. As a venture studio, we work alongside entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to build new companies rapidly and increase their odds of success.  The studio is supported by top-tier VCs and partners including Sequoia Capital, NEA, Nikkei, and AES. Validate We’ll surround you with a tiger team of business leaders and tech experts. Together, we’ll rapidly de-risk the idea. Build With co-founder matching, pre-seed funding, and a hand-picked core team, we help launch your vision with momentum. Scale Go fast. Grow fast. From fundraising to AI talent, we help you with everything you need to scale. We've partnered with extraordinary founders We build AI companies alongside founders who bring deep technical expertise and a clear vision for what AI can do in their field. When that expertise meets our company-building methodology, the result is ventures designed to solve real problems at scale. From helping first responders save lives to simplifying supply chains, to transforming how governments access services, these collaborations turn hard problems into durable companies. Each venture is built on the strengths of our partners and our proven company-building process for creating powerful AI businesses.   Meet Our Portfolio Companies IrisGo The digital butler for the AI PC era Jeffrey Lai, CEO & Co-founder | Yichen Chu, COO & Co-founder Profitmind The AI Profit engine for retail Dr. Mark Chrystal, CEO & Co-founder Workera Enterprise verification platform to future-proof organizations Kian Katanforoosh, CEO & Co-founder Workhelix Helping enterprises turn AI technology into productivity Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson, Co-chairman & Co-founder | Dr. Andrew McAfee, Co-chairman & Co-founder | James Milin, CEO & Co-founder | Dr. Daniel Rock, CTO & Co-founder Factored Expert engineers in AI, machine learning, and data Israel Niezen, CEO & Co-founder Building great companies that move humanity forward. 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Taylor Venture Advisor Shan Sinha Venture Advisor Sharbani Roy AI Fund Fellow Terry Boyle Venture Advisor Thomas Kiessling Venture Advisor Tim Westergren Venture Advisor TJ Kennedy Venture Advisor Warren Packard Venture Advisor Building great companies that move humanity forward. COMPANY Team Contact Expertise Insights Portfolio Careers Investor Portal Build With Us For Founders For Partners Copyright © 2026 AI Fund Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Search Submit Clear Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Careers - AI Fund Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Join Our Community of Builders We’re building the next generation of great tech companies. Join our ecosystem of seasoned business leaders, innovators, and engineers, and help us build the future. Let’s build the future together. From visionary founders-in-residence, to top ML talent, and elite operations leaders, to insightful investors, we want to work with you. View Careers Exciting Challenges Moving humanity forward through artificial intelligence is a complex task and there’s no shortage of interesting problems to solve. From coding ML models to company fundraising and writing go-to-market plans, there’s a challenge that needs your expertise in the ecosystem. How we Work At AI Fund Collaborative We believe great results come from teamwork. In fact, it’s one of our core values. That means we help each other so the sum becomes greater than the parts. Accessible We operate across departments and keep lines of communication open throughout the organization with skip-level 1:1s, donut meetings, and regular in-person gatherings. AI-first APPROACH We leverage AI in all our workflows to prototype and iterate rapidly. 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COMPANY Team Contact Expertise Insights Portfolio Careers Investor Portal Build With Us For Founders For Partners Copyright © 2026 AI Fund Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Search Submit Clear Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Profitmind - AI Fund Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Thesis Applications Status Private Location Pittsburgh, PA View Site Profitmind The AI Profit Engine for Retail Thesis Applications Status Private Location Pittsburgh, PA View Site Company Bio Profitmind helps retailers continuously find revenue, profit and cashflow opportunities that meet their business objectives. Profitmind uses agentic AI to find opportunities that meet the goals of the business and generative AI to explain the opportunities in business language. On average, retailers are seeing a 14% increase in profits through Profitmind. 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COMPANY Team Contact Expertise Insights Portfolio Careers Investor Portal Build With Us For Founders For Partners Copyright © 2026 AI Fund Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Search Submit Clear Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Build With Us - For Partners - AI Fund Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners You have an idea. We help you launch it as a new company. Our AI expertise plus your industry knowledge. You know the pain points of your industry. Let’s build a company to solve them.  We partner with leading VCs and corporations to solve complex industry challenges. By combining specialized market insights with advanced AI capabilities, we create companies that address real-world problems. Let's Build Together The Partnership. We’re co-founders together. We bring complementary resources to the table. AI FUND: AI expertise We know AI. Our team of researchers and engineers sit on the bleeding edge of new tech allowing us to provide unparalleled technical guidance to our portfolio. Repeatable processes Our business formation playbook has all the ingredients to launch new companies and get them to market. Fast. AI ecosystem AI Fund sits at the center of one of the world’s largest AI talent networks. A network that encompasses our portfolio companies and the learning community of DeepLearning.AI. Capital We invest up to $1 million in pre-seed funding to kickstart the company's growth. Platform support From recruiting to fundraising, from marketing to legal, we empower founders to focus on building their company. YOU: Domain expertise You have a deep understanding of what your industry needs and understand areas that are ripe for innovation. Industry access You can open doors in your industry to new partners and customers, giving the new venture an ace in the hole. Capital Your investment combines with ours and helps kickstart the new venture, giving it enough runway to successfully go to market. Our Partners We partner with companies and VC across industries as diverse as supply chain and energy infrastructure. Some of our partners include: Let's Work Together Ready to build something great? For Founders For Partners Building great companies that move humanity forward. COMPANY Team Contact Expertise Insights Portfolio Careers Investor Portal Build With Us For Founders For Partners Copyright © 2026 AI Fund Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Search Submit Clear Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Build With Us - For Founders - AI Fund Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Build with us We partner with entrepreneurs to create the great AI companies of tomorrow. Building a startup is hard. From startup veterans and seasoned investors, to machine learning experts and talent leaders, our team is ready to fill in the gaps around your expertise. We are here to support you so your company succeeds. Let's Build Together A Proven Process for Building Companies Business Idea Validation Our team of startup builders performs market and technical validation on the idea. Recruit Future CEO (Founder in Residence) and Board Member (Venture Advisor) Next, we bring on a seasoned entrepreneur with domain expertise as a Founder in Residence (they will be the CEO upon launch) and pair them with an AI Fund Builder and Venture Advisor (who will be a future board member after launch). Build with Founder in Residence Founders in Residence spend three months with us developing the idea and iterating rapidly to de-risk the new business through in-depth business analysis and customer research. Technical validation includes AI model selection and product prototyping. The Founder in Residence collaborates very closely on this with our in-house builders, the Venture Advisor, and our ML engineering team to structure a go-to-market strategy and product proof of concept. Pre-Seed Launch If the Build stage is successful, we stand the company up with a pre-seed investment of up to $1 million. Our recruiting team will help assemble your core team (including co-founder matchmaking if needed) and the building team will support you in getting early customer traction, building the product, and preparing for seed financing. Seed, Growth, and Scale As a good co-founder, we will be working alongside you. We support you as you grow with ongoing business strategy and the leverage that comes from a deep and vibrant ecosystem.  Why Partner with AI Fund? ​We’ve been there. We’ve founded and scaled successful companies ourselves, and we know that creating meaningful startups is really hard. Instead of spending years plodding away on an idea, validate it quickly in our Founder in Residence program. We shorten a process that can take years down to months. We make sure you are going after the right market, are fully validated, and are surrounded by great teammates. Lastly, we make sure you see the world through the lens of a data scientist and machine learning expert, which is the perspective any meaningful AI company in the future must have. But, we also know that the process is not about us. It’s about great founders and empowering them to do impactful things. Partnering with a venture studio to launch your company is a force multiplier. Founders in our studio program leverage lower barriers to entry, financial support, and higher levels of operational involvement to springboard great companies.     FAQ What is a venture studio? A venture studio differs from a typical venture capital firm, in that it focuses on building companies from the ground up, rather than investing in already growing companies. At AI Fund, we source ideas from within our organization, our network of industry and academic partners, and entrepreneurs like yourself. We will validate your idea together through our Founder in Residence program and support you in turning your idea into a venture-backable business—including recruiting your team, developing the product proof of concept, and acquiring first customers. We are more than simply investors. As a venture studio, we are co-founders with you. Is there a deadline for applications?  We want to partner with entrepreneurs who want to make a difference in the world using AI. If you have an idea, but haven’t built the product yet, then it’s the perfect time to  reach out to us . If you want to build something but don’t have a company idea yet, check our  careers page  for open Founder-in-Residence roles. How much capital does AI Fund invest in pre-seed companies? We prefer to be the first institutional money in a company and we invest up to $1 million in a convertible note to found the company. What is the difference between a Founder in Residence and a Venture Advisor?  A Founder in Residence is a full time, paid role that transitions into CEO of the new company when it launches as a pre-seed funded company. A Venture Advisor is typically a successful entrepreneur whom AI Fund has engaged to counsel the Founder in Residence. When the company launches, the Venture Advisor holds AI Fund’s board seat. What kind of support does AI Fund offer Founders in Residence? We surround each new startup with a team of specialists with expertise around ML engineering and data science, talent and recruiting, fundraising, product development, corporate partnerships, and more. 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Our founders are creating solutions for maritime shipping, AI governance, retail, education and transforming software development with machine learning. 10Web Affineon Health Async Baseten Bearing Acquired Bhuma BizTrip AI BNTO Cara Civio Common Sense Privacy Credo AI Acquired Esteam Factored AI Feenyx Freight Hero Gaia Dynamics Haven Safety IrisGo Jivi AI Kira LandingAI Meeno Octagon AI Olakai Pixi Profitmind PuppyDog RapidFire AI Rypple SkyFireAI SpeechLab StrongSuit Sunrise AI ValidMind Vidably Acquired WhyLabs Woebot Health Workera Workhelix Stealth Companies As a venture studio, we partner with exceptional entrepreneurs as a minor co-founder to build new companies together. We provide founders with expertise in technology, business formation, strategy, recruiting, and funding to rapidly launch world-changing businesses. 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COMPANY Team Contact Expertise Insights Portfolio Careers Investor Portal Build With Us For Founders For Partners Copyright © 2026 AI Fund Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Search Submit Clear Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Baseten - AI Fund Team Portfolio Insights Careers Contact Build With Us For Founders For Partners Thesis Infrastructure & Developer Tools Status Private View Site Baseten Accelerating time to market for companies scaling inference in production Thesis Infrastructure & Developer Tools Status Private View Site Company Bio Baseten revolutionizes the process for building machine learning-powered applications. With Baseten, data scientists can deploy ML models with a few lines of code and serve fast, scalable APIs without the common infrastructure, framework, and deployment problems. 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