Patent systems are first-to-file. It's produced a quiet two-tier system: well-funded companies file in 48 hours. Everyone else waits weeks.
Today we're announcing @fearn_ai's $5.5M seed to end that gap. 🧵
congrats to Han, Angela, and team Fearn on closing their $5.5m seed round led by our friends at Kindred, Designer Fund, & Essence VC!
@fearn_ai is the AI-native patent platform built for a fast-moving IP world where being first-to-file is the difference between making money off your idea or not. Fearn has developed purpose-built models with custom workflows to take inventions from disclosure to filing-ready draft in minutes, all at a flat $2k per patent. Fearn is already used by leading startups and public companies, including Unity, Dandelion Energy, Serova Bio, Capsule, Syncere, Sans Strings, Taya etc
we’re proud to have been investors since the preseed thru a16z @speedrun where we saw the team in action up close. This team has amazing founder-market-fit: Han was a former patent prosecutor at Morrison Foerster and Angela is a Caltech PhD and AI researcher at Google
@ndrewlee@samshank and I have been so impressed by their vision and sheer velocity, and we couldn’t be more excited to support Fearn on the next phase of their journey! Let’s build!
Patent systems are first-to-file. It's produced a quiet two-tier system: well-funded companies file in 48 hours. Everyone else waits weeks.
Today we're announcing @fearn_ai's $5.5M seed to end that gap. 🧵
Introducing Argus, our unmanned ground vehicle designed to execute a wide range of critical missions – from logistics resupply and casualty evacuation to terrain mapping. Learn more: blog.exialabs.com/p/introducing-…
Today we're announcing the $5M pre-seed round for Orbital (@orbitaldotinc), led by a16z speedrun (@speedrun), with participation from Basis Set (@BasisSet), Human Element, Antler (@AntlerGlobal), Anti Fund (@antifund), Ascent, Rubik (@rubikvc), Zero Knowledge Ventures (@nickymontanaa), and many other incredible investors. The mission: to turn solar energy into abundant intelligence.
orbital.inc/press/orbital-…
ZeroDrift raised an oversubscribed $10,000,000 seed round to enforce compliance on AI communications, just 3 months after launching out of stealth.
AI agents are becoming the next enterprise communication layer, and every regulated company will need compliance enforced before AI
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I built all three because I could see what was coming before anyone else did.
The vibe coding generation is not watching anymore. They are building. Games. Arts. Memes. Interactive worlds. No code. Just an idea and a phone. 15 million things built on Sekai. 200,000 more today.
We just raised $26M led by @rabois at @KhoslaVentures and @Nik_Quinn at @ConnectVentures (CAA) with Mayfield, A16Z speedrun, A*.
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Congrats @lucky_z2 and Sekai team on closing a $26m Series A from our friends at Khosla, Connect, Mayfield, and A*!
Sekai has become the home for a new generation of AI-native personalized apps. In a short period of time, users have built >15m mini apps across personal utility, productivity, entertainment, & more
We’ve had the pleasure of working with Lucky, a 3x repeat founder, since the preseed thru a16z @speedrun, and have been impressed by their vision, velocity, and pragmatic leadership. We couldn’t be more excited to invest further to support the team on the next phase of growth! 🚀
My first company went to Apple. My second, the largest short-video platform in Latin America, went to TikTok. My third is still running as Vietnam's biggest music streaming platform.
I built all three because I could see what was coming before anyone else did.
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If you are an exec or operator based in NYC, and you're curious what the a16z @speedrun team is investing in at the earliest stages of AI, you don't want to miss the NY @Techweek_ AI Faire on Frid, June 5.
I hope to see you there! partiful.com/e/JXbUkObwnkyV…
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