AI

The Silicon Valley-based firm plans to invest in physical and applied AI through SAFE notes at the earliest stages.

General partner Steve Vassallo explains how Foundation's laser focus on early-stage has generated big exits from investments in Solana, Venafi and ForgeRock.

A new Silicon Valley Bank report states that native AI start-ups aren’t incentivized to be efficient. But surging valuations for AI companies make us wonder if the point is moot.

LPs in previous funds include Carlyle Group co-founder Bill Conway, New Mexico State Investment Council and the California Public Employees' Retirement System.

The managing partner of Woven Capital, on how he went from serving as a combat medic to doing business development at Dell to co-founding VC programs for Yamaha and Toyota.

Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly sophisticated as large language models are equipped with contextual reasoning capabilities.

Limited partners in the new fund include BDC Capital and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and new strategic investors Caterpiller and Autodesk.

Higher percentages of funds with 2020 and 2021 vintages began to generate DPI for the first time in the past year.

Funding to AI-related start-ups spiked 75% to $203bn from 2024, with foundation model companies representing 40% of that globally and US companies dominating.

The New York City-based firm invests in the early-stage rounds of start-ups working on issues ranging from nuclear energy to productivity.