AI Fund

aifund.ai

AI Fund invests in AI-powered companies across diverse industries, partnering with entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to create solutions that tackle meaningful problems from maritime shipping to mental health to financial risk management.

Check Size

Up to $1M

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed, Growth

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Enterprise Saas, Vertical Saas

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Investment Thesis

AI Fund operates as a venture studio rather than traditional VC, focusing on co-founding companies from idea through scale. They believe in active involvement as co-founders, combining their AI expertise with entrepreneurs’ domain knowledge to rapidly de-risk ideas and build companies that ‘move humanity forward.’ Their approach emphasizes that ‘it’s about great founders and empowering them to do impactful things,’ using a proven process to validate, build, and scale startups in accelerated timeframes.

What Sets Them Apart

Venture studio model - acts as minor co-founder with hands-on involvement, not just investor
Rapid company building - 'from idea to funded startup in 3 months' through Founder in Residence program
Deep AI expertise - team of researchers and engineers on 'bleeding edge of new tech'
Repeatable company-building playbook with proven methodology
Access to massive AI talent ecosystem through DeepLearning.AI community
Founded by Andrew Ng with $370+ million backing from top-tier VCs (Sequoia, NEA) and corporate partners
Strategic partnerships with corporations (AES, Mitsubishi, Nikkei, Mitsui) for co-building AI solutions