Description
Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm founded around 2012 that focuses on backing technical founders in software, AI/ML, and infrastructure. They have been early investors in companies such as Datadog, Fastly, Runway, Modal, Luma, Temporal, Chainguard, dbt Labs, Hightouch, Hex, Scribe, Covariant, and PicnicHealth. The firm emphasizes deep technical relationships with engineers, researchers, and scientists, often serving as the first institutional investor for highly technical startups. In addition to funding, Amplify publishes in-depth technical writing on the engineering and research work of its portfolio companies and runs a writing fellowship. Their typical clients are early-stage technical founders building applications, AI models, developer tools, and infrastructure products.