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Canonical

Canonical is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture firm investing $500K–$1.5M first checks in deeply technical, pre-product founders. It focuses on infrastructure for a post-AGI world, including physical AI and robotics, silicon, open and decentralized infrastructure, and programmable money rails.
San Francisco, USA

Description

Canonical is an early-stage venture firm based in San Francisco that partners with technical founders at the pre-seed and pre-product stages. The firm invests in foundational systems for an AI-first, post-AGI future, spanning robotics, semiconductor and compute infrastructure, decentralized AI, verifiable computation, and machine-payment infrastructure. In addition to investing, Canonical publishes research and operates free interactive tools for founders, GPs, and LPs, including cap-table, venture-fund, and market-mapping labs.