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Gradient Ventures

Gradient Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in founders building artificial intelligence companies. They lead investments at the earliest stages of innovation, backing AI-focused startups across areas like GPU cloud infrastructure, compilers, data/ML tooling, and vertical AI applications.
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Gradient Ventures is a seed fund designed for founders in AI, recently announcing a $220M Fund 5. The firm positions itself as founder-centric, collaborative, transparent, and bold, acting as investors, builders, mentors, and champions for the founders they back. They lead investments at the earliest stages of innovation, supporting companies across generative AI, GPU cloud computing, compilers and software acceleration for AI workloads, emergency response AI, and AI-powered wealth management, among others. Portfolio companies mentioned include Writer, Lambda, Streamlit, CentML, Prepared, Range, Airspace Intelligence, Clarify, Elsa, Gigs, Krea, Labelbox, Mural, Openly, Oura, Rad AI, Sona, Stack AI, Syrup, and Unit21. Their clients are primarily early-stage startup founders building AI-driven products and services.