Radical Ventures

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Investing in AI-first companies across software, LLMs, biotechnology, semiconductors, robotics, climate, materials, energy, healthcare, and other sectors where artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping how problems are solved.

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Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Enterprise Saas, Data Infrastructure

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Investment Thesis

Radical Ventures invests in people using artificial intelligence to shape the future of how we live, work and play. They focus on backing AI founders and companies at the intersection of cutting-edge research and practical application, with a belief that ‘AI eats software.’ The firm is built by AI founders for AI founders, leveraging deep technical expertise and relationships with AI pioneers to identify and support transformative AI-first businesses across multiple domains.

What Sets Them Apart

Founded and backed by AI pioneers including Geoffrey Hinton (Turing Award winner), Fei-Fei Li (computer vision pioneer), and other leading AI researchers
Scientific partner model - Fei-Fei Li serves as Scientific Partner providing deep technical guidance
Built by AI founders for AI founders - team has direct experience founding and scaling AI companies
Velocity program providing portfolio-exclusive support across talent, compute, brand, go-to-market, and governance
AI Founders Masterclass with 2000+ AI researchers and entrepreneurs from top institutions (Stanford, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, Berkeley, Vector, Mila)
Deep relationships with major cloud providers enabling bespoke compute programs for portfolio companies
Early-stage access to breakthrough founders - invested in Cohere upon incorporation
Raised nearly $800M focused on AI investment