Find 130 AI Angel Investors in San Francisco
We found 130 verified angel investors and VCs actively investing in AI startups in San Francisco.
Global micro-VC and accelerator. 3000+ companies in 78 countries. $2.7B+ AUM.
Partner at Y Combinator. Co-founder of Tutorspree. Expert in marketplaces and B2B.
Co-founder of Base10 Partners. Expert in automation and future of work. African-American led fund.
VP of Developer Relations (DevRel & DX) at Rapid. Google Developers Advisory Board & AI Dev Panel founding member. Two exits, one acquisition. My software serves millions of developers, proud code contribution to NASA Ingenuity Mars mission. I invest time and money in developer-focused startups with diverse teams, bold ideas, and automation. My recent investment was with Resend. (VP of DX at Rapid)
I run basecase, an early-stage venture firm by builders, for builders. We help founders nail their "base case"—recruiting their first engineers, securing their first customers, and raising their first institutional round—and "recurse" onwards. I invest $500k-5M checks. (Founder at basecase)
B2B and enterprise-focused accelerator in Silicon Valley. 6-month program with $25K funding.
General Partner at Initialized Capital. Expert in enterprise and developer infrastructure.
Co-founder of 8VC. Expert in frontier tech, data analytics, and life sciences.
I'm a 2x founder with an exit (WANNA to Farfetch), currently experimenting with new projects and helping/investing in other founders via http://FundraisingHackers.com. Typical check size is $5-10k. (Founder at FundraisingHackers)
Co-founder and CEO of Scale AI. Angel investor in AI infrastructure and data tooling.
Founder of Dream Machine VC. Former TechCrunch editor. Invests in next-generation internet.
Co-founder and CEO of Databricks. Angel investor in data engineering and AI/ML infrastructure.
Co-founder of Code.org. Mentor at NEA. Early investor in Facebook, Zappos, Dropbox, airbnb.
Co-founder and CEO of Replit. Angel investor in developer tools and AI-first companies.
Former OpenAI, former Tesla AI. Angel investor and advisor in deep learning and AI.
Co-founder of ROSS Intelligence. Pioneer of AI in legal. Angel investor in legal tech.
Partner at Haystack. Expert in seed-stage enterprise and developer tools.
Co-founder of Coursera. Former head of Google Brain and Baidu AI. Founder of AI Fund. Top ML investor.
General Partner at GV. Expert in life sciences and healthcare.
Co-founder of Tribe Capital. Former partner at Social Capital. Data + product expert.
Partner at Fort Ross Ventures. Expert in Russian-American tech bridge investing.
Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners. First book on AI-first companies. Expert in enterprise AI.
Co-founder of Elance and Gupshup. Angel in messaging and marketplace startups.
I enjoy helping dev tool creators build top-notch teams, figure out go-to-market, and meet other great investors. I've been working on developer tools for most of the past decade as CTO and co-founder of Sourcegraph. I host a podcast featuring creators of dev tools--if you've built something you'd love to share with the developer world, I'd love to have you on the show! (Founder & CTO at Sourcegraph)
Co-founder and CTO of Slack. Angel investor in developer tools and infrastructure.
Founder of Precursor Ventures. Expert in pre-product and pre-seed stage startups.
Founder of SignalFire. Uses data + AI to source and back startups earlier than others.
Partner at Foresite Capital. Expert in biotech and life sciences investing.
Founder of CapitalX. Expert in AI and consumer companies from China and US.
Founder of Hearsay Social. Angel investor in enterprise SaaS and AI products.
Angel and Partner at Long Journey. Former Founders Fund. Backed SpaceX, Uber, Postmates early.
Partner at Precursor Ventures. Expert in pre-seed and first-check investing.
Partner at Y Combinator. Co-founder of imeem. Expert in early-stage B2B and developer tools.
Former YC Partner and Apple AI lead. Active angel in AI startups and deep tech.
Former VP of AI at Unity. Angel investor in AI gaming and developer tools.
Co-founder of Coursera. Stanford professor. Angel investor in online education and learning science.
CEO and Managing Partner at GV (Google Ventures). Led investments in Uber, Slack, Nest.
President of Salesforce Industries. Angel investor in vertical SaaS and enterprise AI.
Managing Director at General Catalyst. Former VP of Products at LinkedIn.
Former US Chief Data Scientist under Obama. Partner at GreatPoint Ventures. Investing in data infrastructure and AI.
Co-founder of Facebook and Asana. Active angel and co-founder of Open Philanthropy.
Partner at Race Capital. Expert in US-China tech bridge and Asian-American founders.
Serial entrepreneur and investor. Co-founder of Color Genomics. Backed Airbnb, Coinbase, Stripe early.
Co-founder of Hustle Fund. Rapid-check pre-seed investor. Expert in speed as a competitive moat.
Co-founder of Twitch. Angel investor in gaming and consumer platforms.
General Partner at Benchmark. Led investments in Amplitude, Confluent, Ironclad. B2B SaaS expert.
Co-founder of Village Global and On Deck. Expert in community-led investing.
Co-founder of Twilio. Angel investor in developer infrastructure and cloud tools.
I’m currently working as Principal Brand Designer at Vercel, ensuring the maximum visual appeal of all our brands and products, including Next.js and Turborepo. I previously worked at Viacom (MTV, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures) and Auth0 and I was involved in the design of JWT and Passport.js. I typically invest $2.5-10k checks in early stage devtool startups focused on tech & design. (Brand Design at Vercel)
Co-founder of Foresight AI. Former UIUC professor. Angel investor in smart city AI.
President and CEO of Y Combinator. Co-founder of Initialized Capital. Early investor in Coinbase, Instacart.
Board member at DoorDash and Pinterest. Former Square and Facebook. Active angel.
Co-founder of OpenAI. Angel investor in AI infrastructure and safety.
Partner at Y Combinator. Former Airbnb growth lead. Expert in growth and consumer products.
YC Partner. Former Growth PM at Airbnb. Expert in growth and consumer products.
Founder of Rock Health. Pioneer of digital health venture. Mentor and angel in health startups.
Managing Director at General Catalyst. Author of 'Intended Consequences'. Health and AI expert.
Co-founder of OpenAI and SSI. Pioneer in deep learning. Angel in AI safety research.
World's top biotech accelerator (part of SOSV). Backs early-stage life science founders.
Founder of Casetext (acquired by Thomson Reuters). Angel investor in AI-powered legal tools.
Partner at Bloomberg Beta. Expert in AI and the future of work. Author of AI roundup.
I'm the VP of AI at Vercel, which acquired my startup Turborepo. Prior to that, I was the Engineering Lead at The Palmer Group, a strategy, design, and software engineering firm. I’m an educator, speaker, and OSS enthusiast with many popular OSS projects, and I invest 25-100k checks in devtool and enterprise SaaS startups. (VP of AI at Vercel)
Co-founder and CEO of Ironclad. Angel investor in legal tech and enterprise SaaS.
Co-founder and former CEO of Twilio. Angel investor in developer tools and API startups.
General Partner at a16z Bio + Health. Expert in healthcare technology transformation.
Founder of Stitch Fix. Angel investor in retail tech and consumer brands.
Co-founder of Instagram. Angel investor in consumer and social products.
Partner at Sequoia Capital focused on AI and healthcare. Previously investor at Bessemer.
General Partner at GV. MD/MBA. Expert in life sciences and digital health.
General Partner at Builders VC. Expert in frontier tech and life sciences.
I'm the VP of Developer Experience at Vercel, where my team helps developers build a faster web. I lead community and education for the React framework Next.js and I’m an open-source contributor. I'm also an advisor (mostly on dev communities) and investor in early stage startups where I invest small checks in tools making web development faster. (VP of DX at Vercel)
Former Airbnb PM. Creator of Lenny's Newsletter. Angel investor and advisor in SaaS.
Deep background in AI, SWE, and Developer Relations. Helping companies scale in the DevTools and AI space based on my experiences in both areas at places like OpenAI, NASA, Apple, & PathAI. Typical check size is $20k. (DevRel at OpenAI)
Co-founder of Scale AI and CrowdFlower. Angel investor in AI and ML startups.
Founder of Humba Ventures. Pre-seed specialist for technical founders.
CEO and Co-founder of Salesforce. Investor in enterprise SaaS and cloud companies.
Partner at Index Ventures. Expert in B2B SaaS. Led investments in Webflow, Notion.
Founder of Zetta Venture Partners. Expert in AI and machine learning investing.
Co-founder of PayPal and Affirm. Active angel investor in fintech and consumer.
Partner at DCVC Bio. Expert in computational biology and AI for drug discovery.
I'm the founder of Siennai Analytics, a B2B AI consulting and development company, an early contributor to LangChainAI, and an AI educator (3.5 million people reached through my content so far). I have provided strategic AI consultations to leaders at major institutions including Evercore, BCG, PwC, and more. My speciality is building scalable, production ready AI chatbots that integrate with enterprise private data. I invest in B2B startups and devtools. (Founder & CEO at Siennai Analytics)
Partner at Index Ventures USA. Former Cisco. Enterprise and infrastructure expert.
Founder and CEO of Zendesk. Angel investor in customer experience and enterprise SaaS.
Former VP of Data at Jawbone. Independent data science advisor and angel investor in data startups.
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Audacious Ventures. Expert in future of work and B2B SaaS.
Partner at Founders Fund. Expert in hard tech, energy, and defense.
Former CEO of GitHub. Co-founder of Xamarin. Active angel in AI and developer tools.
Co-founder of AngelList. Prolific angel investor. Philosopher of startups and wealth creation.
CEO of Gainsight. Angel investor in customer success and vertical SaaS.
Co-founder of Algolia. Angel investor in developer tools and search infrastructure.
Partner at Index Ventures. B2B SaaS and developer tools focus. Former McKinsey.
Partner at Pear VC. Former early Dropbox. Expert in hard problems and technical founders.
Co-founder and CEO of Stripe. One of the most respected founders in Silicon Valley.
Co-founder of Y Combinator, the world's most successful startup accelerator. Investor and essayist. Backed Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe.
Former Principal Data Scientist at LinkedIn. Co-founder of SkipFlag. Active angel in data infrastructure.
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