Find 157 AI Seed Angel Investors in Silicon Valley
We found 157 verified angel investors and VCs actively investing in AI startups at the Seed stage in Silicon Valley.
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 and CEO of Box. Angel investor in enterprise cloud and collaboration.
Co-founder and CEO of Quora. Former CTO of Facebook. Angel in AI and consumer products.
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)
Founder of Cowboy Ventures. Coined the term 'unicorn' for startups. Former partner at Kleiner Perkins.
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)
General Partner at Initialized Capital. Expert in enterprise and developer infrastructure.
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 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.
Co-founder of Cloudera (IPO $4B+). Active angel in enterprise data and AI.
Co-founder of a16z. Former co-creator of Netscape browser. Blogs extensively on technology.
Former OpenAI, former Tesla AI. Angel investor and advisor in deep learning and AI.
Partner at Haystack. Expert in seed-stage enterprise and developer tools.
Co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. Angel investor in genomics, biotech, and health tech.
Co-founder of Tribe Capital. Former partner at Social Capital. Data + product expert.
Partner at Almaz Capital. Expert in CIS tech companies expanding globally.
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.
Co-founder of a16z. Author of 'The Hard Thing About Hard Things'. Former CEO of Opsware.
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.
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.
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.
Partner at Khosla Ventures. Pioneer investor in AI, machine learning, and autonomous systems.
Global Managing Partner at Sequoia Capital. Joined in 1988. Led investments in Google, ServiceNow, Nubank, Palo Alto Networks.
Founder of Innovation Endeavors. Eric Schmidt's VC fund. Expert in AI, robotics, climate.
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 Twitch. Angel investor in gaming and consumer platforms.
Founder and CEO of Zoom. Angel investor in video communication and enterprise tools.
Partner at Redpoint Ventures. Former COO of GitHub. Open source and dev tools 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)
Partner at a16z. Expert in AI and machine learning startups. Former AI researcher.
President and CEO of Y Combinator. Co-founder of Initialized Capital. Early investor in Coinbase, Instacart.
Partner at Lightspeed. Expert in developer infrastructure and open source. Led investments in Grafana.
Co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike. Angel in cybersecurity and enterprise tech.
Founder of Freshworks. Angel investor in Indian and global SaaS startups.
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.
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. Former partner at GGV Capital. Expert in AI and enterprise.
Co-founder of Yahoo. Founder of AME Cloud Ventures. AI, data, and enterprise investor.
Managing Director at Zetta. Former Facebook and VMware. Expert in AI product.
Chairman of Kleiner Perkins. Author of 'Speed and Scale' climate plan. Major climate tech investor.
General Partner at a16z Bio. Former CSO of Genomics Health. Biotech and health expert.
General Partner at a16z. Expert in American dynamism — defense, national security, manufacturing.
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 a16z. Expert in healthcare and bio technology.
General Partner at Builders VC. Expert in frontier tech and life sciences.
General Partner at a16z. Former CEO of SuccessFactors (sold to SAP for $3.4B). HR SaaS expert.
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 Define Ventures. Expert in healthcare services and digital health.
Founder of K9 Ventures. Professor at Stanford. Early stage angel in SaaS and developer tools.
Co-founder of Pear VC. Former Stanford professor. Expert in AI and deep tech.
Co-founder of a16z and Netscape. Among the most influential VCs and angels in Silicon Valley.
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.
General Partner at a16z. Co-founder of Nicira (acquired by VMware for $1.26B). Expert in cloud infrastructure.
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)
Founder of Reputation.com. Expert in privacy tech and online reputation. Angel investor.
Co-founder of Floodgate. Early investor in Twitter, Twitch, Lyft, Okta.
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