Find 211 AI Angel Investors in Silicon Valley

We found 211 verified angel investors and VCs actively investing in AI startups in Silicon Valley.

Global micro-VC and accelerator. 3000+ companies in 78 countries. $2.7B+ AUM.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Partner at Bain Capital Ventures. Former CEO of Clearwell Systems. Enterprise expert.

Menlo Park, CASeries ASeries B
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Partner at Y Combinator. Co-founder of Tutorspree. Expert in marketplaces and B2B.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder and CEO of Box. Angel investor in enterprise cloud and collaboration.

Redwood City, CASeedSeries A
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Co-founder and CEO of Quora. Former CTO of Facebook. Angel in AI and consumer products.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries A
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Co-founder of Base10 Partners. Expert in automation and future of work. African-American led fund.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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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)

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Founder of Cowboy Ventures. Coined the term 'unicorn' for startups. Former partner at Kleiner Perkins.

Palo Alto, CASeedSeries A
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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)

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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B2B and enterprise-focused accelerator in Silicon Valley. 6-month program with $25K funding.

San Francisco, CAPre-Seed
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General Partner at Initialized Capital. Expert in enterprise and developer infrastructure.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder of 8VC. Expert in frontier tech, data analytics, and life sciences.

San Francisco, CASeries ASeries B
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Co-founder of Almaz Capital. Pioneer in post-Soviet tech investing. 30 year veteran.

Portola Valley, CASeries ASeries B
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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)

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder and CEO of Scale AI. Angel investor in AI infrastructure and data tooling.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Founder of Dream Machine VC. Former TechCrunch editor. Invests in next-generation internet.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder and CEO of Databricks. Angel investor in data engineering and AI/ML infrastructure.

San Francisco, CA
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Co-founder of Code.org. Mentor at NEA. Early investor in Facebook, Zappos, Dropbox, airbnb.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder and CEO of Replit. Angel investor in developer tools and AI-first companies.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder of Cloudera (IPO $4B+). Active angel in enterprise data and AI.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries A
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Co-founder of a16z. Former co-creator of Netscape browser. Blogs extensively on technology.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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Former OpenAI, former Tesla AI. Angel investor and advisor in deep learning and AI.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder of ROSS Intelligence. Pioneer of AI in legal. Angel investor in legal tech.

San Francisco, CA
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Partner at Haystack. Expert in seed-stage enterprise and developer tools.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder of Coursera. Former head of Google Brain and Baidu AI. Founder of AI Fund. Top ML investor.

San Francisco, CA
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Founder @

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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General Partner at GV. Expert in life sciences and healthcare.

San Francisco, CASeries ASeries B
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Co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. Angel investor in genomics, biotech, and health tech.

Sunnyvale, CASeedSeries A
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Co-founder of Tribe Capital. Former partner at Social Capital. Data + product expert.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Partner at Almaz Capital. Expert in CIS tech companies expanding globally.

Portola Valley, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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Partner at Fort Ross Ventures. Expert in Russian-American tech bridge investing.

San Francisco, CASeries ASeries B
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Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners. First book on AI-first companies. Expert in enterprise AI.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Co-founder of Elance and Gupshup. Angel in messaging and marketplace startups.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Co-founder of a16z. Author of 'The Hard Thing About Hard Things'. Former CEO of Opsware.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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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)

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder and CTO of Slack. Angel investor in developer tools and infrastructure.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Partner at Norwest Venture Partners. Expert in health IT and digital health.

Palo Alto, CASeries ASeries B
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Founder of Social Capital. Former Facebook. Very active investor and SPAC pioneer.

Palo Alto, CASeries ASeries Bgrowth
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Founder of Precursor Ventures. Expert in pre-product and pre-seed stage startups.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Founder of SignalFire. Uses data + AI to source and back startups earlier than others.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Partner at Foresite Capital. Expert in biotech and life sciences investing.

San Francisco, CASeries ASeries Bgrowth
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Founder of CapitalX. Expert in AI and consumer companies from China and US.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Founder of Hearsay Social. Angel investor in enterprise SaaS and AI products.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Angel and Partner at Long Journey. Former Founders Fund. Backed SpaceX, Uber, Postmates early.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Partner at Precursor Ventures. Expert in pre-seed and first-check investing.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Partner at Y Combinator. Co-founder of imeem. Expert in early-stage B2B and developer tools.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Former YC Partner and Apple AI lead. Active angel in AI startups and deep tech.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Founder/COO @

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Former VP of AI at Unity. Angel investor in AI gaming and developer tools.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder of Coursera. Stanford professor. Angel investor in online education and learning science.

San Francisco, CA
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CEO and Managing Partner at GV (Google Ventures). Led investments in Uber, Slack, Nest.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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Founder @

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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President of Salesforce Industries. Angel investor in vertical SaaS and enterprise AI.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Partner at Khosla Ventures. Pioneer investor in AI, machine learning, and autonomous systems.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries A
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Managing Director at General Catalyst. Former VP of Products at LinkedIn.

San Francisco, CASeries ASeries B
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Former US Chief Data Scientist under Obama. Partner at GreatPoint Ventures. Investing in data infrastructure and AI.

San Francisco, CA
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Global Managing Partner at Sequoia Capital. Joined in 1988. Led investments in Google, ServiceNow, Nubank, Palo Alto Networks.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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Founder of Innovation Endeavors. Eric Schmidt's VC fund. Expert in AI, robotics, climate.

Palo Alto, CASeedSeries A
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Co-founder of Facebook and Asana. Active angel and co-founder of Open Philanthropy.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Partner at Race Capital. Expert in US-China tech bridge and Asian-American founders.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Serial entrepreneur and investor. Co-founder of Color Genomics. Backed Airbnb, Coinbase, Stripe early.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Co-founder of Hustle Fund. Rapid-check pre-seed investor. Expert in speed as a competitive moat.

San Francisco, CAPre-Seed
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Co-founder of Twitch. Angel investor in gaming and consumer platforms.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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Former CEO of Symantec. Partner at Bain Capital Ventures. Cybersecurity expert.

Palo Alto, CASeries ASeries Bgrowth
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General Partner at Benchmark. Led investments in Amplitude, Confluent, Ironclad. B2B SaaS expert.

San Francisco, CASeries ASeries B
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Founder and CEO of Zoom. Angel investor in video communication and enterprise tools.

San Jose, CASeedSeries A
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Partner at Redpoint Ventures. Former COO of GitHub. Open source and dev tools expert.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries A
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Co-founder of Village Global and On Deck. Expert in community-led investing.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder of Twilio. Angel investor in developer infrastructure and cloud tools.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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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)

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder of Foresight AI. Former UIUC professor. Angel investor in smart city AI.

San Francisco, CA
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Partner at a16z. Expert in AI and machine learning startups. Former AI researcher.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries A
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Former CEO of Snowflake and ServiceNow. Angel in enterprise data and cloud.

Atherton, CASeries ASeries B
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President and CEO of Y Combinator. Co-founder of Initialized Capital. Early investor in Coinbase, Instacart.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Partner at Lightspeed. Expert in developer infrastructure and open source. Led investments in Grafana.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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Co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike. Angel in cybersecurity and enterprise tech.

Sunnyvale, CASeedSeries A
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Founder of Freshworks. Angel investor in Indian and global SaaS startups.

San Mateo, CASeedSeries A
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Board member at DoorDash and Pinterest. Former Square and Facebook. Active angel.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder of OpenAI. Angel investor in AI infrastructure and safety.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Partner at Y Combinator. Former Airbnb growth lead. Expert in growth and consumer products.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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YC Partner. Former Growth PM at Airbnb. Expert in growth and consumer products.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Founder of Rock Health. Pioneer of digital health venture. Mentor and angel in health startups.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Managing Partner at GGV Capital. Expert in US-China cross-border tech investments.

Menlo Park, CASeries ASeries Bgrowth
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Managing Director at General Catalyst. Author of 'Intended Consequences'. Health and AI expert.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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Partner at Kleiner Perkins. Former Dropbox VP. Expert in enterprise SaaS and developer tools.

Menlo Park, CASeries ASeries B
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Co-founder of OpenAI and SSI. Pioneer in deep learning. Angel in AI safety research.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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World's top biotech accelerator (part of SOSV). Backs early-stage life science founders.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Founder/CEO @

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Founder of Casetext (acquired by Thomson Reuters). Angel investor in AI-powered legal tools.

San Francisco, CA
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General Partner at Emergence Capital. Expert in AI-first SaaS and vertical software.

San Mateo, CASeries ASeries B
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Partner at Bloomberg Beta. Expert in AI and the future of work. Author of AI roundup.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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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)

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder and CEO of Ironclad. Angel investor in legal tech and enterprise SaaS.

San Francisco, CAPre-SeedSeed
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Co-founder and former CEO of Twilio. Angel investor in developer tools and API startups.

San Francisco, CASeedSeries A
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General Partner at a16z. Former partner at GGV Capital. Expert in AI and enterprise.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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Co-founder of Yahoo. Founder of AME Cloud Ventures. AI, data, and enterprise investor.

Palo Alto, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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Managing Director at Zetta. Former Facebook and VMware. Expert in AI product.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries A
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Partner at Emergence Capital. Expert in cloud and B2B AI applications.

San Mateo, CASeries ASeries B
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Chairman of Kleiner Perkins. Author of 'Speed and Scale' climate plan. Major climate tech investor.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries ASeries B
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General Partner at a16z Bio. Former CSO of Genomics Health. Biotech and health expert.

Menlo Park, CASeedSeries A
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