Rescale, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing and operating cloud-based platforms for scientific and engineering simulations. Its offerings include the ScaleX Pro platform for independent professionals and small to medium-sized businesses, and ScaleX Developer, which allows external application developers to integrate their software directly with Rescale’s systems. Additionally, the ScaleX Enterprise platform provides a comprehensive solution for enterprise-level simulation needs, managing on-premise high-performance computing resources and software licenses. Serving a diverse range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, and life sciences, Rescale facilitates more than 300 customers, from startups to large corporations, in accelerating their design processes and reducing time to market. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rescale also has offices in Tokyo, Munich, and Singapore, and it is supported by a variety of investors from the technology and venture capital sectors.
SandboxAQ
Series E in 2025
SandboxAQ is a company that develops artificial intelligence and quantum technology solutions aimed at addressing complex business and scientific challenges. By integrating expertise from multiple disciplines, including physics, computer science, and mathematics, the company creates Large Quantitative Models and AI sensing applications tailored for various industries. Its offerings are designed to provide practical solutions in sectors such as financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, and cybersecurity. Through its innovative software, SandboxAQ enables clients to tackle significant computational challenges and advance their technological capabilities.
Runway is an applied AI research company established in 2024, specializing in developing innovative tools that integrate artificial intelligence into creative processes. The company offers a video editing platform designed for professionals in art, entertainment, and design. Its technology leverages original image and video creation methods, allowing users to manipulate and edit content intuitively using text inputs. This approach simplifies the video creation process for artists, designers, and filmmakers, enabling them to express their creativity more effectively. Runway's mission is to enhance human creativity through advanced AI capabilities, facilitating seamless interactions between technology and artistic expression.
Lambda is a technology company specializing in deep-learning infrastructure. It provides cloud computing services tailored for large-scale artificial intelligence training and inference. The company offers servers and workstations pre-configured with popular machine learning frameworks, allowing clients to simplify and accelerate the development of complex AI models for tasks such as natural language processing and drug discovery. Lambda's product range includes on-premises GPU hardware and cloud-hosted GPUs, empowering AI engineers to construct, test, and deploy AI products efficiently and securely at scale.
Ayar Labs
Series D in 2024
Ayar Labs, Inc. specializes in the development of optical interconnect technology, focusing on high-density electronic-photonic chiplets and lasers designed to enhance data transmission capabilities. Its flagship product, TeraPHY, is a monolithic in-package optical I/O solution that enables high bandwidth, low latency, and power-efficient short-reach interconnects, making it suitable for applications in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, cloud computing, telecommunications, and aerospace. The company's innovative approach leverages industry-standard silicon processing techniques to create optical interconnect chiplets that replace traditional electrical-based I/O, addressing performance and efficiency challenges in the semiconductor and computing industries. By optimizing data movement within AI systems, Ayar Labs aims to alleviate compute and bandwidth bottlenecks associated with complex large language models, thereby maximizing computational efficiency while minimizing costs and power consumption. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Ayar Labs also has an office in Santa Clara, California.
Varjo Technologies, established in 2016 and based in Helsinki, Finland, specializes in the development of high-fidelity virtual and augmented reality headsets. Its flagship product features a unique bionic display, offering human-eye resolution in the central field of view, surrounded by lower-resolution displays. This design mimics human vision, enhancing immersion and performance in VR and AR experiences. Varjo's customer base includes prominent industry leaders such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Audi, demonstrating the practical applications of its technology in various sectors. The company aims to transform how people work, interact, and play by pioneering metaverse technologies.
Crusoe Energy Systems
Series D in 2024
Crusoe Energy Systems Inc., based in Denver, Colorado, develops innovative technology and solutions aimed at addressing operational, environmental, and regulatory challenges in the oil and gas sector. Founded in 2018, the company specializes in its Digital Flare Mitigation solution, which allows upstream operators without pipeline access to convert wasted natural gas into electricity for energy-intensive computing. This service not only helps oil and gas producers reduce routine flaring of natural gas but also assists them in achieving regulatory compliance and maintaining production levels amid increasing regulations and pipeline constraints. Crusoe Energy Systems is committed to creating solutions that benefit the environment, local communities, and energy producers alike.
Scale AI, Inc. is a data platform provider specializing in training and validation data for artificial intelligence applications. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers various annotation tools including Scale Image for image data, Scale Video for video data, Scale Text for text data, and Scale Document for intelligent document processing. Its advanced platform also includes Scale Nucleus, which helps manage user data. Scale AI's products support a wide range of sectors, such as autonomous vehicles, retail, conversational AI, and robotics, facilitating tasks like content moderation and transcription. By focusing on providing high-quality labeled data, Scale AI enables organizations to accelerate the development of AI technologies, allowing clients to concentrate on building innovative models rather than data preparation.
WEKA is an AI-native data platform company that provides a cloud and hardware-agnostic software solution for performance-intensive applications. Its WEKA® Data Platform enhances scalability and performance, transforming stagnant data silos into dynamic data pipelines that optimize enterprise AI, machine learning, and GPU workloads. The platform facilitates seamless data access across on-premises, cloud, edge, and hybrid multicloud environments. Serving hundreds of leading enterprises and renowned research organizations, including numerous Fortune 50 companies, WEKA addresses complex data challenges to accelerate discoveries, insights, and outcomes. The company's software-defined storage technology is tailored for high-performance and scalable file storage, making it beneficial for various industries such as life sciences, media and entertainment, financial services, and government.
Cohesity, Inc. is a data management technology company that specializes in hyper-converged secondary storage solutions for large organizations. Founded in 2013 and based in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Raleigh, North Carolina, Cohesity aims to simplify the protection, management, and extraction of value from data. Its flagship product, the Cohesity DataPlatform, consolidates secondary data and workflows, eliminating storage silos and streamlining data management. The company also offers DataProtect, which integrates various data protection functions, including backup and disaster recovery, as well as the Cohesity Orion platform for comprehensive data protection and big data storage. Additionally, Cohesity provides tools for monitoring and managing data infrastructure through its SaaS-based solution, Cohesity Helios, and its mobile application. The company serves clients across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, and maintains a strategic partnership with Pure Storage to enhance its offerings.
Kore.ai, Inc. is a developer of artificial intelligence-driven chatbot solutions for enterprises, specializing in conversational and generative AI platforms. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Orlando, Florida, the company offers no-code tools that enable organizations to design, develop, test, and manage chatbots for various applications, including banking, sales, IT help desks, and commerce. Kore.ai's platform facilitates both automated and human-assisted interactions, allowing businesses to enhance customer and employee experiences. The company supports its clients by providing the flexibility to choose the language models and infrastructure that best fit their needs. With a robust patent portfolio and recognition from industry analysts as a leader in AI innovation, Kore.ai serves over 400 Fortune 2000 companies and maintains a global presence with offices in regions such as India, the UK, and Japan.
Hugging Face
Series D in 2023
Hugging Face, established in 2016 and based in New York, specializes in open-source machine learning technologies. It operates a platform that facilitates collaboration on machine learning projects, including models, datasets, and applications. The company aims to democratize machine learning by providing tools and services that support and advance the field, while also offering paid computing and enterprise systems to accelerate development.
Skydio, Inc. is a drone manufacturer based in Redwood City, California, founded in 2014. The company designs, assembles, and supports advanced drones that leverage artificial intelligence to enhance user experience. Skydio's drones are utilized in various sectors, including public safety, inspection, and defense, catering to consumers, enterprises, and government customers. Their products feature an array of cameras and proprietary computer vision technology that allows for real-time obstacle recognition and avoidance, enabling autonomous flight and intelligent decision-making. The company's initial offering was the R1 drone, which could autonomously track and film targets without human intervention. This was followed by the Skydio 2, which was more affordable and boasted improved tracking capabilities. The flagship model, the X2, is equipped with advanced features such as night vision and 100x zoom, allowing ordinary users to operate drones with ease. Skydio is supported by prominent investors and strategic partners, contributing to its growth in the competitive drone market.
WEKA is an AI-native data platform company that provides a cloud and hardware-agnostic software solution for performance-intensive applications. Its WEKA® Data Platform enhances scalability and performance, transforming stagnant data silos into dynamic data pipelines that optimize enterprise AI, machine learning, and GPU workloads. The platform facilitates seamless data access across on-premises, cloud, edge, and hybrid multicloud environments. Serving hundreds of leading enterprises and renowned research organizations, including numerous Fortune 50 companies, WEKA addresses complex data challenges to accelerate discoveries, insights, and outcomes. The company's software-defined storage technology is tailored for high-performance and scalable file storage, making it beneficial for various industries such as life sciences, media and entertainment, financial services, and government.
H2O.ai, Inc. is a company focused on democratizing artificial intelligence through its open-source machine learning and predictive analytics platform. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, H2O.ai offers various tools, including the H2O platform for data scientists and developers, H2O Driverless AI for automated machine learning, and H2O Wave for real-time application development powered by AI. The company's services encompass marketing mix modeling, risk and fraud analysis, and customer intelligence solutions. H2O.ai supports over 20,000 global organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies, and has established strategic partnerships with firms like Alteryx, Goldman Sachs, and NVIDIA. The organization is recognized for its high Net Promoter Score, reflecting customer satisfaction, and boasts a team that includes some of the world’s leading machine learning practitioners. H2O.ai is committed to promoting responsible AI practices and contributing positively to society.
Domino Data Lab
Series F in 2021
Domino Data Lab, Inc. offers an enterprise data science platform that supports both on-premise and cloud-based solutions for data analysis applications. Its primary offerings include Domino Cloud, a managed cloud infrastructure for running and scaling models, and Domino On-Premise, which allows clients to track and audit their analyses. The platform is designed to empower data science teams by enabling collaborative, reusable, and reproducible analysis. Domino Data Lab serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, technology, retail, and consumer products. The platform is utilized by model-driven organizations to accelerate research, enhance collaboration, and deliver impactful models efficiently. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, the company was formerly known as Cerebro, Inc. before rebranding in 2015.
VAST Data
Series D in 2021
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.