Gradient Ventures

Gradient Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on artificial intelligence and related technologies. Founded in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California, it invests in seed- and early-stage information technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning companies. The firm supports founders with access to technical leadership and practical resources, including guidance on recruiting, marketing, design, and engineering to help bring innovative AI products to market. As Google's AI-focused venture partner, Gradient Ventures connects portfolio companies to resources, networks and expertise to navigate development and scale, aiming to advance disruptive ideas that redefine industries and enhance operational capabilities.

Andrew Brackin

Partner

Zach Bratun-Glennon

General Partner

Zachary Bratun-Glennon JD

Partner

Eylul Kayin

Partner

Emerson Kirk

Investor

Past deals in Messaging

Tildei

Seed Round in 2024
Tildei operates as a technology company specializing in conversational marketing solutions. Its core business involves developing an AI-powered platform that enables enterprise brands to engage in meaningful conversations with their customers at scale. The platform facilitates personalized interactions across WhatsApp, helping businesses reach customers where they are most active and convert website visitors into paying customers through targeted messaging and direct query resolution.

rep.ai

Seed Round in 2024
Rep.ai is a developer of AI-driven communication tools that enhance customer engagement and optimize sales processes. The company provides a real-time live chat platform that engages website visitors, transforming them into potential leads and meetings. Its technology includes intent recognition capabilities, which identify buying signals, and a dialer that streamlines outreach efforts. By working around the clock, Rep.ai allows sales representatives to monitor interactions or intervene directly when target accounts are detected. This approach helps sales teams improve conversion rates, manage leads more effectively, and build stronger customer relationships.

Sona

Series A in 2024
Sona is a developer of a workforce management application for various industries. Its workforce technology is designed to change how employees manage their work and interact with their employers. Its features include a live schedule view, absence management, instant messaging, and Open Shifts, a shift booking platform matching shift vacancies with employees willing to take on more hours.

JARS AI

Seed Round in 2024
JARS AI is a technology company that develops a web-based platform for creating personalized, interactive shows using advanced generative AI. The platform leverages multiple large language models to transform social chat prompts into short, real-time episodes, allowing users to enjoy content based on live chat submissions.

Arrows

Venture Round in 2023
Arrows streamlines customer onboarding by providing personalized plans, automated email reminders, and task assignments. It fosters collaboration among teams and customers, ensuring everyone stays aligned throughout the process.

OlaClick (YC W21)

Seed Round in 2022
OlaClick is a web-based digital menu solution that streamlines the process of receiving online orders for businesses, particularly mass-market restaurants. The platform allows restaurants to create and distribute digital menus at no cost, facilitating orders through WhatsApp. This approach not only simplifies the ordering process for customers but also helps restaurants enhance their online presence and expand their customer base. By utilizing OlaClick's services, businesses can efficiently manage their food orders and improve overall operational efficiency.

Zowie

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2018, Zowie Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based communication automation software. Its products include Zowie AI for automating FAQs, Zowie Inbox for centralized customer inquiry management, Zowie Builder for creating responsive chatbots, and Zowie Chat for live chat support. The company's software learns from interactions to automate tasks and support teams and customers across various channels.

Sona

Seed Round in 2022
Sona is a developer of a workforce management application for various industries. Its workforce technology is designed to change how employees manage their work and interact with their employers. Its features include a live schedule view, absence management, instant messaging, and Open Shifts, a shift booking platform matching shift vacancies with employees willing to take on more hours.

Zowie

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2018, Zowie Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based communication automation software. Its products include Zowie AI for automating FAQs, Zowie Inbox for centralized customer inquiry management, Zowie Builder for creating responsive chatbots, and Zowie Chat for live chat support. The company's software learns from interactions to automate tasks and support teams and customers across various channels.

Norby

Seed Round in 2021
Norby is a business that provides a toolkit for creators and brands to build and monetize their audience via SMS. Its platform facilitates meaningful relationships between creators and their followers, offering short message service marketing campaigns and email newsletters to help creators engage with and grow their audience.

Arrows

Seed Round in 2021
Arrows streamlines customer onboarding by providing personalized plans, automated email reminders, and task assignments. It fosters collaboration among teams and customers, ensuring everyone stays aligned throughout the process.

GitDuck

Seed Round in 2020
GitDuck develops video chat and collaboration software tailored for programmers. Its platform enables real-time code sharing, terminal access, and pair programming, fostering efficient teamwork among developers.

Klara

Series A in 2020
Klara operates an end-to-end patient engagement platform tailored for healthcare organizations, facilitating efficient communication between practitioners and patients. The platform allows healthcare teams to provide virtual care, collaborate internally, and automate various front-desk tasks, streamlining workflows and enhancing the patient experience throughout the care journey. Used by thousands of healthcare teams across over 40 specialties, Klara aims to improve operational efficiency and support the growth of patient volume while ensuring easy access to practices and centralized management of administrative responsibilities.

'nuffsaid

Seed Round in 2020
Nuffsaid helps people focus on the work that matters. Our product centralizes your work apps—email, chat, Salesforce, Jira, and more—and uses AI to prioritize the work that will move the needle in your role. We offer a Personal package and Teams upgrade.

AllyO

Series B in 2019
AllyO automates talent acquisition and management using AI-powered chatbots. It offers an HR Communications Platform that reduces manual work, time, and cost for engaging candidates and employees. The platform covers recruiting automation (text-to-apply, screening, scheduling interviews) and HR automation (onboarding, pulse check-ins). AllyO's conversational AI achieves a 91% conversation completion rate and supports major talent acquisition systems.

AllyO

Series A in 2017
AllyO automates talent acquisition and management using AI-powered chatbots. It offers an HR Communications Platform that reduces manual work, time, and cost for engaging candidates and employees. The platform covers recruiting automation (text-to-apply, screening, scheduling interviews) and HR automation (onboarding, pulse check-ins). AllyO's conversational AI achieves a 91% conversation completion rate and supports major talent acquisition systems.
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