The Venture Codex

Led · Seed · Jun 2026

Devplan develops a real-time knowledge graph designed to keep product and engineering teams synchronized on changes, risks, and decisions. The startup was founded by alumni of Uber and Amazon. It claims its approach can reduce AI coordination costs by roughly 3.5x. Devplan is headquartered in Seattle. The company recently completed a $2.5 million seed round led by AI2 Incubator. The articles did not report revenue, user counts, or detailed go-to-market metrics, nor did they specify how the new funds will be allocated.

Led · Seed · Jun 2026

Emphere builds tools that automatically find and fix security vulnerabilities in widely used open-source platforms. The company emerged from the AI2 Incubator and targets software companies that sell to regulated industries. Emphere’s offering focuses on automating patching and remediation workflows for open-source security issues. The startup recently raised $2.1 million in a pre-seed round to advance its work. The article does not report revenue, user counts, or other operating metrics.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2026

Founded in October 2024, AZX develops bespoke AI solutions that combine analytics, supervised and unsupervised learning, digital twins, physics models, machine learning and generative AI, embedding them directly into a client’s existing systems. The company describes itself as “client-, problem- and transformation-centric,” aiming to streamline internal processes for utilities and energy firms rather than offering a single off-the-shelf product or pure consulting. Current customers include Puget Sound Energy, CBRE, Trilliant, Franklin Energy and two unnamed investor-owned utilities. AZX has expanded to 20 employees and recorded a ten-fold increase in first-quarter revenue year-over-year. The public benefit corporation is led by CEO Aaron Goldfeder alongside co-founders Rich Evans and Michael Albrecht, all veterans of Meetingflow, EnergySavvy and Microsoft. Management believes massive grid-modernization needs and escalating climate-driven losses create a sizable market for its tailored AI tools. Proceeds from its recent financing will fund hiring and further product development to support additional energy-sector transformations.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

Hearvana is pioneering a platform that delivers real-time, on-device audio augmentation and comprehension, enabling machines and people to achieve superhuman listening abilities. The technology allows AI assistants, hearing aids, smart glasses and other voice-enabled products to detect intent and context accurately even in noisy, complex environments. Founded by Professor Shyam Gollakota together with embedded-systems and audio-AI experts Malek Itani and Tuochao Chen, the team previously introduced innovations such as Target Speech Hearing, Sound Bubble, Full-Duplex Dialogue Agents and Proactive Conversational Assistants. Their deep expertise in auditory computing, embedded intelligence and deep learning underpins a product roadmap that bridges cutting-edge research with scalable real-world use cases. Hearvana plans to deploy its new capital to grow engineering and go-to-market teams and to initiate commercial pilot programs with consumer-electronics and AI-ecosystem partners. The article provided no revenue, user or other operating metrics.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2025

Founded in Seattle in 2024, Casium combines licensed immigration expertise with adaptive AI to transform business immigration from a reactive, transactional process into a proactive strategic tool. Its platform merges visa strategy, filing, and ongoing compliance into a single system, replacing multiple vendors and manual workflows. Through an “Outcome-as-a-Service” pricing model, clients pay for defined results, gaining predictable costs and faster processing times. Casium’s agentic workflows learn from attorney feedback in real time, accelerating routine tasks and improving each subsequent case. The company reports having already guided hundreds of individuals through assessments, compliance reviews, and filings, in some instances moving founders from evaluation to on-the-job start within a month. By turning immigration into a competitive advantage, Casium targets employers ranging from early-stage startups to Series F enterprises. The newly secured capital will be used to scale product development and expand go-to-market efforts.