Participated · Equity · Nov 2025

Stickerbox, created by Brooklyn-based startup Hapiko, is an AI-enabled toy that lets children press a button, describe an image aloud, and instantly receive a printed thermal sticker based on that prompt. The red, Etch-A-Sketch-sized device costs $99.99 and ships with three BPA- and BPS-free paper rolls (about 180 stickers) plus colored pencils. It combines several AI models, including proprietary safety layers that block violent, sexual, or profane content, making it a parent-friendly product. Revenue today comes from hardware sales and low-margin paper refills priced at $5.99 for three rolls, while future monetization could include premium features such as uploading personal photos, collaborative tools, and content saved via an upcoming companion app. Because the printer is Wi-Fi connected, Hapiko can push new firmware, guardrails, and feature updates over the air. The company was founded in 2023 by CEO Arun Gupta and CTO Robert (Bob) Whitney, who previously worked together at fashion marketplace Grailed. To date, Stickerbox has secured $7 million in venture backing from consumer-focused investors.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2023

Roboto develops an AI-powered platform that enables robotics engineers to search and analyze massive sensor datasets and camera visuals using natural-language prompts. The platform supports searches across graphical time-series signals such as steering, battery level, speed, and acceleration to help teams surface edge cases and debug system failures. Roboto positions itself as a copilot for robotics engineers, aiming to reduce the time and cost of building safe, reliable autonomous systems and accelerate getting robots into production. The company emerged from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence and was founded by Benji Barash and Yves Albers-Schoenberg, with founders citing prior work at Amazon on projects such as drone delivery. Roboto has released a free demo for developers to test the platform on a large-scale autonomous dataset called "muscles." Financially, Roboto announced a $4.8 million seed funding round in April 2023.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2022

Augment AI Corp is building a learning personal AI assistant that observes a user’s day-to-day digital activity and anticipates the information they need before, during, and after meetings. The system aggregates emails, calendar entries, documents, contact data, recordings, and more to present concise context in a native app or browser overlay, then automatically generates transcripts, summaries, and follow-up tasks. Rather than relying on direct integrations, the agent captures streaming data through accessibility and assistive-technology permissions, positioning itself as a bridge across otherwise siloed services such as Gmail, Zoom, and assorted calendars. Security and privacy were designed in from the outset: the platform has achieved SOC 2 certification and states that users retain complete ownership of their data. The company is initially targeting individual prosumers and freelancers who juggle multiple clients but expects enterprises to adopt the tool over time. Augment was co-founded by Napster co-founder Jordan Ritter (CEO), former Google and Axon executive Dan Cintra (CTO), and Saurav Pahadia (Head of Engineering). No revenue, user, or other operating metrics have been disclosed to date.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2022

BirchAI builds software that summarizes and analyzes phone conversations between customers and representatives to streamline customer support for healthcare companies. The product generates a summary document after listening to a call that employees can edit, reducing post-call documentation time and improving employee and patient satisfaction. The startup targets medical device, pharmaceutical and insurance companies and can analyze conversation datasets for insights such as product deficiencies. One stated aim is to move into post-market surveillance for pharmaceutical companies to monitor product effects after FDA approval. BirchAI has two Fortune 500 customers (one medical device company and one insurance company) and brought in "a couple hundred thousand dollars" in revenue last year. The company was co-founded in June 2020 by CEO Kevin Terrell, CTO Yinhan Liu and COO Sumant Kawale and operates out of the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) incubator in Seattle. The new funding will be used to expand the team, with a focus on hiring engineers in the Seattle area.

Led · Seed · Oct 2021

Founded in 2021 by former Google X engineer Varun Puri and ex-Apple engineer Esha Joshi, Seattle-based Yoodli uses large language models to create interactive role-plays for sales calls, leadership coaching, interviews, and other high-stakes conversations. The platform lets users practice, receive AI feedback, and keep a human coach in the loop for personalized guidance. Major customers include Google, Snowflake, Databricks, RingCentral, Sandler Sales, and coaching firms such as Franklin Covey and LHH. Yoodli generates most of its revenue from enterprise clients and reports a 900% increase in average recurring revenue over the past 12 months, alongside a 50% jump in role-plays and practice time since its previous round. The system supports multiple LLMs (e.g., Gemini, GPT) and numerous languages, and can be embedded in existing enterprise software or accessed via web browser. With roughly 40 employees, recent senior hires include execs from Tableau, Salesforce, and Remitly. The new capital will fund further AI coaching, analytics, personalization features, hiring across product and research, and expansion in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific regions.