The generative AI groundswell is disproportionately fueled by a dense network of exceptional, early-stage companies. We’ve seen it growing throughout San Francisco, in “Cerebral Valley” at NFX HQ, inside hacker houses, and via 100’s of meetings with up-and-coming AI founders.
- HF0: Dave Fontenot, Emily Liu
- Shack15: Jorn Lyseggen
- South Park Commons: Ruchi Sanghvi
- Cerebral Valley: NFX fund
- House of Web3: Tegan Kline
- Sequoia Arc: Jess Lee
- AGI House: Rocky Yu
- YC: Garry Tan
- HeroCity: Drapers family
- Playground Palo Alto: Peter Barrett
- Pear VC: Pejman Nozad
- Expa: Garrett Camp
- Ally: Verizon