Angel investor · Palo Alto, United States
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of dated first investments
were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed
One dot = one company at first recorded investment.
Written insights from the recorded portfolio, with the evidence linked below.
Andrej Karpathy has dated investments in 7 companies. 2 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (28.6%). An early-stage founder can use the sector and stage filters to find comparable companies before approaching the investor.
Explore the evidence ↗5 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 2 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2026-02-12. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.
Explore the evidence ↗1 of 2 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 1 of those companies again within that window. The difference is a reason to research the wider syndicate, rather than assume the same investor will fund the next round.
Explore the evidence ↗Artificial Intelligence is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 6 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 9 other named backers. Shared rounds are evidence of co-investment, not evidence of an introduction route.
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25th–75th percentile across 7 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.
Size your round ↗22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 2 in the preceding 24 months.
See the rhythm ↗1 of 2 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.
Follow the path ↗1 of the same 2 companies. Build a financing plan around the wider investor market.
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companies he first backed in that space.
A match means a recorded investment in this category. It does not establish current interest or availability.
All sectors · All entry stages. Round amounts are total financing, in USD.
Provider of an AI-driven simulation platform for understanding human behavior
$100M total first roundDeveloper of unified framework for generative AI platform
$50M total first roundProvider of compute and infrastructure platform for agentic model development
$15M total first round| Sector | Seed | Series A | Series C | All stages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | |||
| AI Infrastructure | 4 | |||
| AI as a Service | 4 | |||
| Generative AI | 2 | |||
| Digital Twin | 1 | |||
| Fashion Tech | 1 | |||
| IoT in Retail | 1 |
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Logarithmic scale. A dot marks the median; the band spans the 25th–75th percentiles. These are entire rounds, not individual cheques.
A subsequent round and repeat backing
answer different fundraising questions.
Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 5 newer companies and 0 undated histories are excluded. Follow-up stops at the dataset’s latest round on 22 May 2026. These observations do not measure returns or predict a company’s outcome.
| First stage | Eligible companies | Next round ≤24 mo | Same investor again ≤24 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
| Series A | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 |
| Series C | 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Series D | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
Separate first investments from later
rounds in companies already backed.
*2026 is partial, through 22 May. Bar height counts first investments + repeat rounds; earlier years are complete calendar periods in this dataset.
Frequent shared rounds suggest a place
to investigate sector and stage alignment.
3 shared rounds · 2 companies
Latest shared round Feb 20252 shared rounds · 2 companies
Latest shared round Nov 20252 shared rounds · 2 companies
Latest shared round Feb 2026Shared rounds establish recorded co-investment. They do not establish a personal connection, introduction route, or current willingness to invest.
First investment comes first.
Amounts refer to that entry round.
| Company | First backed | Entry stage | Total entry round | Same investor again? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Simile ↗Palo Alto | Feb 2026 | Series A | $100M | No later round recorded |
Inception Labs ↗Palo Alto | Nov 2025 | Seed | $50M | No later round recorded |
Prime Intellect ↗San Francisco | Mar 2025 | Series A | $15M | No later round recorded |
Lambda AI ↗San Jose | Feb 2025 | Series D | $480M | No later round recorded |
dev agents ↗San Francisco | Nov 2024 | Seed | $56M | No later round recorded |
Lamini ↗Palo Alto | May 2024 | Series A | $25M | No later round recorded |
Perplexity ↗San Francisco | Apr 2024 | Series C | $63M | Yes · Aug 2024 |
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Kept in the 7-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.
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