Corporate / StrategicTier 1
OpenAI Startup Fund
AI research and deployment company focused on ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits humanity
San Francisco, USAArtificial Intelligence, Research, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, API Platform
$30M
Capital Deployed
3
Portfolio Companies
3
Rounds Participated
32
Total Investments
3
Exits
Portfolio companies (3)
Funding rounds (3)
Physical IntelligenceSeries A
Nov 2024Round size: $400M
Mar 2024
Round size: $70M
Figure AISeries B
Feb 2024Round size: $675M
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