AI Grant is an accelerator for seed-stage AI-native product startups founded by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross in 2017. It offers $250,000 on an uncapped SAFE along with cloud credits to startups building AI products.
56% of their portfolio is in AI. Their most common stage is seed (72% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.8M (across 18 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
18
Fund Size
$10M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
HD
Hersh Desai
Managing Partner
HD
Hersh Desai
Managing Partner
LB
Lenny Bogdonoff
Managing Partner
DG
Daniel Gross
Investor
NF
Nat Friedman
Investor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
18 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Julius AI | Seed | $10M | Jul 2025 |
 Poly | Seed | $8M | Jan 2025 |
 Vapi | Series A | $20M | Dec 2024 |
 Rowan | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | Dec 2024 |
 Didero | Seed | $7M | Jul 2024 |
 Reality Defender | Series A | $15M | Oct 2023 |
 Induced | Seed | $2.3M | Oct 2023 |
 Yuma AI | Seed | $5M | Jan 2023 |
 Yuma | Seed | $5M | Jan 2023 |
 Reworkd | Seed | $2.8M | — |
 Hamming | Seed | $3.8M | — |
 Haize Labs | Seed | $12.5M | — |
 Poly | Seed | $8M | — |
 Rowan | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | — |
 Matrices | Unknown | $5M | — |
| LLexica | Seed | $5M | — |
 Browserbase | Seed | $6.5M | — |
 AniML | Seed | $2M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator6 shared
SV Angel2 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners2 shared
NextView Ventures2 shared
MVP Ventures2 shared
Figma Ventures2 shared
Wing Venture Capital2 shared
Bloomberg Beta2 shared
Felicis2 shared
Pillar VC2 shared
United Ventures1 shared
Superscrypt1 shared
SignalFire1 shared
OpenAI Startup Fund1 shared
On Deck Ventures1 shared
Peak XV Partners1 shared
Panacea Venture1 shared
Abstract Ventures1 shared
SoGal Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026