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  "markdown": "Corporate investor.\n\nWebsite: https://www.gv.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Intercom**, Series D, March 2018, through GV, valued at $3.6B, the purchase price, Acquisition by Salesforce, June 2026\n  - [Intercom API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/intercom.md), graded BB, 71.6/100\n  - Source: https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/intercom-announces-125-million-series-d-round/\n- **Pennylane SAS**, Series D, April 2025, through CapitalG, valued at €3.5B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), January 2026 round, January 2026\n  - [Pennylane](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pennylane.md), graded B, 66.3/100\n  - Source: https://www.pennylane.com/fr/blog/pennylane-news/annonce-levee-facturation-electronique\n- **Recursive**, Funding round, May 2026, led a round, through GV, valued at $4.65B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Funding round, May 2026, May 2026\n  - [Recursive Flint](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recursive-flint.md), graded C, 61/100\n  - Source: https://www.gv.com/news/recursive-superintelligence-self-improving-ai\n- **SambaNova Systems, Inc.**, Series A, March 2018, Series B, April 2019, Series C, February 2020, Series D, April 2021, Series E, February 2026, led a round, through GV, valued at $11B post-money, Series F, July 2026\n  - [SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md), graded B, 66.4/100\n  - Source: https://www.eetimes.com/ai-chip-startup-sambanova-snags-56-million-in-funding/\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Customer support \u0026 helpdesk, 1\n- Accounting \u0026 invoicing, 1\n- Open-weight models, 1\n- Model APIs \u0026 inference, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Eoghan McCabe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eoghan-mccabe/), Intercom\n- [Des Traynor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/des-traynor/), Intercom\n- [Ciaran Lee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ciaran-lee/), Intercom\n- [David Barrett](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-barrett-2/), Intercom\n- [Arthur Waller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arthur-waller/), Pennylane SAS\n- [Alexandre Roquoplo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alexandre-roquoplo/), Pennylane SAS\n- [Edouard Mascré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/edouard-mascre/), Pennylane SAS\n- [Félix Blossier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/felix-blossier/), Pennylane SAS\n- [Quentin de Metz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/quentin-de-metz/), Pennylane SAS\n- [Tancrède Besnard](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tancrede-besnard/), Pennylane SAS\n- [Thierry Déo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thierry-deo/), Pennylane SAS\n- [Richard Socher](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/richard-socher/), Recursive\n- [Tim Rocktäschel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tim-rocktaschel/), Recursive\n- [Alexey Dosovitskiy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alexey-dosovitskiy/), Recursive\n- [Josh Tobin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/josh-tobin/), Recursive\n- [Caiming Xiong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/caiming-xiong/), Recursive\n- [Yuandong Tian](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yuandong-tian/), Recursive\n- [Tim Shi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tim-shi/), Recursive\n- [Jeff Clune](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeff-clune/), Recursive\n- [Rodrigo Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rodrigo-liang/), SambaNova Systems, Inc.\n- [Kunle Olukotun](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kunle-olukotun/), SambaNova Systems, Inc.\n- [Christopher Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christopher-re/), SambaNova Systems, Inc.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Alphabet invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Intercom, Pennylane SAS, Recursive and SambaNova Systems, Inc. backed by Alphabet.\n\n### How are Alphabet's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Intercom API + MCP (BB, 71.6), Pennylane (B, 66.3), Recursive Flint (C, 61) and SambaCloud (B, 66.4).\n\nInvestors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. To correct something or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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