# Alphabet

> Alphabet's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Intercom, Pennylane SAS, Recursive and SambaNova Systems, Inc., with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Corporate investor.

Website: https://www.gv.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Intercom**, Series D, March 2018, through GV, valued at $3.6B, the purchase price, Acquisition by Salesforce, June 2026
  - [Intercom API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/intercom.md), graded BB, 71.6/100
  - Source: https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/intercom-announces-125-million-series-d-round/
- **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
  - [Pennylane](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pennylane.md), graded B, 66.3/100
  - Source: https://www.pennylane.com/fr/blog/pennylane-news/annonce-levee-facturation-electronique
- **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
  - [Recursive Flint](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recursive-flint.md), graded C, 61/100
  - Source: https://www.gv.com/news/recursive-superintelligence-self-improving-ai
- **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
  - [SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md), graded B, 66.4/100
  - Source: https://www.eetimes.com/ai-chip-startup-sambanova-snags-56-million-in-funding/

## Where they invest

- Customer support & helpdesk, 1
- Accounting & invoicing, 1
- Open-weight models, 1
- Model APIs & inference, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Eoghan McCabe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eoghan-mccabe/), Intercom
- [Des Traynor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/des-traynor/), Intercom
- [Ciaran Lee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ciaran-lee/), Intercom
- [David Barrett](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-barrett-2/), Intercom
- [Arthur Waller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arthur-waller/), Pennylane SAS
- [Alexandre Roquoplo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alexandre-roquoplo/), Pennylane SAS
- [Edouard Mascré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/edouard-mascre/), Pennylane SAS
- [Félix Blossier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/felix-blossier/), Pennylane SAS
- [Quentin de Metz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/quentin-de-metz/), Pennylane SAS
- [Tancrède Besnard](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tancrede-besnard/), Pennylane SAS
- [Thierry Déo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thierry-deo/), Pennylane SAS
- [Richard Socher](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/richard-socher/), Recursive
- [Tim Rocktäschel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tim-rocktaschel/), Recursive
- [Alexey Dosovitskiy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alexey-dosovitskiy/), Recursive
- [Josh Tobin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/josh-tobin/), Recursive
- [Caiming Xiong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/caiming-xiong/), Recursive
- [Yuandong Tian](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yuandong-tian/), Recursive
- [Tim Shi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tim-shi/), Recursive
- [Jeff Clune](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeff-clune/), Recursive
- [Rodrigo Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rodrigo-liang/), SambaNova Systems, Inc.
- [Kunle Olukotun](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kunle-olukotun/), SambaNova Systems, Inc.
- [Christopher Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christopher-re/), SambaNova Systems, Inc.

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Alphabet invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Intercom, Pennylane SAS, Recursive and SambaNova Systems, Inc. backed by Alphabet.

### How are Alphabet's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Intercom API + MCP (BB, 71.6), Pennylane (B, 66.3), Recursive Flint (C, 61) and SambaCloud (B, 66.4).

Investors 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.

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