# AMD (slim)

> AMD's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Cohere, Cohere Inc., Hark Labs, Inc., Thinking Machines Lab and 5 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

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Corporate investor.

Website: https://www.amd.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Cohere**, Funding round, August 2025 (second close September 2025), through AMD Ventures
  - [Cohere Chat API (Command models)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-chat.md), graded B, 64.7/100
  - [Cohere Embed and Rerank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-embed.md), graded BB, 72.5/100
  - [Cohere Transcribe 03-2026](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-transcribe-03-2026.md), graded C, 59.3/100
  - Source: https://cohere.com/blog/august-2025-funding-round
- **Cohere Inc.**, Funding round, August 2025 (second close September 2025), through AMD Ventures
  - [Cohere North](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-north.md), graded C, 55.1/100
  - Source: https://cohere.com/blog/august-2025-funding-round
- **Hark Labs, Inc.**, Series A, May 2026, through AMD Ventures
  - [Hark Pro](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hark-pro.md), graded F, 21.9/100
  - Source: https://hark.com/articles/hark-announces-usd700-million-fundraising-round
- **Thinking Machines Lab**, Seed, July 2025
  - [Inkling](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling.md), graded B, 64.2/100
  - [Inkling-Small](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-small.md), graded B, 66.5/100
  - [Tinker](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinker.md), graded D, 51.2/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/mira-muratis-thinking-machines-lab-is-worth-12b-in-seed-round/
- **Liquid AI**, Series A, December 2024, led a round, through AMD Ventures
  - [LFM2.5-2.6B](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm2-5-2-6b.md), graded D, 51.5/100
  - [Liquid d1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liquid-d1.md), graded E, 44.8/100
  - Source: https://www.liquid.ai/blog/we-raised-250m-to-scale-capable-and-efficient-general-purpose-ai
- **Luma AI**, Series C, November 2025, through AMD Ventures
  - [Luma AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/luma.md), graded D, 48.3/100
  - Source: https://lumalabs.ai/about
- **Recursive**, Funding round, May 2026
  - [Recursive Flint](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recursive-flint.md), graded C, 61/100
  - Source: https://tech.eu/2026/05/13/recursive-superintelligence-emerges-from-stealth-with-650m-raise/
- **Runway**, Series E, February 2026, through AMD Ventures
  - [Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway.md), graded C, 60.8/100
  - Source: https://runway.com/news/runway-series-e-funding
- **Stability AI**, Series B, August 2026, through AMD Ventures
  - [Stability AI Image API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image.md), graded E, 42.4/100
  - [Stable Audio API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stable-audio.md), graded D, 50.1/100
  - Source: https://stability.ai/news-updates/stability-ai-latest-funding-backed-by-entertainment-industry-biggest-names

## Where they invest

- Open-weight models, 4
- Video generation, 2
- Model APIs & inference, 1
- Embeddings & rerankers, 1
- Speech-to-text, 1
- Company knowledge & data catalogues, 1
- Personal assistants, 1
- Fine-tuning, 1
- Decision models, 1
- Image generation, 1
- Music generation, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Aidan Gomez](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aidan-gomez/), Cohere, Cohere Inc.
- [Nick Frosst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nick-frosst/), Cohere, Cohere Inc.
- [Ivan Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ivan-zhang/), Cohere, Cohere Inc.
- [Brett Adcock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brett-adcock/), Hark Labs, Inc.
- [Mira Murati](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mira-murati/), Thinking Machines Lab
- [John Schulman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-schulman-2/), Thinking Machines Lab
- [Ramin Hasani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ramin-hasani/), Liquid AI
- [Mathias Lechner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mathias-lechner/), Liquid AI
- [Alexander Amini](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alexander-amini/), Liquid AI
- [Daniela Rus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/daniela-rus/), Liquid AI
- [Amit Jain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/amit-jain/), Luma AI
- [Alex Yu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alex-yu/), Luma AI
- [Alberto Taiuti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alberto-taiuti/), Luma AI
- [Richard Socher](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/richard-socher/), Recursive
- [Emad Mostaque](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/emad-mostaque/), Stability AI

## Questions

### Which AI tools has AMD invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Cohere, Cohere Inc., Hark Labs, Inc., Thinking Machines Lab, Liquid AI, Luma AI, Recursive, Runway and Stability AI backed by AMD.

### How are AMD's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Cohere Chat API (Command models) (B, 64.7), Cohere Embed and Rerank (BB, 72.5), Cohere Transcribe 03-2026 (C, 59.3), Cohere North (C, 55.1), Hark Pro (F, 21.9), Inkling (B, 64.2), Inkling-Small (B, 66.5), Tinker (D, 51.2), LFM2.5-2.6B (D, 51.5), Liquid d1 (E, 44.8), Luma AI API (D, 48.3), Recursive Flint (C, 61), Runway API (C, 60.8), Stability AI Image API (E, 42.4) and Stable Audio API (D, 50.1).

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.