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  "markdown": "Angel investor.\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Catena Labs, Inc.**, Seed, May 2025\n  - [ACK-Pay (Agent Commerce Kit)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ack-pay.md), graded D, 53.8/100\n  - Source: https://catenalabs.com/blog/announcing-catena-labs\n- **fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.)**, Series A, September 2024\n  - [fal image models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-image.md), graded B, 65.5/100\n  - [fal music models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music.md), graded B, 68.5/100\n  - [fal video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.md), graded B, 69.1/100\n  - Source: https://blog.fal.ai/generative-media-needs-speed-fal-has-raised-23m-to-accelerate/\n- **Perplexity**, Series B, January 2024\n  - [SPACE](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-space.md), graded C, 56.4/100\n  - [pplx-decider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider.md), graded B, 68.2/100\n  - [pplx-decider-flash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.md), graded B, 68/100\n  - Source: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/perplexity-raises-series-b-funding-round\n- **Phase / Phi Security Inc.**, Pre-seed, July 2025\n  - [Phase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/phase.md), graded B, 68.1/100\n  - Source: https://phase.dev/blog/announcing-pre-seed/\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Decision models, 2\n- Pay-per-call protocols, 1\n- Image generation, 1\n- Music generation, 1\n- Video generation, 1\n- Code execution sandboxes, 1\n- Secrets \u0026 credential vaults, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Burkay Gur](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/burkay-gur/), fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.)\n- [Gorkem Yurtseven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gorkem-yurtseven/), fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.)\n- [Aravind Srinivas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aravind-srinivas/), Perplexity\n- [Denis Yarats](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/denis-yarats/), Perplexity\n- [Johnny Ho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/johnny-ho/), Perplexity\n- [Andy Konwinski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andy-konwinski/), Perplexity\n- [Nimish Karmali](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nimish-karmali/), Phase / Phi Security Inc.\n- [Rohan Chaturvedi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rohan-chaturvedi/), Phase / Phi Security Inc.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Balaji Srinivasan invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Catena Labs, Inc., fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.), Perplexity and Phase / Phi Security Inc. backed by Balaji Srinivasan.\n\n### How are Balaji Srinivasan's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, ACK-Pay (Agent Commerce Kit) (D, 53.8), fal image models (B, 65.5), fal music models (B, 68.5), fal video models (B, 69.1), SPACE (C, 56.4), pplx-decider (B, 68.2), pplx-decider-flash (B, 68) and Phase (B, 68.1).\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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