# Balaji Srinivasan (slim)

> Balaji Srinivasan's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Catena Labs, Inc., fal (Features & Labels, Inc.), Perplexity and Phase / Phi Security Inc., with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

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Angel investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Catena Labs, Inc.**, Seed, May 2025
  - [ACK-Pay (Agent Commerce Kit)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ack-pay.md), graded D, 53.8/100
  - Source: https://catenalabs.com/blog/announcing-catena-labs
- **fal (Features & Labels, Inc.)**, Series A, September 2024
  - [fal image models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-image.md), graded B, 65.5/100
  - [fal music models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music.md), graded B, 68.5/100
  - [fal video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.md), graded B, 69.1/100
  - Source: https://blog.fal.ai/generative-media-needs-speed-fal-has-raised-23m-to-accelerate/
- **Perplexity**, Series B, January 2024
  - [SPACE](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-space.md), graded C, 56.4/100
  - [pplx-decider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider.md), graded B, 68.2/100
  - [pplx-decider-flash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.md), graded B, 68/100
  - Source: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/perplexity-raises-series-b-funding-round
- **Phase / Phi Security Inc.**, Pre-seed, July 2025
  - [Phase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/phase.md), graded B, 68.1/100
  - Source: https://phase.dev/blog/announcing-pre-seed/

## Where they invest

- Decision models, 2
- Pay-per-call protocols, 1
- Image generation, 1
- Music generation, 1
- Video generation, 1
- Code execution sandboxes, 1
- Secrets & credential vaults, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Burkay Gur](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/burkay-gur/), fal (Features & Labels, Inc.)
- [Gorkem Yurtseven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gorkem-yurtseven/), fal (Features & Labels, Inc.)
- [Aravind Srinivas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aravind-srinivas/), Perplexity
- [Denis Yarats](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/denis-yarats/), Perplexity
- [Johnny Ho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/johnny-ho/), Perplexity
- [Andy Konwinski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andy-konwinski/), Perplexity
- [Nimish Karmali](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nimish-karmali/), Phase / Phi Security Inc.
- [Rohan Chaturvedi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rohan-chaturvedi/), Phase / Phi Security Inc.

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Balaji Srinivasan invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Catena Labs, Inc., fal (Features & Labels, Inc.), Perplexity and Phase / Phi Security Inc.

### How are Balaji Srinivasan's companies graded?

On 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).

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.