Venture firm in listed AI tools

Benchmark

Benchmark has backed 19 companies behind 22 listings on Anchor Terminal.

Venture firm

Benchmark has backed 19 companies behind 22 listings on Anchor Terminal.

Companies on Anchor Terminal

Formagrid Inc (Airtable) Series F, December 2021
- Airtable BB · Spreadsheets & operational tables
Source airtable.com/newsroom/company/…
ClickHouse Series B, October 2021, Series C, May 2025
- ClickHouse MCP Server B · Databases & files
Source clickhouse.com/blog/…
Commerce Layer Series A, May 2020, Series B, May 2021, led a round
- Commerce Layer API + MCP B · Commerce & checkout
Source commercelayer.io/blog/…
Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary Series B, January 2025
- Cursor Agent SDK B · Agent frameworks & SDKs
Source cursor.com/blog/series-b
Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography) Series B, January 2025
- Cursor CLI F · Agent harnesses
Source cursor.com/blog/series-b
Cognition AI, Inc. Series E, September 2026
- Devin C · Agent harnesses
Source cognition.com/blog/series-e
Docker Series C, March 2022
- Docker Agent BB · Agent frameworks & SDKs
Source docker.com/blog/…
Docker, Inc. Series C, March 2022
- Docker Model Runner C · Local AI
Source docker.com/blog/…
Duffel Series A, Series B, October 2019, led a round
- Duffel Flights and Stays API B · Travel & booking
Source indexventures.com/perspectives/…
Exa Series B, September 2025, led a round
- Exa API + MCP B · Web search APIs
Source exa.ai/blog/announcing-series-b
AgentHub Inc. Series B, March 2026, led a round
- Gumloop C · Workflow automation
Source thelogic.co/briefing/…
HeyGen Series A, June 2024, led a round
- HeyGen Voice BB · Text-to-speech
- HyperFrames E · Video generation
Source maginative.com/article/…
LangChain Seed, April 2023, Series B, October 2025, led a round
- LangGraph BB · Agent frameworks & SDKs
- LangMem D · Agent memory
- LangSmith API + MCP BB · Agent observability & evals
Source fortune.com/2025/10/20/…
Numeral Two, Inc. Series B, September 2025, Series C, September 2026
- Numeral D · Tax calculation & compliance
Source techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/…
Source numeral.com/blog/series-c
Ollama Inc. Series A, led a round
- Ollama C · Local AI
Source techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/…
Reducto Series A, April 2025, Series B, October 2025, led a round
- Reducto API + MCP B · Document parsing & extraction
Source reducto.ai/blog/…
Source reducto.ai/blog/…
Sema4.ai $30.5M round, January 2024
- Robocorp B · Desktop & mobile app control
Source siliconangle.com/2024/01/29/…
Sketch B.V. Series A, March 2019
- Sketch D · Design workspaces & canvases
Source sketch.com/blog/…
Stytch (Twilio) Seed, summer 2020, Series A, July 2021, Series B, November 2021, led a round
- Stytch Connected Apps C · Agent auth & delegated access
Source stytch.com/blog/…

Where they invest

Agent frameworks & SDKs 3 Agent harnesses 2 Local AI 2 Spreadsheets & operational tables 1 Databases & files 1 Commerce & checkout 1 Travel & booking 1 Web search APIs 1 Workflow automation 1 Text-to-speech 1 Video generation 1 Agent memory 1 Agent observability & evals 1 Tax calculation & compliance 1 Document parsing & extraction 1 Desktop & mobile app control 1 Design workspaces & canvases 1 Agent auth & delegated access 1

Founders they backed

Howie Liu Formagrid Inc (Airtable)
Aaron Katz ClickHouse
Alexey Milovidov ClickHouse
Yury Izrailevsky ClickHouse
Michael Truell Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
Sualeh Asif Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
Aman Sanger Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
Arvid Lunnemark Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
Scott Wu Cognition AI, Inc.
Steven Hao Cognition AI, Inc.
Walden Yan Cognition AI, Inc.
Solomon Hykes Docker, Docker, Inc.
Steve Domin Duffel
William Bryk Exa
Jeffrey Wang Exa
Max Brodeur-Urbas AgentHub Inc.
Joshua Xu HeyGen
Wayne L. HeyGen
Harrison Chase LangChain
Ankush Gola LangChain
Sam Ross Numeral Two, Inc.
Matt DuVall Numeral Two, Inc.
Kevin Liu Numeral Two, Inc.
Jake Moffatt Numeral Two, Inc.
Jeffrey Morgan Ollama Inc.
Michael Chiang Ollama Inc.
Raunak Chowdhuri Reducto
Adit Abraham Reducto

Questions

Which AI tools has Benchmark invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Formagrid Inc (Airtable), ClickHouse, Commerce Layer, Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary, Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography), Cognition AI, Inc., Docker, Docker, Inc., Duffel, Exa, AgentHub Inc., HeyGen, LangChain, Numeral Two, Inc., Ollama Inc., Reducto, Sema4.ai, Sketch B.V. and Stytch (Twilio) backed by Benchmark.

How are Benchmark's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Airtable (BB, 70.9), ClickHouse MCP Server (B, 64.6), Commerce Layer API + MCP (B, 63.8), Cursor Agent SDK (B, 63.6), Cursor CLI (F, 35.4), Devin (C, 55.7), Docker Agent (BB, 76.6), Docker Model Runner (C, 57.2), Duffel Flights and Stays API (B, 66.8), Exa API + MCP (B, 66.1), Gumloop (C, 61.6), HeyGen Voice (BB, 71.1), HyperFrames (E, 39.7), LangGraph (BB, 70.8), LangMem (D, 48.3), LangSmith API + MCP (BB, 71.3), Numeral (D, 49.6), Ollama (C, 56.6), Reducto API + MCP (B, 63.1), Robocorp (B, 65.5), Sketch (D, 53.5) and Stytch Connected Apps (C, 60.8).

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