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  "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://www.conviction.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Baseten**, Series E, January 2026\n  - [Baseten](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baseten.md), graded B, 66.7/100\n  - [elephant-1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elephant-1.md), graded D, 47.6/100\n  - [mammoth-1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mammoth-1.md), graded D, 47.7/100\n  - Source: https://www.baseten.co/blog/series-e/\n- **humans\u0026 ai, inc.**, Seed, 2026\n  - [Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md), graded F, 10.7/100\n  - Source: https://humansand.ai/\n- **Cartesia**, Seed, December 2024\n  - [Cartesia Ink](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-ink-stt.md), graded B, 68/100\n  - [Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-tts.md), graded B, 64/100\n  - [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-voice-cloning.md), graded C, 59.7/100\n  - Source: https://www.cartesia.ai/blog/seed\n- **HeyGen**, Series A, June 2024\n  - [HeyGen Voice](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/heygen-voice.md), graded BB, 71.1/100\n  - [HyperFrames](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes.md), graded E, 39.7/100\n  - Source: https://www.maginative.com/article/ai-video-startup-heygen-raises-60-million-valued-at/\n- **Town.com, Inc.**, Series A, June 2026\n  - [Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.md), graded D, 48.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.town.com/press/series-a\n- **Voyage AI (MongoDB)**, Series A, October 2024\n  - [Voyage AI embeddings and rerankers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/voyage-ai.md), graded C, 58.8/100\n  - Source: https://blog.voyageai.com/2024/10/03/series-a-funding/\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Decision models, 2\n- Personal assistants, 2\n- Text-to-speech, 2\n- GPU \u0026 serverless compute, 1\n- Speech-to-text, 1\n- Voice cloning \u0026 custom voices, 1\n- Video generation, 1\n- Embeddings \u0026 rerankers, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Tuhin Srivastava](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tuhin-srivastava/), Baseten\n- [Amir Haghighat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/amir-haghighat/), Baseten\n- [Phil Howes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/phil-howes/), Baseten\n- [Pankaj Gupta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pankaj-gupta/), Baseten\n- [Eric Zelikman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-zelikman/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Georges Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/georges-harik/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Noah D. Goodman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/noah-d-goodman/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Yuchen He](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yuchen-he/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Andi Peng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andi-peng/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Karan Goel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karan-goel/), Cartesia\n- [Albert Gu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/albert-gu/), Cartesia\n- [Arjun Desai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arjun-desai/), Cartesia\n- [Brandon Yang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-yang/), Cartesia\n- [Joshua Xu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/joshua-xu/), HeyGen\n- [Wayne L.](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/wayne-l/), HeyGen\n- [Jean-Denis Greze](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jean-denis-greze/), Town.com, Inc.\n- [Tony Vincent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tony-vincent/), Town.com, Inc.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Conviction invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Baseten, humans\u0026 ai, inc., Cartesia, HeyGen, Town.com, Inc. and Voyage AI (MongoDB) backed by Conviction.\n\n### How are Conviction's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Baseten (B, 66.7), elephant-1 (D, 47.6), mammoth-1 (D, 47.7), Boba (F, 10.7), Cartesia Ink (B, 68), Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP (B, 64), Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP (C, 59.7), HeyGen Voice (BB, 71.1), HyperFrames (E, 39.7), Town (D, 48.8) and Voyage AI embeddings and rerankers (C, 58.8).\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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