# Factorial Capital (slim)

> Factorial Capital's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Nomic, Inc. and Perplexity, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/factorial-capital/index.md (~700 tokens) · this version ~580 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/factorial-capital/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/factorial-capital/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Venture firm.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Nomic, Inc.**, Series A, 2023
  - [GPT4All](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt4all.md), graded F, 36.4/100
  - [Nomic Embed](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nomic-embed.md), graded D, 49.6/100
  - Source: https://www.nomic.ai/about
- **Perplexity**, Series B, January 2024, through Factorial Funds
  - [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

## Where they invest

- Decision models, 2
- Local AI, 1
- Embeddings & rerankers, 1
- Code execution sandboxes, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Andriy Mulyar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andriy-mulyar/), Nomic, Inc.
- [Brandon Duderstadt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-duderstadt/), Nomic, 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

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Factorial Capital invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Nomic, Inc.

### How are Factorial Capital's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, GPT4All (F, 36.4), Nomic Embed (D, 49.6), SPACE (C, 56.4), pplx-decider (B, 68.2) and pplx-decider-flash (B, 68).

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.