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  "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://www.factory.vc\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\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- **Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)**, Series B, October 2024\n  - [Galileo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/galileo.md), graded D, 47.9/100\n  - Source: https://galileo.ai/blog/announcing-our-series-b\n- **Guardrails AI (Harvey)**\n  - [Guardrails AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guardrails-ai.md), graded D, 50/100\n  - Source: https://guardrailsai.com/blog/guardrails-ai-joins-harvey\n- **Together AI**, Seed, May 2023, Series A extension, March 2024\n  - [Together Code Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.md), graded D, 53.7/100\n  - [Together AI Fine-tuning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-fine-tuning.md), graded C, 54.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding\n- **Together Computer, Inc.**, Seed, May 2023, Series A extension, March 2024\n  - [Together AI Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.md), graded B, 67.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Speech-to-text, 1\n- Text-to-speech, 1\n- Voice cloning \u0026 custom voices, 1\n- Agent observability \u0026 evals, 1\n- Guardrails \u0026 safety filters, 1\n- Code execution sandboxes, 1\n- Fine-tuning, 1\n- Model APIs \u0026 inference, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\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- [Vikram Chatterji](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vikram-chatterji/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)\n- [Atindriyo Sanyal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/atindriyo-sanyal/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)\n- [Yash Sheth](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yash-sheth/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)\n- [Shreya Rajpal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shreya-rajpal/), Guardrails AI (Harvey)\n- [Zayd Simjee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/zayd-simjee/), Guardrails AI (Harvey)\n- [Vipul Ved Prakash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vipul-ved-prakash/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Ce Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ce-zhang/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Tri Dao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tri-dao/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Chris Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-re/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Percy Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/percy-liang/), Together Computer, Inc.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Factory invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Cartesia, Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco), Guardrails AI (Harvey), Together AI and Together Computer, Inc. backed by Factory.\n\n### How are Factory's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Cartesia Ink (B, 68), Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP (B, 64), Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP (C, 59.7), Galileo API + MCP (D, 47.9), Guardrails AI (D, 50), Together Code Sandbox (D, 53.7), Together AI Fine-tuning (C, 54.8) and Together AI Inference (B, 67.8).\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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