# Factory

> Factory's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Cartesia, Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco), Guardrails AI (Harvey), Together AI and 1 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

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- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key)
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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Venture firm.

Website: https://www.factory.vc

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Cartesia**, Seed, December 2024
  - [Cartesia Ink](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-ink-stt.md), graded B, 68/100
  - [Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-tts.md), graded B, 64/100
  - [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-voice-cloning.md), graded C, 59.7/100
  - Source: https://www.cartesia.ai/blog/seed
- **Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)**, Series B, October 2024
  - [Galileo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/galileo.md), graded D, 47.9/100
  - Source: https://galileo.ai/blog/announcing-our-series-b
- **Guardrails AI (Harvey)**
  - [Guardrails AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guardrails-ai.md), graded D, 50/100
  - Source: https://guardrailsai.com/blog/guardrails-ai-joins-harvey
- **Together AI**, Seed, May 2023, Series A extension, March 2024
  - [Together Code Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.md), graded D, 53.7/100
  - [Together AI Fine-tuning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-fine-tuning.md), graded C, 54.8/100
  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding
- **Together Computer, Inc.**, Seed, May 2023, Series A extension, March 2024
  - [Together AI Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.md), graded B, 67.8/100
  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding

## Where they invest

- Speech-to-text, 1
- Text-to-speech, 1
- Voice cloning & custom voices, 1
- Agent observability & evals, 1
- Guardrails & safety filters, 1
- Code execution sandboxes, 1
- Fine-tuning, 1
- Model APIs & inference, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Karan Goel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karan-goel/), Cartesia
- [Albert Gu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/albert-gu/), Cartesia
- [Arjun Desai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arjun-desai/), Cartesia
- [Brandon Yang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-yang/), Cartesia
- [Vikram Chatterji](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vikram-chatterji/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)
- [Atindriyo Sanyal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/atindriyo-sanyal/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)
- [Yash Sheth](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yash-sheth/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)
- [Shreya Rajpal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shreya-rajpal/), Guardrails AI (Harvey)
- [Zayd Simjee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/zayd-simjee/), Guardrails AI (Harvey)
- [Vipul Ved Prakash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vipul-ved-prakash/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Ce Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ce-zhang/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Tri Dao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tri-dao/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Chris Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-re/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Percy Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/percy-liang/), Together Computer, Inc.

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Factory invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Cartesia, Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco), Guardrails AI (Harvey), Together AI and Together Computer, Inc. backed by Factory.

### How are Factory's companies graded?

On 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).

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. 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.

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