# Haystack (slim)

> Haystack's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Daily and Rutter, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/haystack/index.md (~600 tokens) · this version ~480 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/haystack/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/haystack/
- 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.

Website: https://haystack.vc

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Daily**, through Haystack Ventures
  - [Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.md), graded B, 69.1/100
  - [Pipecat PhoneLLM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat-phonellm.md), graded C, 59/100
  - Source: https://www.daily.co/blog/daily-announces-a-15m-series-a-led-by-lachy-groom/
- **Rutter**, Seed, August 2021, Series A, March 2022
  - [Rutter Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter.md), graded C, 55.6/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/20/rutter-comes-out-of-stealth-with-1-5m-in-funding-for-its-e-commerce-api/

## Where they invest

- Conversational voice agents, 2
- Accounting & invoicing, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Kwindla Hultman Kramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kwindla-hultman-kramer/), Daily
- [Eric Yu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-yu/), Rutter
- [Peter Zhou](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/peter-zhou/), Rutter

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Haystack invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Daily and Rutter backed by Haystack.

### How are Haystack's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Pipecat (B, 69.1), Pipecat PhoneLLM (C, 59) and Rutter Accounting API (C, 55.6).

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.