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  "markdown": "Angel investor.\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **AssemblyAI**, Series A, March 2022, Series C, December 2023\n  - [AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/assemblyai-stt.md), graded B, 66.9/100\n  - Source: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/series-a-announcement\n- **AssemblyAI, Inc.**, Series A, March 2022, Series C, December 2023\n  - [AssemblyAI Voice Agent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/assemblyai-voice-agent.md), graded B, 64.6/100\n  - Source: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/series-a-announcement\n- **Deno Land Inc.**, Series A, June 2022\n  - [Deno Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deno-sandbox.md), graded D, 50.4/100\n  - Source: https://deno.com/blog/series-a\n- **Permutation Labs**\n  - [Dust](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dust.md), graded B, 62.8/100\n  - Source: https://dust.tt/home/about\n- **Hume AI**, Series B, March 2024\n  - [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-evi.md), graded C, 56.7/100\n  - [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.md), graded C, 54.6/100\n  - Source: https://siliconangle.com/2024/03/27/hume-ai-raises-50m-building-realistic-generative-ai-chat-experience-yet/\n- **ggml.ai (acquired by Hugging Face)**, Pre-seed\n  - [llama.cpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/llama-cpp.md), graded C, 60.6/100\n  - Source: https://ggml.ai\n- **Perplexity**, Seed, September 2022, Series A, March 2023, Series B, January 2024, led a round\n  - [SPACE](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-space.md), graded C, 56.4/100\n  - [pplx-decider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider.md), graded B, 68.2/100\n  - [pplx-decider-flash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.md), graded B, 68/100\n  - Source: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/announcing-our-series-a-funding-round-and-mobile-app-launch\n- **Daily**\n  - [Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.md), graded B, 69.1/100\n  - [Pipecat PhoneLLM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat-phonellm.md), graded C, 59/100\n  - Source: https://www.daily.co/blog/daily-announces-a-15m-series-a-led-by-lachy-groom/\n- **Recraft**, Series A, January 2024, Series B, May 2025, led a round\n  - [Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.md), graded D, 52.9/100\n  - Source: https://www.recraft.ai/press-releases/series-a-announcement\n- **Runpod**, Seed, May 2024\n  - [Runpod](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runpod.md), graded D, 53.6/100\n  - Source: https://www.silicon.co.uk/press-release/runpod-raises-20m-in-seed-funding-co-led-by-intel-capital-and-dell-technologies-capital\n- **Shippo**, $45M round, February 2021\n  - [Shippo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippo.md), graded C, 61.9/100\n  - Source: https://goshippo.com/blog/45-million-new-funding\n- **Strapi, Inc.**, Series B, June 2022\n  - [Strapi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strapi.md), graded B, 65.7/100\n  - Source: https://strapi.io/blog/series-b\n- **Vercel Inc.**\n  - [Vercel AI Gateway](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md), graded B, 66.8/100\n  - [Vercel Connect](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-connect.md), graded B, 68.8/100\n  - Source: https://vercel.com/about\n- **Vercel**\n  - [Vercel Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-sandbox.md), graded BB, 73.5/100\n  - Source: https://vercel.com/about\n- **WorkOS**, Series A, announced March 2021\n  - [WorkOS Pipes and Agents](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workos-pipes.md), graded C, 59.9/100\n  - Source: https://workos.com/blog/workos-raises-15m-to-build-stripe-for-enterprise-ready-features\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Conversational voice agents, 4\n- Code execution sandboxes, 3\n- Decision models, 2\n- Agent auth \u0026 delegated access, 2\n- Speech-to-text, 1\n- Company knowledge \u0026 data catalogues, 1\n- Voice cloning \u0026 custom voices, 1\n- Local AI, 1\n- Image generation, 1\n- GPU \u0026 serverless compute, 1\n- Shipping \u0026 fulfilment, 1\n- CMS \u0026 website publishing, 1\n- Model APIs \u0026 inference, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Dylan Fox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dylan-fox/), AssemblyAI, AssemblyAI, Inc.\n- [Ryan Dahl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ryan-dahl/), Deno Land Inc.\n- [Bert Belder](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bert-belder/), Deno Land Inc.\n- [Georgi Gerganov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/georgi-gerganov/), ggml.ai (acquired by Hugging Face)\n- [Aravind Srinivas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aravind-srinivas/), Perplexity\n- [Denis Yarats](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/denis-yarats/), Perplexity\n- [Johnny Ho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/johnny-ho/), Perplexity\n- [Andy Konwinski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andy-konwinski/), Perplexity\n- [Kwindla Hultman Kramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kwindla-hultman-kramer/), Daily\n- [Laura Behrens Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/laura-behrens-wu/), Shippo\n- [Simon Kreuz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/simon-kreuz/), Shippo\n- [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/guillermo-rauch/), Vercel Inc., Vercel\n- [Michael Grinich](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-grinich/), WorkOS\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Nat Friedman invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists AssemblyAI, AssemblyAI, Inc., Deno Land Inc., Permutation Labs, Hume AI, ggml.ai (acquired by Hugging Face), Perplexity, Daily, Recraft, Runpod, Shippo, Strapi, Inc., Vercel Inc., Vercel and WorkOS backed by Nat Friedman.\n\n### How are Nat Friedman's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) (B, 66.9), AssemblyAI Voice Agent API (B, 64.6), Deno Sandbox (D, 50.4), Dust (B, 62.8), Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) (C, 56.7), Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP (C, 54.6), llama.cpp (C, 60.6), SPACE (C, 56.4), pplx-decider (B, 68.2), pplx-decider-flash (B, 68), Pipecat (B, 69.1), Pipecat PhoneLLM (C, 59), Recraft API (D, 52.9), Runpod (D, 53.6), Shippo (C, 61.9), Strapi (B, 65.7), Vercel AI Gateway (B, 66.8), Vercel Connect (B, 68.8), Vercel Sandbox (BB, 73.5) and WorkOS Pipes and Agents (C, 59.9).\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. 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