# Nat Friedman

> Nat Friedman's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, AssemblyAI, AssemblyAI, Inc., Deno Land Inc., Permutation Labs and 11 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Angel investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **AssemblyAI**, Series A, March 2022, Series C, December 2023
  - [AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/assemblyai-stt.md), graded B, 66.9/100
  - Source: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/series-a-announcement
- **AssemblyAI, Inc.**, Series A, March 2022, Series C, December 2023
  - [AssemblyAI Voice Agent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/assemblyai-voice-agent.md), graded B, 64.6/100
  - Source: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/series-a-announcement
- **Deno Land Inc.**, Series A, June 2022
  - [Deno Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deno-sandbox.md), graded D, 50.4/100
  - Source: https://deno.com/blog/series-a
- **Permutation Labs**
  - [Dust](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dust.md), graded B, 62.8/100
  - Source: https://dust.tt/home/about
- **Hume AI**, Series B, March 2024
  - [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-evi.md), graded C, 56.7/100
  - [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.md), graded C, 54.6/100
  - Source: https://siliconangle.com/2024/03/27/hume-ai-raises-50m-building-realistic-generative-ai-chat-experience-yet/
- **ggml.ai (acquired by Hugging Face)**, Pre-seed
  - [llama.cpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/llama-cpp.md), graded C, 60.6/100
  - Source: https://ggml.ai
- **Perplexity**, Seed, September 2022, Series A, March 2023, Series B, January 2024, led a round
  - [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/announcing-our-series-a-funding-round-and-mobile-app-launch
- **Daily**
  - [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/
- **Recraft**, Series A, January 2024, Series B, May 2025, led a round
  - [Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.md), graded D, 52.9/100
  - Source: https://www.recraft.ai/press-releases/series-a-announcement
- **Runpod**, Seed, May 2024
  - [Runpod](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runpod.md), graded D, 53.6/100
  - Source: https://www.silicon.co.uk/press-release/runpod-raises-20m-in-seed-funding-co-led-by-intel-capital-and-dell-technologies-capital
- **Shippo**, $45M round, February 2021
  - [Shippo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippo.md), graded C, 61.9/100
  - Source: https://goshippo.com/blog/45-million-new-funding
- **Strapi, Inc.**, Series B, June 2022
  - [Strapi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strapi.md), graded B, 65.7/100
  - Source: https://strapi.io/blog/series-b
- **Vercel Inc.**
  - [Vercel AI Gateway](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md), graded B, 66.8/100
  - [Vercel Connect](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-connect.md), graded B, 68.8/100
  - Source: https://vercel.com/about
- **Vercel**
  - [Vercel Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-sandbox.md), graded BB, 73.5/100
  - Source: https://vercel.com/about
- **WorkOS**, Series A, announced March 2021
  - [WorkOS Pipes and Agents](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workos-pipes.md), graded C, 59.9/100
  - Source: https://workos.com/blog/workos-raises-15m-to-build-stripe-for-enterprise-ready-features

## Where they invest

- Conversational voice agents, 4
- Code execution sandboxes, 3
- Decision models, 2
- Agent auth & delegated access, 2
- Speech-to-text, 1
- Company knowledge & data catalogues, 1
- Voice cloning & custom voices, 1
- Local AI, 1
- Image generation, 1
- GPU & serverless compute, 1
- Shipping & fulfilment, 1
- CMS & website publishing, 1
- Model APIs & inference, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Dylan Fox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dylan-fox/), AssemblyAI, AssemblyAI, Inc.
- [Ryan Dahl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ryan-dahl/), Deno Land Inc.
- [Bert Belder](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bert-belder/), Deno Land Inc.
- [Georgi Gerganov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/georgi-gerganov/), ggml.ai (acquired by Hugging Face)
- [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
- [Kwindla Hultman Kramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kwindla-hultman-kramer/), Daily
- [Laura Behrens Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/laura-behrens-wu/), Shippo
- [Simon Kreuz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/simon-kreuz/), Shippo
- [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/guillermo-rauch/), Vercel Inc., Vercel
- [Michael Grinich](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-grinich/), WorkOS

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Nat Friedman invested in?

Anchor 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.

### How are Nat Friedman's companies graded?

On 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).

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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