# Naval Ravikant (slim)

> Naval Ravikant's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Cal.com, Chroma, NocoDB Inc, Perplexity and 4 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/naval-ravikant/index.md (~1,100 tokens) · this version ~980 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/naval-ravikant/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/naval-ravikant/
- 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)

Angel investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Cal.com**, Seed
  - [Cal.com API v2 + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cal-com.md), graded C, 57.2/100
  - Source: https://cal.com/blog/seed
- **Chroma**, Seed, April 2023
  - [Chroma API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/chroma.md), graded E, 45.3/100
  - Source: https://www.trychroma.com/blog/seed
- **NocoDB Inc**, Seed, October 2022
  - [NocoDB](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nocodb.md), graded BB, 75.8/100
  - Source: https://nocodb.com/blog/announcing-nocodb-seed-funding-of-10-5m
- **Perplexity**, Series B, January 2024
  - [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/perplexity-raises-series-b-funding-round
- **Conway Research (maker of Underdog)**, First round, April 2026
  - [Underdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/underdog.md), graded F, 30.1/100
  - Source: https://underdog.ai/backers
- **Conway Research**, First round, April 2026
  - [Underdog Bark 3.0](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/underdog-bark-3.md), graded D, 48.2/100
  - Source: https://underdog.ai/backers
- **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

## Where they invest

- Code execution sandboxes, 2
- Decision models, 2
- Calendars & scheduling, 1
- Retrieval & vector search, 1
- Spreadsheets & operational tables, 1
- Local AI, 1
- Speech-to-text, 1
- Model APIs & inference, 1
- Agent auth & delegated access, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Jeff Huber](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeff-huber/), Chroma
- [Anton Troynikov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anton-troynikov/), Chroma
- [Naveen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/naveen/), NocoDB Inc
- [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
- [Sigil Wen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sigil-wen/), Conway Research (maker of Underdog), Conway Research
- [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/guillermo-rauch/), Vercel Inc., Vercel

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Naval Ravikant invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Cal.com, Chroma, NocoDB Inc, Perplexity, Conway Research (maker of Underdog), Conway Research, Vercel Inc.

### How are Naval Ravikant's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Cal.com API v2 + MCP (C, 57.2), Chroma API + MCP (E, 45.3), NocoDB (BB, 75.8), SPACE (C, 56.4), pplx-decider (B, 68.2), pplx-decider-flash (B, 68), Underdog (F, 30.1), Underdog Bark 3.0 (D, 48.2), Vercel AI Gateway (B, 66.8), Vercel Connect (B, 68.8) and Vercel Sandbox (BB, 73.5).

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.