# StepStone Group (slim)

> StepStone Group's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Clay Labs Inc., Crusoe, Temporal Technologies and Tray.ai, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stepstone-group/index.md (~650 tokens) · this version ~530 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stepstone-group/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stepstone-group/
- 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)

Investor.

Website: https://www.stepstonegroup.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Clay Labs Inc.**, Series D, 2026, through Stepstone
  - [Clay](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.md), graded C, 57.7/100
  - Source: https://www.clay.com/blog/series-d
- **Crusoe**, Series E, October 2025
  - [Crusoe Cloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crusoe-cloud.md), graded B, 63.4/100
  - Source: https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-announces-series-e-funding
- **Temporal Technologies**, through StepStone
  - [Temporal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.md), graded A, 78.3/100
  - Source: https://temporal.io/about
- **Tray.ai**, Series C extension, September 2022, through Stepstone Group
  - [Tray.ai API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tray.md), graded C, 55.6/100
  - Source: https://tray.ai/company/news/funding-announcement/

## Where they invest

- Lead & company data, 1
- GPU & serverless compute, 1
- Human approval & handoff, 1
- Workflow automation, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Samar Abbas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/samar-abbas/), Temporal Technologies
- [Maxim Fateev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/maxim-fateev/), Temporal Technologies

## Questions

### Which AI tools has StepStone Group invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Clay Labs Inc., Crusoe, Temporal Technologies and Tray.ai backed by StepStone Group.

### How are StepStone Group's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Clay (C, 57.7), Crusoe Cloud (B, 63.4), Temporal (A, 78.3) and Tray.ai API + MCP (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.