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  "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://svangel.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **humans\u0026 ai, inc.**, Seed, 2026, led a round\n  - [Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md), graded F, 10.7/100\n  - Source: https://humansand.ai/\n- **Browser Use**, Seed, March 2025\n  - [Browser Use](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.md), graded A, 80.3/100\n  - Source: https://browser-use.com/posts/seed-round\n- **Hugging Face (with Zhongguancun Academy and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine)**, Series C, May 2022\n  - [Carbon-X](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/carbon-x.md), graded C, 61/100\n  - Source: https://huggingface.co/blog/series-c\n- **Cartesia**, Seed, December 2024\n  - [Cartesia Ink](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-ink-stt.md), graded B, 68/100\n  - [Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-tts.md), graded B, 64/100\n  - [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-voice-cloning.md), graded C, 59.7/100\n  - Source: https://www.cartesia.ai/blog/seed\n- **Close**, Funding round, April 2013\n  - [Close API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close.md), graded B, 66.8/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/?p=790083\n- **Commerce Layer**, Series A, May 2020\n  - [Commerce Layer API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commerce-layer.md), graded B, 63.8/100\n  - Source: https://commercelayer.io/blog/commerce-layer-raises-6m-series-a-fund-led-by-benchmark\n- **Crustdata**, Seed, October 2025\n  - [Crustdata API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crustdata.md), graded D, 53.4/100\n  - Source: https://crustdata.com/blog/crustdata-closes-6m-seed-round\n- **Factory**, Seed, November 2023\n  - [Droid CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.md), graded C, 59.1/100\n  - Source: https://factory.com/news/announcing-our-5m-fundraise\n- **Simpler Postage, Inc. (d/b/a EasyPost)**, Seed, June 2013\n  - [EasyPost](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easypost.md), graded C, 54.4/100\n  - Source: https://blog.ycombinator.com/easypost-yc-s13-is-a-stripe-for-shipping-raises-850k-and-is-doubling-transactions-every-month/\n- **ElevenLabs**, Series C, January 2025\n  - [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.md), graded BB, 71.4/100\n  - [ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md), graded B, 66.9/100\n  - [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.md), graded B, 69/100\n  - [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-tts.md), graded BB, 75.3/100\n  - [ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md), graded BB, 74.8/100\n  - Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/series-c\n- **Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.)**\n  - [Core](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ghost-core.md), graded F, 7.6/100\n  - Source: https://ghost.ai/about\n- **Nomic, Inc.**, Series A, 2023\n  - [GPT4All](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt4all.md), graded F, 36.4/100\n  - [Nomic Embed](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nomic-embed.md), graded D, 49.6/100\n  - Source: https://www.nomic.ai/about\n- **Hugging Face, Inc.**, Series C, May 2022\n  - [Hugging Face Inference Endpoints](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hugging-face-inference-endpoints.md), graded B, 64.7/100\n  - Source: https://huggingface.co/blog/series-c\n- **S2 Labs Inc.**\n  - [Hyperbrowser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.md), graded B, 67.1/100\n  - Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hyperbrowser\n- **Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia)**\n  - [Odessia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odessia.md), graded F, 22.4/100\n  - Source: https://odessia.com\n- **Payload CMS, Inc. (Figma)**, Seed, November 2022\n  - [Payload](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/payload.md), graded C, 55.5/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/15/payload-raises-4-7m-for-its-developer-first-headless-cms/\n- **Reducto**, Seed, October 2024, through SVAngel\n  - [Reducto API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reducto.md), graded B, 63.1/100\n  - Source: https://reducto.ai/blog/seed-round\n- **Resend**, Seed, July 2023\n  - [Resend API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/resend.md), graded BB, 77.1/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/developer-focused-email-platform-resend-raises-3m/\n- **Hugging Face**, Series C, May 2022\n  - [SmolLM3-3B](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smollm3-3b.md), graded C, 61/100\n  - Source: https://huggingface.co/blog/series-c\n- **Terrasoft, Inc.**, Undisclosed round, October 2026\n  - [Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md), graded F, 11/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/another-personal-ai-assistant-has-launched-meet-tab-which-emerged-from-stealth-with-a-300m-valuation/\n- **Tempo**, Series A, October 2025\n  - [Tempo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tempo.md), graded BB, 77.3/100\n  - Source: https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/10/17/stripe-paradigm-tempo-series-a-5-billion-thrive-capital-greenoaks-joshua-kushner/\n- **Temporal Technologies**, Series E, September 2026\n  - [Temporal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.md), graded A, 78.3/100\n  - Source: https://temporal.io/news/temporal-raises-550m-at-a-12-55b-valuation\n- **Together AI**, Seed, May 2023, Series A extension, March 2024\n  - [Together Code Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.md), graded D, 53.7/100\n  - [Together AI Fine-tuning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-fine-tuning.md), graded C, 54.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding\n- **Together Computer, Inc.**, Seed, May 2023, Series A extension, March 2024\n  - [Together AI Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.md), graded B, 67.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding\n- **Conway Research (maker of Underdog)**, First round, April 2026\n  - [Underdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/underdog.md), graded F, 30.1/100\n  - Source: https://underdog.ai/backers\n- **Conway Research**, First round, April 2026\n  - [Underdog Bark 3.0](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/underdog-bark-3.md), graded D, 48.2/100\n  - Source: https://underdog.ai/backers\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\n## Where they invest\n\n- Speech-to-text, 3\n- Local AI, 3\n- Personal assistants, 2\n- Browser automation, 2\n- Open-weight models, 2\n- Text-to-speech, 2\n- Voice cloning \u0026 custom voices, 2\n- Code execution sandboxes, 2\n- Model APIs \u0026 inference, 2\n- CRM \u0026 customer platforms, 1\n- Commerce \u0026 checkout, 1\n- Lead \u0026 company data, 1\n- Agent harnesses, 1\n- Shipping \u0026 fulfilment, 1\n- Conversational voice agents, 1\n- Music generation, 1\n- Embeddings \u0026 rerankers, 1\n- GPU \u0026 serverless compute, 1\n- Travel \u0026 booking, 1\n- CMS \u0026 website publishing, 1\n- Document parsing \u0026 extraction, 1\n- Email delivery APIs, 1\n- Payment \u0026 monetisation platforms, 1\n- Human approval \u0026 handoff, 1\n- Fine-tuning, 1\n- Agent auth \u0026 delegated access, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Eric Zelikman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-zelikman/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Georges Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/georges-harik/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Noah D. Goodman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/noah-d-goodman/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Yuchen He](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yuchen-he/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Andi Peng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andi-peng/), humans\u0026 ai, inc.\n- [Magnus Müller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/magnus-muller/), Browser Use\n- [Gregor Zunic](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gregor-zunic/), Browser Use\n- [Clément Delangue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/clement-delangue/), Hugging Face (with Zhongguancun Academy and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine), Hugging Face, Inc., Hugging Face\n- [Julien Chaumond](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/julien-chaumond/), Hugging Face (with Zhongguancun Academy and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine), Hugging Face, Inc., Hugging Face\n- [Thomas Wolf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thomas-wolf/), Hugging Face (with Zhongguancun Academy and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine), Hugging Face, Inc., Hugging Face\n- [Karan Goel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karan-goel/), Cartesia\n- [Albert Gu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/albert-gu/), Cartesia\n- [Arjun Desai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arjun-desai/), Cartesia\n- [Brandon Yang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-yang/), Cartesia\n- [Steli Efti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steli-efti/), Close\n- [Anthony Nemitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anthony-nemitz/), Close\n- [Thomas Steinacher](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thomas-steinacher/), Close\n- [Abhilash Chowdhary](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/abhilash-chowdhary/), Crustdata\n- [Manmohit Grewal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/manmohit-grewal/), Crustdata\n- [Chris Pisarski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-pisarski/), Crustdata\n- [Matan Grinberg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matan-grinberg/), Factory\n- [Eno Reyes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eno-reyes/), Factory\n- [Mati Staniszewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mati-staniszewski/), ElevenLabs\n- [Piotr Dąbkowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/piotr-dabkowski/), ElevenLabs\n- [Zain Javaid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/zain-javaid/), Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.)\n- [Andriy Mulyar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andriy-mulyar/), Nomic, Inc.\n- [Brandon Duderstadt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-duderstadt/), Nomic, Inc.\n- [Shri Sukhani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shri-sukhani/), S2 Labs Inc.\n- [Akshay Shekhawat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/akshay-shekhawat/), S2 Labs Inc.\n- [Francis Davidson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/francis-davidson/), Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia)\n- [James Mikrut](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/james-mikrut/), Payload CMS, Inc. (Figma)\n- [Elliot DeNolf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/elliot-denolf/), Payload CMS, Inc. (Figma)\n- [Dan Ribbens](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dan-ribbens/), Payload CMS, Inc. (Figma)\n- [Raunak Chowdhuri](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/raunak-chowdhuri/), Reducto\n- [Adit Abraham](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/adit-abraham/), Reducto\n- [Zeno Rocha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/zeno-rocha/), Resend\n- [Bu Kinoshita](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bu-kinoshita/), Resend\n- [Brennan Erbz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brennan-erbz/), Terrasoft, Inc.\n- [Stafford Schlitt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stafford-schlitt/), Terrasoft, Inc.\n- [Ammar Amdani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ammar-amdani/), Terrasoft, Inc.\n- [Matt Huang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matt-huang/), Tempo\n- [Samar Abbas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/samar-abbas/), Temporal Technologies\n- [Maxim Fateev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/maxim-fateev/), Temporal Technologies\n- [Vipul Ved Prakash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vipul-ved-prakash/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Ce Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ce-zhang/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Tri Dao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tri-dao/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Chris Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-re/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Percy Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/percy-liang/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Sigil Wen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sigil-wen/), Conway Research (maker of Underdog), Conway Research\n- [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/guillermo-rauch/), Vercel Inc., Vercel\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has SV Angel invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists humans\u0026 ai, inc., Browser Use, Hugging Face (with Zhongguancun Academy and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine), Cartesia, Close, Commerce Layer, Crustdata, Factory, Simpler Postage, Inc. (d/b/a EasyPost), ElevenLabs, Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.), Nomic, Inc., Hugging Face, Inc., S2 Labs Inc., Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia), Payload CMS, Inc. 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