# SV Angel (slim)

> SV Angel's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, humans& ai, inc., Browser Use, Hugging Face (with Zhongguancun Academy and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine), Cartesia and 24 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

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Venture firm.

Website: https://svangel.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **humans& ai, inc.**, Seed, 2026, led a round
  - [Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md), graded F, 10.7/100
  - Source: https://humansand.ai/
- **Browser Use**, Seed, March 2025
  - [Browser Use](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.md), graded A, 80.3/100
  - Source: https://browser-use.com/posts/seed-round
- **Hugging Face (with Zhongguancun Academy and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine)**, Series C, May 2022
  - [Carbon-X](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/carbon-x.md), graded C, 61/100
  - Source: https://huggingface.co/blog/series-c
- **Cartesia**, Seed, December 2024
  - [Cartesia Ink](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-ink-stt.md), graded B, 68/100
  - [Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-tts.md), graded B, 64/100
  - [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cartesia-voice-cloning.md), graded C, 59.7/100
  - Source: https://www.cartesia.ai/blog/seed
- **Close**, Funding round, April 2013
  - [Close API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close.md), graded B, 66.8/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/?p=790083
- **Commerce Layer**, Series A, May 2020
  - [Commerce Layer API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commerce-layer.md), graded B, 63.8/100
  - Source: https://commercelayer.io/blog/commerce-layer-raises-6m-series-a-fund-led-by-benchmark
- **Crustdata**, Seed, October 2025
  - [Crustdata API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crustdata.md), graded D, 53.4/100
  - Source: https://crustdata.com/blog/crustdata-closes-6m-seed-round
- **Factory**, Seed, November 2023
  - [Droid CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.md), graded C, 59.1/100
  - Source: https://factory.com/news/announcing-our-5m-fundraise
- **Simpler Postage, Inc. (d/b/a EasyPost)**, Seed, June 2013
  - [EasyPost](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easypost.md), graded C, 54.4/100
  - Source: https://blog.ycombinator.com/easypost-yc-s13-is-a-stripe-for-shipping-raises-850k-and-is-doubling-transactions-every-month/
- **ElevenLabs**, Series C, January 2025
  - [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.md), graded BB, 71.4/100
  - [ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md), graded B, 66.9/100
  - [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.md), graded B, 69/100
  - [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-tts.md), graded BB, 75.3/100
  - [ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md), graded BB, 74.8/100
  - Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/series-c
- **Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.)**
  - [Core](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ghost-core.md), graded F, 7.6/100
  - Source: https://ghost.ai/about
- **Nomic, Inc.**, Series A, 2023
  - [GPT4All](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt4all.md), graded F, 36.4/100
  - [Nomic Embed](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nomic-embed.md), graded D, 49.6/100
  - Source: https://www.nomic.ai/about
- **Hugging Face, Inc.**, Series C, May 2022
  - [Hugging Face Inference Endpoints](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hugging-face-inference-endpoints.md), graded B, 64.7/100
  - Source: https://huggingface.co/blog/series-c
- **S2 Labs Inc.**
  - [Hyperbrowser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.md), graded B, 67.1/100
  - Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hyperbrowser
- **Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia)**
  - [Odessia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odessia.md), graded F, 22.4/100
  - Source: https://odessia.com
- **Payload CMS, Inc. (Figma)**, Seed, November 2022
  - [Payload](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/payload.md), graded C, 55.5/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/15/payload-raises-4-7m-for-its-developer-first-headless-cms/
- **Reducto**, Seed, October 2024, through SVAngel
  - [Reducto API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reducto.md), graded B, 63.1/100
  - Source: https://reducto.ai/blog/seed-round
- **Resend**, Seed, July 2023
  - [Resend API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/resend.md), graded BB, 77.1/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/developer-focused-email-platform-resend-raises-3m/
- **Hugging Face**, Series C, May 2022
  - [SmolLM3-3B](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smollm3-3b.md), graded C, 61/100
  - Source: https://huggingface.co/blog/series-c
- **Terrasoft, Inc.**, Undisclosed round, October 2026
  - [Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md), graded F, 11/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/another-personal-ai-assistant-has-launched-meet-tab-which-emerged-from-stealth-with-a-300m-valuation/
- **Tempo**, Series A, October 2025
  - [Tempo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tempo.md), graded BB, 77.3/100
  - Source: https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/10/17/stripe-paradigm-tempo-series-a-5-billion-thrive-capital-greenoaks-joshua-kushner/
- **Temporal Technologies**, Series E, September 2026
  - [Temporal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.md), graded A, 78.3/100
  - Source: https://temporal.io/news/temporal-raises-550m-at-a-12-55b-valuation
- **Together AI**, Seed, May 2023, Series A extension, March 2024
  - [Together Code Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.md), graded D, 53.7/100
  - [Together AI Fine-tuning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-fine-tuning.md), graded C, 54.8/100
  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding
- **Together Computer, Inc.**, Seed, May 2023, Series A extension, March 2024
  - [Together AI Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.md), graded B, 67.8/100
  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding
- **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

- Speech-to-text, 3
- Local AI, 3
- Personal assistants, 2
- Browser automation, 2
- Open-weight models, 2
- Text-to-speech, 2
- Voice cloning & custom voices, 2
- Code execution sandboxes, 2
- Model APIs & inference, 2
- CRM & customer platforms, 1
- Commerce & checkout, 1
- Lead & company data, 1
- Agent harnesses, 1
- Shipping & fulfilment, 1
- Conversational voice agents, 1
- Music generation, 1
- Embeddings & rerankers, 1
- GPU & serverless compute, 1
- Travel & booking, 1
- CMS & website publishing, 1
- Document parsing & extraction, 1
- Email delivery APIs, 1
- Payment & monetisation platforms, 1
- Human approval & handoff, 1
- Fine-tuning, 1
- Agent auth & delegated access, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Eric Zelikman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-zelikman/), humans& ai, inc.
- [Georges Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/georges-harik/), humans& ai, inc.
- [Noah D. Goodman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/noah-d-goodman/), humans& ai, inc.
- [Yuchen He](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yuchen-he/), humans& ai, inc.
- [Andi Peng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andi-peng/), humans& ai, inc.
- [Magnus Müller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/magnus-muller/), Browser Use
- [Gregor Zunic](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gregor-zunic/), Browser Use
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [Karan Goel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karan-goel/), Cartesia
- [Albert Gu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/albert-gu/), Cartesia
- [Arjun Desai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arjun-desai/), Cartesia
- [Brandon Yang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-yang/), Cartesia
- [Steli Efti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steli-efti/), Close
- [Anthony Nemitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anthony-nemitz/), Close
- [Thomas Steinacher](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thomas-steinacher/), Close
- [Abhilash Chowdhary](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/abhilash-chowdhary/), Crustdata
- [Manmohit Grewal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/manmohit-grewal/), Crustdata
- [Chris Pisarski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-pisarski/), Crustdata
- [Matan Grinberg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matan-grinberg/), Factory
- [Eno Reyes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eno-reyes/), Factory
- [Mati Staniszewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mati-staniszewski/), ElevenLabs
- [Piotr Dąbkowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/piotr-dabkowski/), ElevenLabs
- [Zain Javaid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/zain-javaid/), Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.)
- [Andriy Mulyar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andriy-mulyar/), Nomic, Inc.
- [Brandon Duderstadt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-duderstadt/), Nomic, Inc.
- [Shri Sukhani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shri-sukhani/), S2 Labs Inc.
- [Akshay Shekhawat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/akshay-shekhawat/), S2 Labs Inc.
- [Francis Davidson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/francis-davidson/), Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia)
- [James Mikrut](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/james-mikrut/), Payload CMS, Inc. (Figma)
- [Elliot DeNolf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/elliot-denolf/), Payload CMS, Inc. (Figma)
- [Dan Ribbens](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dan-ribbens/), Payload CMS, Inc. (Figma)
- [Raunak Chowdhuri](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/raunak-chowdhuri/), Reducto
- [Adit Abraham](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/adit-abraham/), Reducto
- [Zeno Rocha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/zeno-rocha/), Resend
- [Bu Kinoshita](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bu-kinoshita/), Resend
- [Brennan Erbz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brennan-erbz/), Terrasoft, Inc.
- [Stafford Schlitt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stafford-schlitt/), Terrasoft, Inc.
- [Ammar Amdani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ammar-amdani/), Terrasoft, Inc.
- [Matt Huang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matt-huang/), Tempo
- [Samar Abbas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/samar-abbas/), Temporal Technologies
- [Maxim Fateev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/maxim-fateev/), Temporal Technologies
- [Vipul Ved Prakash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vipul-ved-prakash/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Ce Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ce-zhang/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Tri Dao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tri-dao/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Chris Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-re/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Percy Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/percy-liang/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [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 SV Angel invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists humans& 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.

### How are SV Angel's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Boba (F, 10.7), Browser Use (A, 80.3), Carbon-X (C, 61), Cartesia Ink (B, 68), Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP (B, 64), Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP (C, 59.7), Close API + MCP (B, 66.8), Commerce Layer API + MCP (B, 63.8), Crustdata API + MCP (D, 53.4), Droid CLI (C, 59.1), EasyPost (C, 54.4), ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP (BB, 71.4), ElevenLabs Music API (B, 66.9), ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API (B, 69), ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP (BB, 75.3), ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API (BB, 74.8), Core (F, 7.6), GPT4All (F, 36.4), Nomic Embed (D, 49.6), Hugging Face Inference Endpoints (B, 64.7), Hyperbrowser (B, 67.1), Odessia (F, 22.4), Payload (C, 55.5), Reducto API + MCP (B, 63.1), Resend API + MCP (BB, 77.1), SmolLM3-3B (C, 61), Tab (F, 11), Tempo (BB, 77.3), Temporal (A, 78.3), Together Code Sandbox (D, 53.7), Together AI Fine-tuning (C, 54.8), Together AI Inference (B, 67.8), 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.
