Recently named the #1 AI investor globally, Antler is dedicated to empowering founders from the very start, bringing entrepreneurs in-house to our Residency programs in Austin and New York, and selectively investing in the top <0.5% of companies.
After we invest, Antler continues to actively support our portfolio companies by helping them unlock further growth and prepare to raise subsequent funding. Below is a brief insight into the companies: ranging from pre-seed to seed, some of these startups are heads down building, while others have already raised funding from strategic investors and institutional VCs.
We’re proud to spotlight our incredible founders as they continue to scale and change the world.
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Groupr: Predictive bulk delivery platform providing affordable necessities to low-income households spending $130B+ annually.
Founding Team: 2x founder including Forage (YC21) raised $22m, published research on SNAP cut impact featured in NPR, WSJ, Fortune; product leader at CDC, led 10x expansion of One Health.
KARDA: Automating police report generation with AI.
Founding Team: Stanford chemical engineering and pre-med, led engineering research at Diagnose Early; AI/ML and data science expert, ran largest AI clinical trial at Retina AI, Stanford CS.
HomeBase: AI-powered financial OS for homeowners, starting with property tax.
Founding Team: led AWS and Alexa product strategy, fintech and crypto at AngelList, ultramarathoner; serial entrepreneur with 2 exits (latest to Amplify), former quant trading at Susquehanna and Junior Olympic kayaker.
Amptiv Biosciences: Augmenting mRNA therapeutics with a novel molecular toolkit.
Founding Team: genomics industry veteran with 17 years experience at Illumina, 10x Genomics, Celsee (acquired by Bio-Rad), Jumpcode, led R&D team that developed RNA platform; 2x founder incl. Cofactor Genomics (YC 2015), secured $40m+ venture funding, 23 years in industry.
Invisible Hand: Pricing and assortment AI copilot for grocery brands and retailers.
Founding Team: 3x retail tech entrepreneur, former CFO Walmart International, ex-McKinsey; PhD Equilibrium Dynamics from Emory, engineering leader at Athena Health; 20+ years retail tech, led $50m revenue startup in grocery software and robotics, ex-Bain.
Sand Made: 3D printed high-performance technical ceramics for aerospace, automotive, and energy.
Founding Team: 3x hardware startup founder and mechatronic engineer, led industrial additive manufacturing systems, $5m exit with NXT Factory; foundry faculty alumnus with deep expertise in 3D printing and metal casting.
American Housing Corp: Modular building system to address the housing crisis.
Founding Team: 3x founder in aerospace and modular construction, Starship Manufacturing team at SpaceX; 2x founder and real estate developer managing 5m+ sqft portfolio and $500m in real estate transactions.
Soap Payments: Seamless payments, instant verification, zero fraud — for real-money gaming.
Founding Team: exited founder of Jock MKT (raised $20m from Left Lane and other VCs, acquired by Splash Sports); 10+ years fintech and AI, professional poker player; 2x founder and AI researcher, Harvard MS in CS.
Glīd: Moving freight faster and cheaper with autonomous road-to-rail vehicles.
Founding Team: 20+ years in logistics, led Flight Module Logistics at SpaceX, experience in F-35 program at Northrop Grumman, XOS Tracks, Harley-Davidson, US Army veteran; 15+ years manufacturing and operations leadership at Honeywell, SpaceX, and Hadrian.
Superflex: Figma to Production-ready code in seconds.
Founding team: scaled social networking app to 100k+ users, PM at Savi (raised $7.5m from AlleyCorp), O1A extraordinary ability visa recipient; founding engineer at Tenderly through series B ($58m from Accel, Spark Capital), launched DevTool VSCode extension with 300k+ installs.
Sigma Remote: Global payroll meets financial access for contractors everywhere.
Founding Team: former Amazon SWE, senior TPM for Microsoft Quantum Group, founded software company in South America; 2x fintech founder, SWE based in Paraguay, working online since age 14.
ZeroElectric: Powering Grid 2.0 with intelligent energy optimization and next-gen infrastructure.
Founding Team: data science leader at Cruise, Uber, masters in quantitative management from Duke; engineering and AI solutions leader at Rivian and GM, PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Baylor.
Guardin AI: Helping Trust & Safety orgs automate operations with an AI co-pilot.
Founding Team: trust & safety expert, ex-PM at Google, YouTube, developed moderation tools and led safety technical ops teams, launched YouTube Shorts Safety program and ML models; ex-ML engineering at Meta, developed safety models for WhatsApp and sports analytics startup.
Abode Labs: AI-first automation for real estate, starting with title.
Founding Team: 3x founder in design engineering; 15+ years technical leadership in IoT and AI for startups and Fortune 500.
Anyreach: Turning Every Call Delightful with AI-voice.
2x founder previously raised $13m, featured on Shark Tank; researcher with inventors of AI-speech at CMU, has deployed voice agents used by 2m people worldwide.
BriqScore: Predict Oil & Gas Production Activity Using AI and Satellite Technology.
Founding Team: 3x IEEE author in proprietary algorithms, founding engineer for Capella Space, launched first U.S. commercial radar imaging satellite; 30+ years in oil & gas, retired Chief Geologist for Denbury Resources (now ExxonMobil).
Adrenaline Interactive: Programmatic product placement in video games.
Founding Team: founded mobile game development studio and released multiple top 100 iOS games; led programmatic advertising for Nike, NBC, Patagonia; founded AI software tooling startup (acquired), former professional eSports athlete for Team Liquid.
Pickpad: Central hub for digital-native restaurants powered by sensors & ML.
Founding Team: serial entrepreneur with 15+ years in restaurant tech, built food delivery marketplace, ghost kitchen chain, and digital commerce SaaS for restaurants; full-stack engineering leader.
DLP Labs: Sell subscriptions to your car's data.
Founding Team: leadership roles at Polygon Labs, Coinbase, Meta, and Linkedin, launched initiatives for $1b+ advertising businesses and adoption of blockchain for payments.
Plaza: Building the Bloomberg Terminal for Institutional Apartment Investors.
Founding Team: $6b in multifamily deal experience at largest multifamily fund in U.S., scaled REPE startup from 200 to 2000 homes in 1.5 years; 3x founder with 20+ years software and tech leadership.
Loman AI: AI phone agents for restaurants.
Founding Team: 2x founder in e-commerce, first sales hire at 2 series B AI startups, 6+ years in restaurant service; 2x founder of AI TV platform with 11+ years AI and engineering experience; data analyst and backend engineering leader in large scale distributed systems and AI.
Equiply: Planning and Financing Medical Equipment Acquisitions.
Founding Team: Johns Hopkins healthcare systems engineering grad, experience in EHR implementation and HTM consulting; engineering leader specializing in financial enterprise software.
ManufactureAI: Generating hardware manufacturing documentation at AI speed.
Founding Team: manufacturing engineer, early employee at Uber New Mobility, and previously Tesla, Planet Labs, SpaceX, launched 160 satellites; aerospace leader with 20+ years from Lockheed Martin, NASA, Saildrone.
Lucky Robots: Automating real-world robotics development in virtual environments.
Founding Team: 2x founder with $30m raised and one exit, Superpeer acquired by Skillshare, launched cloud-based IDE platform growing to 1m+ developer users.
CodeIntegrity: Automate technical debt reduction with AI.
Founding Team: founding engineer 2x AI startups; drove innovation in health AI and launched data processing and automation systems.
Nero: Music livestreams on autopilot.
Founding Team: recording artist with over a decade of experience in music, previously chief of staff at series A startup Ecomap.
Supply Pay: Streamlining the global supply chain.
Founding Team: 3x founder; former CFO of Produce Team; SWE ex-Microsoft, ExxonMobil, founding engineer at Modyfi (backed by NEA, General Catalyst, Craft).
Reditus Space: Reusable Satellites for Zero-g Manufacturing.
Founding Team: PhD in Space Systems Engineering, led 75 engineer team to satellite launch; PhD dropout in Aerospace Engineering, re-entry engineer for DoD.
Semaphor: Embedded analytics for SaaS companies.
Founding Team: over a decade in data analytics, most recently at AWS as Head of Product, Embedded Analytics, previously pre-sales solutions, architecture and innovation leader at Splunk, Hortonworks, Talend.
Gala: The leading platform for GLP-1 treatment management.
Founding Team: former head of marketing for Prime Minister of France, ex-PwC and LSE alum; founded Bookline ($2m+ ARR), led Accenture AI division.
Synvect: Bioengineered mosquito control designed to combat the growing mosquito burden.
Founding Team: inventor and career scientist from Harvard and Caltech; epidemiologist from Columbia with startup growth and exits at Better Help and Bonafide Health.
PlayMaker: Smarter sports sponsorships, automated from deal creation to execution.
Founding Team: managed $400m sponsorship deals across NFL, MLB, NWSL, MLS, NHL, NBA, generated $2b revenue at Anheuser-Busch, Princeton grad; Harvard CS with 10+ years SWE from startups to LinkedIn.
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