This is an incredible time to be alive! The amount of progress, research, excitement and impact that is being generated in artificial intelligence and robotics startups, research and applications, is unprecedented. While it may seem like another hype and a bubble about to burst, it is undeniable that in just a few years, society has changed their perspective on AI entirely and we're experiencing new use cases, efficiency gains, capabilities, unexpected behaviors (positive and not so positive) and much more.

nextai.vc finds and supports startups (pre/seed, A/B) that build and design better AI based products and robots, ranging from frontier LLMs to diffusion models and tools that deploy such models more efficiently or creatively, to music and video gen applications as well as research and developments in AI for health, analytics, materials research, finance, HR, legal, and marketing, and finally robotics and autonomous vehicles tackling manufacturing, transport, home automation and more. Critically, nextai.vc also finds and supports projects focused on AI safety initiatives.

Note: The majority of the deal flow may come around Y Combinator Demo Days in April (winter) and September (summer) each year. Yet, non-YC deals may also be syndicated. (This syndicate is also known as airesearch.vc.)

nextai.vc expects 5-20 deals per year which may deviate depending on market dynamics. Startups raising family/friends, pre/seed and series A/B may be included. Black, people of color, women and neurodiverse founders and AI safety researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.