Angel investor outreach
Let's use this document to coordinate which Angels we reach out to. First lets keep track of a which angels we reach out to. This table keeps a list of prospects. Please add any names to the list, and comments to existing names in the notes column.
Name | Rationale | Connection via | Notes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Joel Hellermark | Founder of Sana. Leading company in AI in Europe. | Luke can approach directly. | ||
Laura Modano | OpenAI | |||
Brad Klingenberg | Co Founder Naro | |||
Lukas Biewald | Weights & Biases | |||
Sean Gourley | Primer | |||
Arjun Singh | Volition | interested | ||
Amir Rustamzadeh | Respectable Data Infra investor | spoke | ||
Werner Vogels | Former CTO Amazon. Technical celebrity. Hosted the show "No Go Build" | Luke can reach out to him through AWS contacts. | scheduled | |
NVIDIA | The venture arm of NVIDIA is NVentures. Luke knows several members of that team and we have co-invested with them before. They can help us introduce to NVIDIA researchers, and possibly Jensen too. | Luke can reach out to NVentures. Brooke Seawell can reach out to Jensen. JD knows Devang who's deeply invovled with NVentures. | met | |
Physics researcher and founder | JD can reach out direct. | scheduled | ||
Chris Re | Stanford | met | ||
Jim Greer | Roblox | |||
Wes McKinney | Posit // ML | spoke w Wes, he pulled Jake for | ||
Pieter Kemps | Sequioia | |||
Tyson Mao | co founder of Tobiko AI | | ||
Immad Akhund | CEO of Mercury | JD can reach out direct. | ||
Charles Songhurst | Microsoft | met Henry | ||
Zach Sims | CodeAcademy | met | ||
Gary Kasparov | Chess grandmaster. Very recognizable name. | Can approach him through Sana Labs. | Luke started outreach. | |
Andrew Ng | Very well respected within AI. Has his own fund to invest in AI. Knows NEA very well. | Luke can approach him directly. | Passed as he is too busy to look at new investments right now. | |
FeiFei Li | Same rationale as for Andrew. Founder of World Labs. | Luke can approach directly. | Luke started outreach. | |
Neil DeGrass Tyson | Famous name on the internet for Physics and Math. | Not connected directly, but we can find a way. | ||
Nicholas Taleb | Famous mathematician and author with active media presence. | Not connected directly, but we can find a way. | ||
Mati Staniszewski | Founder of Eleven Labs. Leading AI company in Europe with strong personal brand. NEA portfolio company as well. | Luke can approach directly. | Luke started outreach. | |
Victor and Steffen | Founders of Synthesia. Strong AI brand in Europe. NEA portfolio company. | Luke can approach directly. | Victor passed as he has done too many investments recently. | |
Ali Ghodsi | Databricks CEO. One of the hottest companies in all of AI. NEA portfolio company. | Our NEA team can send to him. | ||
CUSP AI Founders | Academic team. Lower profile because they only recently raised, but they have a strong fit with our product. They could be users for example. NEA portfolio company. | Luke can approach directly. JD knows founders. | Luke started outreach. | |
John Kodumal | LaunchDarkly | Beta reaching out (James) | ||
Mathias Biilmann Christensen | Netlify | Beta reaching out (Roy) | ||
Anthony Goldbloom | Kaggle and Sumble | Beta reaching out (Roy) | ||
Zak Stone | Beta reaching out (Roy) | |||
Nick Arner | App developer and angel | Beta reaching out (Roy) | ||
Edith Harbaugh | LaunchDarkly | Beta reaching out (Roy) | ||
Chris Bakke | Laskie | Beta reaching out (Roy) | ||
Annie Duke | Poker player and author | Beta reaching out (Roy) | ||
Harshita Arora | AtoB and Y Combinator | Beta reaching out (Lori) | ||
Jensen Harris | Textio | Beta reaching out (Roy) | ||
Emmett Shear | Twitch | Beta reaching out (Roy) | ||
Nitin Gupta | Newfront and Pave | Beta reaching out (Lori) | ||
Brian O'Kelley | AppNexus | Beta reaching out (Karin) | ||
Helen Min | Articulate | Beta reaching out (Lori) | ||
Demis Hassabis | Deepmind | JD can find a way to him. | ||
Kyle Vogt | CEO of The Bot Co (Formerly Twitch and Cruise Founder) | JD can reach out direct. | JD reached out | |
Adam D’Angelo | Quora CEO, OpenAI Board | JD can reach out direct. | ||
Lex Friedman | Podcaster | JD can find a way to him. | ||
Alexandr Wang | Meta | JD reached out | ||
Delian Asparouhov | Founders Fund | JD reached out |
Let's then use the following template materials to include in outreach to angels.
Outreach script: Corca is a math IDE for symbolic reasoning and simulation—think Cursor, but for engineering. Users can build theoretical models, turn equations into executable code, and run simulations or data analysis, with AI assisting at every step. What started as a modern equation editor has evolved into a full-stack collaborative environment for engineers, researchers, and quants working with symbolic systems.
Link to slides: https://docsend.com/view/hsznumyssvsmihpk