Gradient Ventures
San Francisco, CA · Invests in US; Europe · Website
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🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Artificial intelligence will reshape every industry. We partner with technical founders building the next generation of AI applications, infrastructure, and tools across every layer of the AI stack.
Likely not a fit for
Generic AI applications without defensible differentiation, hardware-only plays, consumer apps with unclear monetization, teams without deep technical leadership
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $2B
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
4 contacts on file
Portfolio
Writer is an enterprise AI platform designed for agentic work, offering tools for building and managing AI agents across various business functions.
Lambda is an AI computing platform that provides supercomputers and infrastructure for AI development, aiming to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity.
Streamlit turns data scripts into shareable web apps in minutes. All in pure Python. No front‑end experience required.
CentML provides a platform for deploying and serving large language models (LLMs) with customizable performance configurations and API integrations.
Prepared is dedicated to equipping emergency response professionals with advanced technology to enhance public safety. Their platform provides data and tools designed to improve call-taking, dispatch, and overall emergency response efficiency, ensuring that communities receive timely assistance in critical situations.
Range is an all-in-one AI WealthTech platform that provides modern financial advice for investing, taxes, and comprehensive wealth management solutions. By leveraging proprietary artificial intelligence technology, Range aims to democratize access to sophisticated financial planning, making it affordable and accessible for everyone.
Labelbox is a data factory for AI teams, providing tools and expertise to create, manage, and scale data for AI solutions. They partner with leading AI labs and enterprises to deliver exceptional data solutions and empower machine learning product development.
The Customizable No-Code Platform for Risk & Compliance Operations
Rad AI empowers physicians with AI-driven radiology solutions to save time, reduce burnout, and improve patient care. Their products include Rad AI Reporting, Rad AI Impressions, and Rad AI Continuity, which leverage generative AI to enhance radiologist workflows and follow-up management.
A modern platform and API for pay-ins, payouts, invoicing, virtual accounts, and compliance—powered by stablecoins and built for global businesses across the Americas.
StackAI is a next-generation enterprise AI company specializing in AI agents for business workflows, enabling organizations to streamline repetitive tasks and focus on strategic work.
Krea is an AI creative suite for generating, editing, and enhancing images, videos, and 3D assets. It offers free tools and enterprise solutions for organizations.
Recent activity
- May 2026
Fazeshift
Series A · Participated
- May 2026
Enzo Health
Series A · Participated
- Apr 2026
Helical
Seed · Participated
- Apr 2026
Mastra
Series A · Follow-on
- Feb 2026
Linkup
Seed · Lead
- Nov 2025
Digitail
Series B · Participated
- Feb 2025
Sapiom
Seed · Lead
- Feb 2025
Ditto
Seed · Lead
Gradient Ventures in the news
AlleyWatch
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 8/6/2026
1 month ago
AlleyWatch
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 8/6/2026
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The Recursive
22 Cybersecurity Startups in Central & Eastern Europe
2 months ago
Ventureburn
Sona Raises $45M to Expand AI Platform for Frontline Work
5 months ago
StartupHub.ai
Gradient Raises $220M for Fifth Seed Fund
5 months ago
TechCrunch
Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales
9 months ago
calcalistech.com
Google’s AI fund backs $6M Seed in Anchor Browser, an Israeli AI automation platform from unit 8200 veterans
10 months ago
Global Venturing
Alphabet’s Gradient Ventures is latest corporate venturing unit to spin out
11 months ago
Stocktwits
Gradient Ventures Spins Out Of Google To Operate Under New Management Entity-Report
11 months ago
Breakingthenews.net
Gradient Ventures said to spin out of Google
11 months ago
WSJ
Exclusive | AI Venture Firm Gradient Ventures Spins Out of Google
11 months ago
Business Insider
Read the exclusive pitch deck AI infrastructure startup Cerebrium used to nab $8.5 million from Gradient Ventures
Jul 2025
Global Venturing
Google’s investment arm Gradient Ventures launches $200m AI fund
Jun 2025
PitchBook
Alphabet’s Gradient Ventures is raising $200M for a new AI fund
Jun 2025
Fintech Leaders | Miguel Armaza
Darian Shirazi from Gradient Ventures - Empathy, Curiosity, and the Immigrant Mindset
Aug 2024
PR Newswire
Writ Raises $3.8M Seed Round Led By Gradient Ventures to Help Companies Better Use Data for Key Decisions
Apr 2024
Global Venturing
Gradient Ventures hires Brackin and Srinivas
Feb 2024
Global Venturing
Patterson to bid Gradient Ventures farewell
Nov 2023
AlleyWatch
The 13 Largest US Funding Rounds of September 2023
Oct 2023
Business Insider
The 13 top VC firms dedicated to investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning that founders should know
Feb 2023
LatamList
Tax platform Heru lands $6M seed-round led by Google’s AI fund
Sep 2022
TechCrunch
Gradient Ventures backs Mentum’s goal to democratize investment services in LatAm
May 2022
PR Newswire
Gradient Ventures Leads $5.5M Investment in SaaS Design System Platform Knapsack
Mar 2022
artificiallawyer.com
Google’s Gradient Fund Invests in Legal OS No-Code Platform
Jan 2022
Fierce Healthcare
Klara scores $15M financing round backed by Google's AI venture fund
Aug 2020
PR Newswire
Gradient Ventures, Google's AI-focused Venture Fund, to Lead Dyndrite Series A Financing to Revolutionize Design and Manufacturing Software
Apr 2019
therobotreport.com
OnScale raises $10M from Intel, Gradient Ventures for cloud-based sim
Apr 2019
blog.google
Introducing Gradient Ventures
Jul 2017
CNBC
Google will invest in AI startups and send its engineers to help them out for up to a year
Jul 2017
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