# Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

> Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 19%
- Fund size: $30M
- Last fund: May 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/allen-institute-for-artificial-intelligence
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/allen_ai
- Website: http://allenai.org/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alleninstituteforai

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a VC fund in Seattle focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The Allen Institute For Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is an artificial intelligence research and engineering institute. Research focuses include deep learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and building common sense AI systems. AI2 also invests in and builds early stage start-ups through its incubator program.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 75% |
| Machine Learning | 5 | 31% |
| Software | 4 | 25% |
| Language Learning | 3 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 19% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 19% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bryan Hale | Managing Director, AI2 incubator | 3 | — |
| Chris Emura | Executive Director, Head of Applied Science and Technology | 0 | — |
| Vu Ha | Technical Director, AI2 Incubator | 0 | — |
| Adam Cheyer | Member of Scientific Advisory Board | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-cheyer |
| Bhavana Dalvi | Research Scientist | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Materia | Materia Enhancing public accountants' lives by automating tedious tasks, freeing time for higher-value activities, and improving overall efficiency. | $6.3M | Series A | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| Panda AI | Panda AI develops a B2B artificial intelligence platform designed to simplify work and combine various tasks. The platform uses natural language processing to help teams stay on the same page, enabling businesses to combine various apps and simplify workflow. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $760K | Seed | Jun 15, 2023 |  |
| KOSHERCO | KOSHER is a leading ML-observability platform delivering real-time monitoring and governance for production machine-learning models. Our platform continuously tracks model performance, detects data drift, uncovers bias, and alerts you before problems impact your business, enabling teams to maintain accuracy, fairness, and compliance at scale. | $500K | Seed | Apr 15, 2023 |  |
| Roboto AI | Roboto AI is a technology business that accelerates the search, transformation, and analysis of robotics data. The company is building a first-of-its-kind data engine for robotics companies that have to pour through petabytes of sensor data and logs to find edge cases and debug system failures.Roboto AI was spun out of the Allen Institute forArtificial Intelligence (AI2) and is based in Seattle and Zürich. The company is backed by several investors including Unusual Ventures and FUSE. | $4.8M | Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Pace AI | Pace AI is an AI-native English language learning platform that transforms any content into personalized learning experiences. |  |  | Jan 16, 2023 |  |
| Yoodli | Yoodli is an AI-enabled platform that provides feedback on its user's communication skills. It helps users practice and improve their communication skills without the pressure of an audience. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| Modulus Therapeutics | Modulus Therapeutics is an artificial-intelligence-powered cell therapy design company. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 15, 2021 |  |
| MajorBoost | MajorBoost is to reimagine how doctor’s offices and insurance companies communicate with each other, using artificial intelligence to deal with time-consuming phone calls. | $350K | Pre-Seed | Jul 15, 2021 |  |
| Ozette Technologies | Ozette is a life sciences data startup company that develops an artificial intelligence-enabled immune monitoring platform.It empowers scientists to quickly extract reliable insights from single-cell data across instruments, experiments, and disease states, with a focus on cancer patients. The data can be used by doctors to diagnose and prescribemedication with greater accuracy.In 2020, co-founders Raphael Gottardo, Greg Finak, Ali Ansary, and Evan Greene headquartered the life science company in Seattle, Washington. | $6M | Seed | Feb 16, 2021 |  |
| Birch.ai | Birch.ai is a provider of automating call centers services. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Ascend](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascend-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Defy.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defy-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PSL Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psl-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Unusual Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unusual-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A-Level Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-level-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence invest in?

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence?

The team at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence includes Bryan Hale (Managing Director, AI2 incubator), Chris Emura (Executive Director, Head of Applied Science and Technology) and Vu Ha (Technical Director, AI2 Incubator), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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