# Eric Schmidt

> Eric Schmidt is a Series A investor at Relativity Space backing Artificial Intelligence. See 112 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Relativity Space](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/relativity-space)
- Location: Mountain View, United States
- Total investments: 112
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-schmidt-02158951
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ericschmidt
- Website: https://ericschmidt.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ericschmidt76

Eric Schmidt is a Series A investor at Relativity Space in Mountain View focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Eric Schmidt is the CEO of Relativity Space. He is the founding partner of the Schmidt Family Foundation. He previously worked at Alphabet Inc. as an Executive Chairman and Technical Advisor. Eric Schmidt attended Princeton University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$105M |
| Series A | $5.9M–$320M |
| Series B | $12M–$227M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 33 | 29% |
| Software | 23 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 10% |
| SaaS | 9 | 8% |
| Machine Learning | 9 | 8% |

148 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 25 | 22% |
| Seed | 22 | 20% |
| Series B | 20 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 7% |
| Series C | 7 | 6% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 68 | 61% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Israel | 2 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Intuition | General Intuition is a frontier research lab focused on teaching machines to learn and adapt through play, aiming to build artificial intelligence that can perceive, anticipate, and improvise in real-world dynamics, with gaming as a central domain for testing and innovation. | $320M | Series A | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Kela Technologies | Kela Technologies is a secure, open platform that enables the rapid and seamless integration of commercial and military systems in support of Western defense. | $200M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Entrepreneurs First | Entrepreneurs First provides programs that identify individuals interested in building technology companies and support them through the early stages of company formation. The organization evaluates applicants as individuals and brings selected participants into cohorts where they explore ideas, connect with potential cofounders, and form startupteams. Participants receive guidance on idea development, product validation, and company creation while preparing to seek venture funding. Entrepreneurs First also provides financial backing and structured programs that include workshops, mentorship, and networking with investors. Through these activities, the organization facilitates the transition from individual participants to newly formed startup companies. | $200M | Series D | Mar 11, 2026 |  |
| Goodfire | Goodfire's mission is to advance humanity's understanding of AI by examining the inner workings of advanced AI models (or “AI Interpretability”). As an applied research lab, Goodfire bridges the gap between theoretical science and practical applications of interpretability. | $150M | Series B | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Peek | Peek is an AI-enabled platform that supports online booking, payment processing, dynamic pricing, and guest management, while automating scheduling, waivers, communication, and analytics. With a marketplace at Peek.com, it offers travelers access to tens of thousands of curated experiences—everything from immersive exhibits and city tours toclasses and adventures. Through recent acquisitions of ACME Ticketing and Connect&GO, Peek now extends its infrastructure to include membership, donations, RFID-based visitor tracking, and on-site operations. Its clients include major institutions like MoMA, the Whitney Museum, Seattle Aquarium, Bryant Park, Looping Group, and Museum of Ice Cream. | $70M | Series D | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| Merops | Merops is a manufacture of plastic windows, doors and solar systems. |  | Angel | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| Reflection AI | Reflection.Ai is a start-up that develops artificial intelligence solutions, with a focus on computer vision. | $2B | Series B | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops fusion energy systems using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to create compact tokamak reactors. It is building SPARC, a demonstration device designed to achieve net energy gain from fusion and laying the groundwork for ARC, a grid-connected fusion power plant targeting early 2030s operation. Thecompany partners with MIT and manufactures its HTS magnets and related components, applying peer-reviewed science in its firewalling of plasma and reactor engineering. It has introduced innovations like the PIT VIPER superconducting cable to support pulsed-power magnet systems and accelerate readiness for commercial fusion. | $863M | Series B | Aug 27, 2025 |  |
| Retab | Cube AI boosts back-office logistics efficiency, allowing teams to handle more loads and focus on human relationships. | $3.4M | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Genesis AI | Genesis AI operates as a physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company. | $105M | Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 112 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 23 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Breyer Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breyer-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

## About Relativity Space

VC Fund · Long Beach, United States

Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D-printed rockets. a vertically integrated technology platform, Relativity is at the forefront of an inevitable shift toward software-defined manufacturing by fusing 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous robotics. It offers a radically simplified supplychain, building a rocket with 100x fewer parts in less than 60 days. Relativity Space is backed by leading investors including Bond, Tribe Capital, Playground Global, Y Combinator, Social Capital, and Mark Cuban.

5 contacts available at Relativity Space.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brandon Pearce | Vice President of Avionics and Integrated Software | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-pearce |
| Christopher Timperio | RF Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-timperio-42fc |
| David Giger | VP of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-giger |
| Eric Schmidt | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-schmidt |
| Jordan Noone | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-noone |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Schmidt invest in?

Eric Schmidt invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 112 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Eric Schmidt's check size?

Eric Schmidt typically joins rounds of $120k–$105M at Seed, $5.9M–$320M at Series A and $12M–$227M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Eric Schmidt participates in.

### When did Eric Schmidt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Schmidt closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 112 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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