# Kevin Weil

> Kevin Weil is a seed investor at Council on Foreign Relations backing Software. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Council on Foreign Relations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/council-on-foreign-relations)
- Location: Portola Valley, United States
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinweil
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kevinweil
- Website: https://www.scribble.vc
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kevinweil

Kevin Weil is a seed investor at Council on Foreign Relations in Portola Valley focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Kevin Weil is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Vice President, OpenAI for Science of OpenAI. Kevin Weil attended the Harvard University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$12M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.7M–$2.7M |
| Series A | $8M–$55M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 36% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 23% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 18% |
| SaaS | 6 | 15% |
| FinTech | 6 | 15% |

76 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 33% |
| Series A | 11 | 28% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 8% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |
| Series C | 2 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 62% |
| India | 2 | 5% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elio Labs | Elio Labs develops an optical computing technology to improve sensing capabilities across diverse cellular environments. | $21M | Series A | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| eyesAtop | eyesAtop develops a hardware-agnostic software and edge-AI platform designed to coordinate multi-drone fleets from a unified interface. The technology integrates autonomous control, video analytics, and jam-resistant communications, enabling a single operator to command diverse drone types simultaneously for defense and surveillance missions | $15M |  | Jul 20, 2026 |  |
| eyesAtop | eyesAtop develops a hardware-agnostic software and edge-AI platform designed to coordinate multi-drone fleets from a unified interface. The technology integrates autonomous control, video analytics, and jam-resistant communications, enabling a single operator to command diverse drone types simultaneously for defense and surveillance missions | $15M | Seed | Jul 20, 2026 |  |
| Hostie | Hostie is an AI-first customer experience platform designed for restaurants, automating guest inquiries, reservations, and takeout orders. We proudly partner with some of the world’s top restaurants, including Flour + Water, Nisei, Slanted Door, ILIS, and more. Co-founded by a product designer-turned-restaurateur and an AI engineer, Hostie blendshospitality expertise with cutting-edge technology to enhance restaurant operations. | $12M | Series A | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Laurel | Laurel provides automated timesheet management solutions tailored for legal and accounting firms. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to capture user activities seamlessly in the background, allowing professionals to track their time without disrupting their workflow. By streamlining the time tracking process, Laurel enables firms toenhance operational efficiency and improve profitability. The software is designed to alleviate the administrative burden associated with time management, allowing users to focus on their core tasks. Additionally, Laurel continuously evolves its offerings to meet the changing needs of the professional services sector. | $80M | Series C | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| Supabase | Supabase provides an open source backend platform for application development, centered around a managed PostgreSQL database and complementary tools. It offers built-in user authentication, real-time subscriptions, file storage, and serverless edge functions within a unified interface. Supabase enabling developers to deploy secure databasesquickly, auto-generate APIs, and focus on building features rather than infrastructure. The company operates with a commitment to open source, contributing to database extensions and community projects. It supports integration with existing Postgres setups and encourages flexibility in scaling and migration. | $200M | Series D | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Vybe | Vybe is a mobile app that lets users upload a selfie and put their face in any picture or template, an AI experience app from Snapchat and Meta. | $4.8M | Seed | Aug 28, 2024 |  |
| Chaos Labs | Chaos Labs is a fully automated on-chain economic security system that allows crypto protocols to optimize risk management and capital efficiency while safeguarding user funds. Chaos Labs offers a more secure and safe operating environment for crypto protocols. Chaos Labs uses technology and risk management expertise to help protocols navigate theoften volatile crypto markets and make informed decisions. The platform is currently available for protocols on the Ethereum network, with plans to expand to other blockchains such as Terra, NEAR, and Polygon in the future. | $55M | Series A | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| cside | c/side is a cybersecurity company that provides monitoring solutions, optimizing, and safeguarding vulnerable browser-side third-party scripts. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |
| cside | c/side is a cybersecurity company that provides monitoring solutions, optimizing, and safeguarding vulnerable browser-side third-party scripts. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Scribble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scribble-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Shrug Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shrug-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Backend Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backend-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Council on Foreign Relations

VC Fund · New York, United States

Council on Foreign Relations operates as a non-partisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.The company provides meetings, symposia, conferences, corporate programs, term member programs, independent task forces, foreign affairs, outreach initiatives, publishing, and rental space services.Council on Foreign Relationsserves its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Russian Federation, the Middle East, and Polar regions.Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is based in New York. It has an additional office in Washington, District of Columbia.

5 contacts available at Council on Foreign Relations.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Spoon | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-spoon |
| Gina Raimondo | Distinguished Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gina-raimondo |
| Andy Karsner | Life Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-karsner |
| Christina Sass | Life Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christina-sass |
| Deven Parekh | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deven-parekh |

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## FAQ

### What does Kevin Weil invest in?

Kevin Weil invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 39 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 Kevin Weil's check size?

Kevin Weil typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$12M at Seed, $1.7M–$2.7M at Pre-Seed and $8M–$55M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kevin Weil participates in.

### When did Kevin Weil last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kevin Weil closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 39 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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