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Couldn't be more excited for @MenloVentures to be launching the $100M "Anthology Fund" in partnership with @AnthropicAI ! The fund will bring together the most innovative entrepreneurs, the best AI team and technology in Anthropic, and one of the top VC firms in AI, collectively…
Voice transcription is not new, but when it works, its a game changer and dramatically opens up the market. @WisprFlow is a really great product!
Proud to lead @WisprFlow's $30M Series A. Their voice AI doesn't just transcribe—it understands intent & natural speech patterns, delivering text that rarely needs editing. Moving beyond typing starts here. More from Matt Kraning: 🔗mnlo.vc/wispr-flow
Excited to see our portfolio companies @AnthropicAI and @Abnormal_AI_Inc recognized on @CNBCDisruptors 2025 #Disruptor50 list! Their innovative work in AI and cybersecurity is shaping the future. Proud to support their journey 🎉
CNBC’s 13th annual #Disruptor50 list of the most innovative private companies represents the new gen AI era, which began transforming the list in 2023, and hasn’t slowed down since... cnb.cx/45mOWpb
.@OpenRouterAI + @AnthropicAI = 🪄❤️
For those of you implementing fallbacks for Anthropic today: there’s a better way
Not only astounding in terms of penetration rate this early but some amazing usage data on how people are using AI on various jobs to be done. Many nuggets and insights in here that will surprise…
BREAKING: Our consumer AI report just dropped 📊 61% of US adults use AI—even nearly half of Baby Boomers, with 11% using it daily. This isn't experimentation anymore. It's habit formation at unprecedented scale. Get the complete $12B market insights: 👉mnlo.vc/ConsumerAI_25
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Excited to announce a $40M raise for @OpenRouterAI (seed + A), led by a16z & Menlo! LLM inference will be the biggest software market in the world. We've become the #1 control plane. Here's what's next:
.@OpenRouterAI , a startup that helps developers sort through the “Cambrian explosion of AI models” raises $40M led by @MenloVentures and @a16z. @ychernova captured the big idea here... "Openrouter's intelligence will help developers…use the right model, for the right query, at…
Appreciate and share the sentiment! Great team @OpenRouterAI and a really big idea! Grateful to be a part of the next many chapters!
At the end of the day, the people matter the most. Working closely with the unstoppable force that are Alex (@xanderatallah) and Chris (@cclark) and of course my partner Matt (@mmurph) who led Anthropic has been a highlight of my short venture career so far.
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The Claude Code hype is real. Fun stat: Since the Claude 4 launch less than a month ago, the Claude Code userbase has more than tripled 🚀
Great example of how AI is impacting the consumer and opening up net new use cases. We’ll have more to share on the broad reaching impact of that shortly!
Big shoutout to @jennywang01 and the Alta team 🎉 They're solving "what should I wear?" with AI that learns your closet and shows you what to wear next. Thrilled to support this bold vision in commerce and consumer AI. Led by @amytongwu, more on why we're excited:…
Congratulations to the entire @Chime team on today’s milestone IPO! 🎉 We are big believers in their mission and it's been an honor to be part of their 13-year journey building America’s most-loved banking app. 🔗 mnlo.vc/chime-ipo We are so proud of @chrisrbritt and…
🎉 We're proud to share that nine Menlo portfolio companies have been named in the 2025 #InfraRed100! These companies are pushing boundaries in AI, cybersecurity, developer tooling, observability, and beyond: @neondatabase, @AstrixSecurity, @UnstructuredIO, @semgrep,…
The Redpoint InfraRed 100 is now live! This list honors 100 infrastructure innovators who are transforming how businesses scale, secure, and succeed. Check out this year's honorees and dive deeper with the dynamic list and our complete InfraRed Report linked below.
👏👏 @amytongwu!
We’re thrilled to welcome eight outstanding VC industry leaders to the NVCA Board of Directors, each serving a four-year term through 2029. Adam D’Augelli, @trueventures Alex Doll, @1011vc Alyssa Jaffee, @7wireventures Andrew Adams, @oakhcft Amy Wu Martin, @MenloVentures…
We’re thrilled to welcome eight outstanding VC industry leaders to the NVCA Board of Directors, each serving a four-year term through 2029. Adam D’Augelli, @trueventures Alex Doll, @1011vc Alyssa Jaffee, @7wireventures Andrew Adams, @oakhcft Amy Wu Martin, @MenloVentures…
Good episode @HarryStebbing! Definitely some hot takes and funny commentary on @MenloVentures talking more about @AnthropicAI than @Chime and why we wouldn’t be emphasizing DPI. Well, 1) as you know an IPO doesn’t = DPI right away and 2) we’re in the quiet period! We’re focused…
This one got spicy. The shows with @jasonlk & @rodriscoll are always a mega hit, so we threw @lessin into the equation and what a debate. 🤔 Is @chamath right? Is DPI the only metric? 🤖 Does Open AI even matter? Why 99% of SaaS does not matter? 📄 Breakdown of Mary Meeker’s…
The best guide on using AI coding at work just dropped. It comes from Anthropic's internal use of Claude Code and their best practices (for both technical and nontechnical teams). Worth saving for later. Everyone wants to use AI to code at work. Few talk about how best to do…
Hard to imagine an ecosystem that has moved faster. Love the collab between two @MenloVentures backed cos: @neondatabase and @Netlify
Announcing Netlify DB: the database for AI-native development. Powered by @neondatabase, agents can go from generating static UIs to building fullstack, data-driven apps. By removing the friction between code & data, Netlify DB keeps agents in flow from prompt to production.
AI founders worry their products will compete directly with foundational model launches. @AnthropicAI VP Product @mikezvi: “we don't have specific domain expertise in most domains. We also don't have access to specific data in most domains. So... startups should listen to their…