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AI Frontier Models: venture funds and startups

Fusion42 tracks 31 venture funds in AI Frontier Models with $34.5B in combined assets under management, and 0 startups. The data below is live from the same database that powers Raise and Scout, and is continuously enriched as new rounds and funds are announced.

Part of the Raise fund database and the Scout startup database by Fusion42 — the same live data Arthur, Fusion42's AI co-founder, reasons over.

active funds in AI Frontier Models include Paradigm IV, Ascent Fund III, Tapestry VC Fund 3, Daybreak Core Fund and Asteria AI & Robotics Fund. Each name links through to a full machine-readable profile — its backers, rounds and related Wire analysis — and the tables below list every entity Fusion42 tracks in AI Frontier Models, refreshed as new rounds and funds are announced.

Funds in AI Frontier Models (31 tracked)

FundTypeHQ
Paradigm IVvcUnited States
Ascent Fund IIIvcUnited States
Tapestry VC Fund 3vcIreland
Daybreak Core FundvcUnited States
Asteria AI & Robotics Fundcorporate vcUnited States
Menlo Ventures XVIIvcUnited States
AV Seed FundvcUnited States
Angel Invest Fund IIIvcGermany
Xinglian CapitalvcChina
VariantvcUnited States
ARK Early-Stage Venture FundvcUnited States
DiffusionvcUnited States
Sovereign AIvcUK
A-Star Fund IIIvcUS
WorldQuant GenesisvcIsrael
Alumni Ventures Japan+US Bridge FundvcUnited States
Japanet VC FundvcUnited States
IconiqvcUnited States
Zero Shotvc
Runway Fundcorporate vcUnited States
NovaWave Capitalcorporate vcUnited States
AI First FundvcUnited States
Origin VenturesvcUSA
SequoiavcUnited States
BYT CapitalvcIndia
Shengjing No.1 FundvcChina
Shanghai Tongge Phase IIvcChina
Anti FundvcUnited States
Spark CapitalvcUnited States
SBVAvcSouth Korea
Gobi-HKU Fund 1vcHong Kong

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