1 day agoCracking the AI Open Source Code: Will History Repeat Itself in the Next Platform Shift? Part IPart 1 of a 3 Part Series: Mapping the Open Source AI Stack by Vic Singh and James Barone tl;dr: Earlier this year, we published an article on foundational open ecosystems, where we discussed a framework for companies building open, fundamental layers of technology that serve as platforms for broader interconnected ecosystems of companies and developers. …AI6 min readAI6 min read
Nov 14Full-Stack AI Application Startups: An approach to durability?By Vic Singh With OpenAI’s recent announcements, investors and startup founders alike are rightfully getting paranoid about application layer AI startups being killed. Much like Facebook and Apple killed many startups — during the mobile era — by building native functionality into their products and ecosystems, the same is happening…AI6 min readAI6 min read
Oct 16Eniac Ventures is Hiring an Investor with a Technical BackgroundEniac Ventures is Hiring an Investor with a Technical Background Eniac Ventures is a seed stage venture capital firm headquartered in NYC. Since our formation in 2009, we’ve been committed to backing mission driven founders who embody our values of authenticity, boldness, curiosity, and scrappiness. Investor — Position Overview We…Hiring3 min readHiring3 min read
Sep 20How Eniac invests in AI at the application layerBy Hadley Harris and Coleman Clyde AI is obviously the hottest startup sector right now, but also the most overhyped — that was the overwhelming message from investors who participated in Eniac’s Q2 Seed Sentiment Survey. …AI6 min readAI6 min read
Sep 7Startup Physicsby Vic Singh Founders and VCs often use math, especially physics concepts to describe startup motion. Having studied mechanical engineering, I often find myself referring back to the classic physics formulas I used when making these analogs. I thought it would be fun and hopefully useful to break down startup…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Jul 24Why we led Fabi.ai’s seed roundby Dan Jaeck and Vic Singh We’re thrilled to share the news that Fabi.ai has officially launched, and that it’s raised $3 million in seed funding led by Eniac Ventures. Fabi.ai is tackling data democratization, allowing business users to understand their data without using technical resources. It connects to existing…Fabiai2 min readFabiai2 min read
Jul 19LevelAI’s founder on moving fast, betting on AI, and finding product-market fitby Anthony Ha We’re kicking off a series of founder interviews focused on product-market fit — what those founders did right, what they did wrong, and what they’ve learned along the way. It’s a topic the Eniac team is passionate about, having worked with more than 200 founders as they…Levelai13 min readLevelai13 min read
Jul 13Introducing Eniac’s PMF Q&A: What is product-market fit, anyway?By Hadley Harris, Vic Singh, and Anthony Ha If there’s one thing we’re focused on at Eniac Ventures, it’s helping our founders find product-market fit. The term gets thrown around so often that it’s easy to assume every founder knows exactly what it means. But like many simple, powerful ideas…Pmf3 min readPmf3 min read
Jun 26Why seed valuations haven’t fallen (yet)by Hadley Harris At Eniac, we’ve been studying recent changes in the seed market — and what we’ve found surprised us, especially when it comes to valuations. To understand the market, we pulled deal data on recent quarters from PitchBook, as well as conducting our own Seed Sentiment Survey. Some…Seed Investment4 min readSeed Investment4 min read
Jun 15Why we invested in Glystnby Nihal Mehta We’re excited to share the news that our portfolio company Glystn has officially launched its community engagement engine, along with announcing $4 million in funding from Eniac, Precursor Ventures, Hannah Grey VC, and Future Perfect Ventures. Glystn leverages AI to help online creators manage their communities. It…Glystn2 min readGlystn2 min read
