Justus Byok

Lightmatter develops photonic chips that enable data processing and communication using light instead of electricity.

Raised $822,000,000.00 from Bossa Invest, T. Rowe Price, Google Ventures and Fidelity.

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that focuses on increasing the safety of large-scale AI systems.

Raised $13,740,377,627.00 from Amazon.

Shield AI is an artificial intelligence company that aims to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

Raised $1,073,144,999.00 from Cacti.

XAI is an AI company that develops a platform to accelerate human scientific discovery.

Raised $12,384,679,312.00 from Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Qatar Investment Authority and CoreNest Capital.

Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.

Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.