SPARKLABS AI

SPARKLABS AI

SPARKLABS AI

SparkLabs Group

For founders
building AI from first principles.

For founders
building AI from first principles.

600+

Investments since 2013

SparkLabs AI Fund
launched March 2026

Our firm believes this is the most exciting time of technological and societal change in human history and these are still the early innings of AI.

General Partner

SparkLabs AI Fund

Bernard Moon

Managing Partner

SparkLabs AI Fund

Brian Behlendorf

Team

Venture Partners

Venture Partners

Rob DeMillo

Venture Partner

Rob DeMillo

Venture Partner

Sangsoo Sung

Venture Partner

Sangsoo Sung

Venture Partner

Michael Siegl

Venture Partner

Michael Siegl

Venture Partner

Saejong Lee

Venture Partner

Saejong Lee

Venture Partner

Sebastian Carpenter

Venture Partner

Sebastian Carpenter

Venture Partner

Advisors

Advisors

Catherine Mohr

Advisor

Catherine Mohr

Advisor

Sang Cha

Advisor

Sang Cha

Advisor

Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid

Advisor

Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid

Advisor

Michael Crow

Advisor · SparkLabs Korea

Michael Crow

Advisor · SparkLabs Korea

2018-2026©

ABOUT

ABOUT

SPARKLABS

SPARKLABS

WE BACK THE SIGNAL

SparkLabs AI Fund

As a firm, SparkLabs Group, has invested in OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Perplexity, Groq, Vectara, and others.

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Investment themes

01

Compute

Compute, inference, data systems, and the infrastructure that makes frontier AI useful.

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Compute

Compute, inference, data systems, and the infrastructure that makes frontier AI useful.

02

Models

Models, agents, evaluation, and the interfaces that turn intelligence into action.

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Models

Models, agents, evaluation, and the interfaces that turn intelligence into action.

03

Physical AI

Systems that connect intelligence to machines, environments, and physical work.

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Physical AI

Systems that connect intelligence to machines, environments, and physical work.

04

Data

Systems that connect intelligence to machines, environments, and physical work.

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Data

Systems that connect intelligence to machines, environments, and physical work.

AI track record

AI track record

SparkLabs AI Fund backs early-stage AI founders in Silicon Valley and connects them to a wider SparkLabs network built by entrepreneurs. The group has backed 600+ startups across six continents since 2013.

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Nils Westerlund, 1 of 14

Additional Investments

News

Notes & Events

Ideas from our partners, news from our network, and conversations shaping what comes next.

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Events

Silicon to Scale: A Physical AI Summit

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Events

Silicon to Scale: A Physical AI Summit

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Events

Brian Behlendorf on Open Source & Sovereign AI

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Events

Brian Behlendorf on Open Source & Sovereign AI

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Press

ZincFive in The Information

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Press

ZincFive in The Information

SPARKLABS AI

SPARKLABS AI

SPARKLABS AI