Congratulations to Databricks, Fly.io, Snyk, and Vercel on their inclusion in Madrona's 2023 Intelligent Applications list of the top 40 private companies building and enabling intelligent and generative applications! ia40.com/the-list

We're proud to welcome Nova Credit to our portfolio! Their Series C milestone underscores their vital role in enabling a more fair & inclusive financial system for individuals around the world through Nova Credit's credit & underwriting products. More: geodesiccap.com/insight/nova-c…

Japan is poised to become a bright spot as a market for DX and in its own right as a dynamic VC and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Jon Rezneck outlines why this time's different + the opportunities for founders & investors. geodesiccap.com/insight/the-su…

We're excited to announce our participation in the seed financing round for Sakana AI and to back hardmaru, Llion Jones, and Ren Ito to help them realize their vision of creating a new kind of foundation model based on nature-inspired intelligence. geodesiccap.com/insight/introd…

Wonderful to see Kin Insurance Insurance and MX Technologies, Inc. be recognized by Forbes on their 2024 Fintech 50 list of the most innovative companies in the field!

Our whole team is officially in Tokyo for the 2024 Geodesic Forum!

And just like that, it's already day 2 of the Geodesic Forum! Yesterday we welcomed many leading Japanese enterprises for our Tech Conference where presenters spoke about: the future of tech, GenAI solutions, cutting edge defense technologies, and the potential of fusion energy.

Introducing Evolutionary Model Merge: A new approach bringing us closer to automating foundation model development. We use evolution to find great ways of combining open-source models, building new powerful foundation models with user-specified abilities! sakana.ai/evolutionary-m…

.Sakana AI announced today the release of 3 generative AI models using a first-in-its-kind "nature-inspired" approach. Starting w/ 3 open-source AI models they used a technique called merging to breed new better-performing generations of models. buff.ly/4959gtg

To celebrate women's history month, last week we co-hosted a phenomenal group of women founders and operators for dinner alongside NGP Capital, Touring Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.

Japan is undergoing historic change, seeing new areas of active growth, economically, technically & geopolitically. Reflecting these changes, Forum 2024 brought together startup entrepreneurs from various fields such as AI, energy, & security to share the latest innovations.

The 2024 #EnterpriseTech30 list by Wing VC is out — congratulations to our portfolio companies Databricks, Figma, Snyk, and Vercel on their inclusion! View the full list: buff.ly/3UcsusT

What goes into managing Day 2 operations of #Kubernetes? Justin Yue outlines the different tooling that supports this phase of Kubernetes adoption, the use case of each technology, & the companies & OS projects that are providing a solution. Read More: buff.ly/3xH9z0g

In an era where APIs are a universal attack vector, Traceable.ai is the industry’s most comprehensive solution against large-scale cyber attacks. Congrats to their team on this latest funding— we're proud to partner on their mission to secure every API! buff.ly/4a74ZpE

We're proud to welcome Transcarent to the Geodesic portfolio and support their team as they strive to reshape healthcare accessibility and affordability. Arvind AYYALA shares more about our excitement for Transcarent: buff.ly/3w7PkZr

The explosive growth of cloud applications and AI workloads demand a new era of networking solutions – agile, secure, scalable, and cost-efficient. This is where Alkira, Inc. shines.

This morning Vercel announced their Series E! We're proud to continue our support for their leading Frontend Cloud platform alongside lead investor Accel & fellow existing investors CRV, GV, Notable Capital, Bedrock, Tiger Global, 8VC & SV Angel. buff.ly/3UEmojQ

"Data is the new oil" – a familiar but accurate commentary in our AI-driven era. As AI adoption accelerates with open/closed-source models and enterprise GenAI applications, the need for a robust data engine becomes paramount. We believe Scale AI is a category-defining leader.

Check out our latest post discussing cybersecurity risks associated with enterprise GenAI adoption and the startups that are working to protect these systems 👇

.Marcus Otsuji & Vercel's Guillermo Rauch explore the significance of web development & the role open source, automation & AI play now and in the future. They discuss the diverse ways companies such OpenAI, Runway, & 任天堂株式会社 are utilizing scalable web apps. buff.ly/3z7e2ub