Upfront Ventures

Computers for agents? Count us in!

We’re thrilled to double down with our early and growth funds in Daytona’s 60M Series B announced this week!

Led by our fellow VCs at @FirstMarkCap alongside insiders like @PaceCap and @e2mindset, and a fantastic group of new angels and strategics joined as well: @patrickc, @tobi, @AravSrinivas, @BrendanFoody, @oliveur, @adamdangelo, @ericsyuan, @QualcommVenture, @SamsungNext, @okta Ventures, and more.

Dive deeper into our decision on why we stay on the Daytona train in ‘Thoughts’ from Upfront and our partners @kevinyzhang and @pzakin: upfront.com/thoughts/doubl…

That side project you keep working on at 2 am? It might be a company.

Founder Fellows apps close in 36 hours (TOMORROW, Sept 30, 11:59 pm PT). 8 weeks. 1:1 mentorship. $75K+ in funding. Apply now: fellows.upfront.com

Beaming power from space to Earth is no longer sci-fi.

@AetherfluxUSA is building the infrastructure to deliver electricity to off-grid locations, support contested environments, and eventually power drones from orbit.

@BaijuBhatt shared more about his company & vision at the #UpfrontSummit 👇

At the #UpfrontSummit, @dps of @dreamer, @claybavor of @SierraPlatform, and Laela Sturdy of CapitalG got into what it takes to build agents people can trust:

- Safe deployment at scale is harder than it looks
- Seat-based pricing models are under pressure under SaaSpocalpyse
- And a new role called the AI Architect is already emerging inside enterprise teams

"The last mile is actually the last 80 miles." - Clay Bavor on why building an agent is the easy part.

Watch the full conversation moderated by @shiringhaffary on our YT channel

"Saying you aren't an AI maximalist will get you kicked out of the room."

@sacca came to this year's #UpfrontSummit with one ask: can we start being honest?

AI will cure diseases. It will also eliminate jobs for people who did everything right.

Both things are true. Watch the full session: youtu.be/0yfD7bxUxXU