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Just five months after announcing afresh $ 100 million fund called Anthology Fund , Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have backed their first 18 startups . And they are look for more .
Menlo says these first 18 were selected from K of applicant . They let in startup puzzle out on recruiting software program ; autonomous coding ; interpretability enquiry ( understanding how fashion model make decisions ) ; fintech complaisance and tax apps ; radioscopy image analytic thinking and chart reviewing apps ; non - human identity cybersecurity ; customer involvement software ; and a consumer nutrition app . Plus there are eight more accepted into the program that are still in stealing , Menlo says .
This programme is something of a cross between a typical corporal startup programme ( likeNvidia ’s InceptionorMicrosoft for Startups ) , where startups get exercise citation and educational resource , and an brooder where they get company - build attention and investment . The stock will write assay of $ 100,000 or more into startups — from pre - seeded player to Series B — and supply them with $ 25,000 worth of credits forAnthropic ’s model . Menlo is a major angel of Anthropic , and this stock serve both get in the midriff of the next big affair for AI come in 2025 : a nidus beyond the foundational models and AI infrastructure and into the newfangled apps that run on top of them .
“ We ’re one of the biggest investor in anthropical and huge fans of what they ’re doing , ” Menlo Ventures married person Tim Tully told TechCrunch in July when the program launch . “ We remember this was an opportunity for us to do something together , where we can see the ecosystem and find great company that are building on Anthropic or AI more generally . ”
