Scale AI

AI / Machine Learning · San Francisco, United States · #17 globally

1.16%
Spawner rate
27
Funded founders
2,336
Alumni tracked
$1.5B
Capital raised by spawns

Founder DNA

Sectors spawned founders go on to build in

Over-indexed on AI / Machine Learning. Founders spawned from Scale AI pick it 3.1× more often than the global founder population.

AI / Machine Learning
3.1×
Hardware / Semiconductors
3.0×
Cybersecurity
1.0×
Enterprise Software
0.7×
Consumer Internet
0.7×
Fintech
0.4×

← under · 1× market average · over →

The Scale AI network

Where the founders came from, when spawns were founded, and how much they have raised since

20212022202320242025Founders came fromQuoraAlexandr WangScale AIModal Labs$465MPositron AI$314MCobot$152MDavid AI$81MSequence Holdings$75MUnify$70M1001 AI$69MBee Maps$54MNetic$50MFounded → ( larger = more raised since )

Spawned companies

CompanyFounders from Scale AIRaised
Modal Labs
Akshat Bubna(2021)
$465M
Positron AI
Barrett Woodside(2023)
$314M
Cobot
Brad Porter(2022)
$152M
David AI
Ben Wiley(2024)Tomer C(2024)
$81M
Sequence Holdings
Alexander Rubin(2025)
$75M
Unify
Connor Heggie(2023)
$70M
1001 AI
Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh(2025)
$69M
Bee Maps
Evan Moss(2020)
$54M
Netic
Melisa Tokmak(2023)
$50M
Ambrook
Jeff Anders(2020)
$29M
Enterpret
Varun Sharma(2020)
$25M
Foundry Robotics
Adarsh Kulkarni(2025)
$25M
Isotopes AI
Arun C Murthy(2024)
$20M
Toma
Anthony Krivonos(2023)
$18M
Meridian AI
Zach Kirshner(2025)‍ John Ling(2025)
$17M
Perle
Ahmed Rashad(2022)
$16M
Sieve
Mokshith Voodarla(2021)
$15M
Gallatin AI, Inc.
Woody Glier(2023)
$15M
Santori Labs
Albert S(2024)Yuting Duan(2024)
$6M
Applied Labs
Michael Woo(2023)
$5M
Bowtie
Justin Francesconi(2022)
$5M
Buena AI
Angel Padilla(2023)
$3M
Arphie
Dean Shu(2023)
$3M
Ducky
Hongbo T(2021)
$3M