Sourced list · 27 angel investors
AI angel investors, from public data
As of October 2026, this list names 27 angel investors in 15 AI companies among the 234 companies in Sahin Boydas’s public angel investment portfolio. Each person appears because a cited public source names them as an investor in at least one of those companies, and each entry carries the person's public role, stated focus, and the sources behind it. The list is evidence-based, uses public sources only, and may be incomplete.
Investors
#1Adam D'Angelo
Co-founder and CEO of Quora; first CTO of Facebook; OpenAI board member
Stated focus: Early-stage technology companies, particularly AI and software platforms (Wikipedia; Signal lists him as an angel investor).
Based in Mountain View.
Investor in 3 portfolio companies, 3 of them in AI: Lambda (investors), Turing (investors), Pika (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Instagram, Asana, Lunchclub.
#2Amjad Masad
Co-founder and CEO of Replit; former Facebook engineer and Codecademy founding engineer
Stated focus: Angel investments in developer tools and software companies (PitchBook lists Business/Productivity Software and Software Development Applications).
Investor in 3 portfolio companies, 3 of them in AI: Slingshot AI (investors), Warp (investors), Extropic (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Tsuga, Wabi.
#3Arash Ferdowsi
Co-founder and former CTO of Dropbox; angel investor; Visiting Partner at Pear VC
Stated focus: Angel investing in early-stage technology startups (Pear VC announcement).
Investor in 3 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Workstream (investors), Warp (investors), Extropic (investors).
#4Gokul Rajaram
Product and business leader (Google AdSense, Facebook Ads, DoorDash); board member at Pinterest, Coinbase and The Trade Desk; angel investor
Stated focus: Early-stage and seed investing in developer tools and infrastructure, enterprise SaaS, fintech and emerging markets including India (Hustle Fund; Signal).
Investor in 3 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Postman (investors), Turing (investors), Cytronic (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Figma, Airtable, Coinbase, Faire, Vercel.
#6Balaji Srinivasan
Founder of Network School; former CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; co-founder of Earn.com, Counsyl and Teleport
Stated focus: Early-stage technology and crypto protocols across fintech, biotech and blockchain (balajis.com).
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Warp (investors), Extropic (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: OpenSea, Perplexity, Starkware, Superhuman, Alchemy.
#7Cory Levy
Founder of Z Fellows; co-founder of After School; early-stage investor
Stated focus: First-time technical founders (corylevy.com); PitchBook lists AI, fintech, healthcare/biotech and SaaS/enterprise.
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Slingshot AI (investors), Brellium (investors).
#8Elad Gil
Technology entrepreneur and investor; co-founder of Color Health and Mixerlabs; runs the investment firm Gil & Co
Stated focus: Multi-stage venture investing with emphasis on AI and generative AI, longevity biotech and enterprise technology (eladgil.com).
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Scale AI (investors), Warp (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: OpenAI, Stripe, Airbnb, Figma, Coinbase.
#9Garry Tan
President and CEO of Y Combinator; co-founder of Initialized Capital and Posterous
Stated focus: Early-stage technology startups (Wikipedia); Signal lists him as an angel investor.
Based in San Francisco.
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Lambda (investors), Extropic (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Coinbase, Instacart, Flexport.
#10Jared Leto
Actor and musician; angel investor; founder of VyRT
Stated focus: Technology and digital media ventures (Wikipedia); PitchBook lists software, aerospace and hardware.
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Replit, Inc. (investors), Pika (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Reddit, Robinhood, Surf Air, Aetherflux.
#11Nat Friedman
Former CEO of GitHub; co-founder of Xamarin and Ximian; founder of AI Grant; angel investor
Stated focus: Enterprise software, AI and developer tools at seed and Series A, with additional exposure to media, fintech, energy and robotics (Dealroom).
Based in San Francisco.
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Scale AI (investors), Pika (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: The Bot Company, Retool, Reka AI, Anysphere (Cursor).
#12Scott Banister
Co-founder of IronPort and Zivity; early PayPal advisor and board member; angel investor
Stated focus: Prolific early-stage angel investor across internet and technology companies (Wikipedia).
Based in Half Moon Bay.
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Together.ai (investors), Turing (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Uber, Facebook, Zappos, Powerset.
#13Tobi Lütke
Co-founder and CEO of Shopify
Stated focus: Angel investments in AI, developer and commerce-related startups (Hustle Fund; GeekWire).
Based in Toronto.
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 2 of them in AI: Warp (investors), Extropic (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Perplexity, Promptfoo, DroneSeed.
#14Paul Graham
Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb; programmer, writer and investor
Stated focus: Y Combinator co-founder; angel investments concentrated in software startups (PitchBook lists Enterprise Applications and High Tech as his top sectors).
Investor in 4 portfolio companies, 1 of them in AI: Replit, Inc. (investors), Boom Supersonic (investors), Perseus Defense (investors), Apollo Atomics (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Speak, ClassDojo.
#15Claire Hughes Johnson
Former COO of Stripe, now corporate officer and advisor; board member at HubSpot and Aurora
Stated focus: Active angel investor in early-stage technology companies including productivity software, HR tools and fintech (Forbes); Signal lists fintech and software.
Based in Milton, Massachusetts.
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 1 of them in AI: Workstream (investors), Warp (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Coda, ChartHop, CoinTracker.
#16Kevin Hartz
Co-founder and General Partner of A*; co-founder of Eventbrite and Xoom; co-founder and chairman of Sauron
Stated focus: Marketplaces and platforms with network effects, payments and fintech, and enterprise software; backs very young founders (Hustle Fund).
Based in San Francisco.
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 1 of them in AI: Mercury (investors), Warp (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Airbnb, Uber, Pinterest, Slack, Affirm.
#17Scott Belsky
Founder of Behance; former Chief Product Officer at Adobe; partner at A24; author and seed investor
Stated focus: Seed-stage investing in consumer, marketplace and design-led companies, including enterprise products that blend technology and design (Hustle Fund; scottbelsky.com).
Investor in 2 portfolio companies, 1 of them in AI: Mercury (investors), Extropic (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Pinterest, Uber, Warby Parker, Sweetgreen.
#18Ankur Nagpal
Founder of Vibe Capital; founder and former CEO of Teachable; co-founder of Carry
Stated focus: Pre-seed and seed startups across sectors with emphasis on proactive health and wellness, and roughly half of the fund in emerging markets (TechCrunch).
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Lawtrades (investors).
#19Auren Hoffman
General partner at Flex Capital; founder and chairman of SafeGraph; co-founder and former CEO of LiveRamp
Stated focus: Angel investor in technology startups, particularly data, social media and digital services (Wikipedia).
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Turing (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Thumbtack, Scopely, Aardvark, Meebo, Chomp.
#20Cyan Banister
Co-founder and General Partner of Long Journey Ventures; former partner at Founders Fund; angel investor
Stated focus: Very early-stage founders building frontier technologies and unconventional projects across consumer and B2B software (Long Journey Ventures; Wikipedia).
Based in San Francisco.
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Turing (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Uber, Postmates, Thumbtack, Niantic.
#21Drew Houston
Co-founder and CEO of Dropbox
Stated focus: Early-stage companies solving workflow problems, particularly developer tools, productivity and cloud infrastructure (Hustle Fund).
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Warp (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Superhuman, NextLesson.
#22Greg Brockman
Co-founder and President of OpenAI; former CTO of Stripe
Stated focus: Angel investments in AI and developer-infrastructure companies (PitchBook).
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Lambda (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Hugging Face, Baseten.
#23Howard Morgan
Co-founder, Chair and General Partner of B Capital; co-founder of First Round Capital; founding president of Renaissance Technologies
Stated focus: Early-stage and growth-stage technology and AI companies (B Capital).
Based in New York.
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Nanotronics Imaging (investors).
#24Jaan Tallinn
Founding engineer of Skype and Kazaa; investor and philanthropist; co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and the Future of Life Institute
Stated focus: AI-centred companies and early-stage technology ventures, with a stated focus on AI safety and existential-risk mitigation (Wikipedia; CNBC).
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Nanotronics Imaging (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: DeepMind, Undo, Faculty, Pactum.
#25Jerry Yang
Co-founder of Yahoo; founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures
Stated focus: Seed to later-stage companies building infrastructure and value chains around data (AME Cloud Ventures).
Based in Palo Alto.
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Nitra (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Nervana Systems, Freenome, Elementum, Synthego, Rigetti.
#26Lenny Rachitsky
Author of Lenny's Newsletter and podcast host; former Airbnb product lead; angel investor
Stated focus: AI, B2B SaaS, marketplaces, platforms and remarkable consumer products (lennyrachitsky.com).
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Flux.ai (investors).
#27Tom Preston-Werner
Co-founder and former CEO of GitHub; co-founder of Chatterbug; founder of Preston-Werner Ventures (PWV)
Stated focus: Pre-seed and seed rounds in software- and AI-driven companies (PWV announcement).
Investor in 1 portfolio company, 1 of them in AI: Flux.ai (investors).
Notable public investments named by cited sources: Stripe, Cursor, Netlify, Snyk, Supabase.
How this list was built
This list is built from two public inputs. The first is the portfolio's source-backed directory of investors, in which each company page cites the public sources that name its investors. The second is a profile for each person: their own website, a reputable publication, or a recognised investor database that states their public role, their stated focus, and the city they are based in where a source gives one.
The list includes every verified person in at least one AI company in the portfolio. A person is verified only when at least two independent public sources support their public role and at least one supports their stated focus. Nothing here is inferred from private information. The page never records amounts, terms, timing, rounds, or roles within a round, and it says nothing about the portfolio owner's own positions. Where public statements conflict, for example on a home city, the field is left blank rather than guessed.
Entries are ordered by how many AI startups in the portfolio report the person, then by their overall portfolio count, then alphabetically. Counts are limited to this portfolio's public research: a person in two of the 234 portfolio companies is shown as two even when their full public record is larger. The list is evidence-based and may be incomplete; a person who is not named here may still be an active angel investor.
15 AI companies with angels on this list
Each company below reports at least one person on this list. Company pages link the full source-backed directory of investors.
- Scale AIThe Data Engine that powers the most advanced AI models2 listed angels · all investors
- LambdaGPU compute for deep learning, accelerating human progress.3 listed angels · all investors
- Replit, Inc.Replit makes an AI app builder and cloud coding platform that turns plain-language descriptions into working, deployed apps and websites.3 listed angels · all investors
- Together.aiTogether AI runs a cloud platform for developers and enterprises to run, fine-tune and train open-source AI models on GPU clusters.1 listed angel · all investors
- TuringLLM training. Unleashing the world's untapped human potential to accelerate AGI5 listed angels · all investors
- Nanotronics ImagingNanotronics, now CubeFabs, builds modular, AI-run micro-factories that manufacture next-generation semiconductors, starting with gallium-oxide power chips for data centers and electric vehicles.2 listed angels · all investors
- NitraFinancial software for medical practices: cards, bill pay, accounting and lending1 listed angel · all investors
- PikaAn idea-to-video platform that brings your creativity to motion3 listed angels · all investors
- Slingshot AIMental-health AI lab behind Ash, an AI therapeutic support app2 listed angels · all investors
- BrelliumBrellium automates your chart review with AI.1 listed angel · all investors
- CytronicCytronic runs robotic ecommerce fulfillment warehouses as a service, storing, picking, packing and shipping orders for direct-to-consumer brands.1 listed angel · all investors
- LawtradesTop legal talent, on demand.1 listed angel · all investors
- WarpPayroll and compliance for startups8 listed angels · all investors
- Flux.aiAI-powered electronics design and circuit simulation2 listed angels · all investors
- ExtropicThermodynamic computing for AI inference7 listed angels · all investors
How to reach angel investors
Every person on this page is reachable through their own public channels, which is why each entry links the website or X profile that their cited sources confirm. Read the stated focus before writing: an angel who describes a sector or stage is telling founders what they want to see. Keep the first note short, name the problem, the customer, and the evidence that people already use the product, and make it easy to verify each claim. A warm introduction from a founder the investor already backs is the most reliable route, and the portfolio company links on each entry show where those founders are.
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Frequently asked questions
- How was this list of 27 angel investors built?
- It combines two public inputs: the portfolio's source-backed directories of investors, and a cited profile for each person. An investor is listed only when at least two independent public sources support their public role. Entries are ordered by how many AI startups in the portfolio report the person, then by their overall portfolio count, then alphabetically. The list counts AI companies in the portfolio and may be incomplete.
- What does "reported" mean on this page?
- A named public source, such as a company announcement, an investor's own site, a reputable publication, or a recognised investor database, states that the person invested in the company. Each source is linked through a neutral reference. The page does not record amounts, terms, timing, or rounds, and it says nothing about the portfolio owner's own positions.
- How can an investor be added to or corrected on this list?
- Send the public source that supports the change to sahin@remotebase.com. An addition needs a public source naming the person as an investor in a company in this portfolio plus two public sources for their role; a correction needs one public source. Every change is reviewed before it is published.