
AI2 Incubator
We help entrepreneurs form new teams and build AI-first startups. Apply on our website for $500k investment, up to $1M in free AI compute, and network of AI founders and researchers. We bring together world-class engineers, researchers, and entrepreneurs to create new companies together from scratch. We help them come up with ideas, find co-founders, engage pilot customers, define their product, incorporate the latest A.I. techniques into their technology, and raise millions of dollars in venture funding. Over the last six years, we have invested in 40+ companies that are collectively worth $1B+ in valuation, have collectively raised $220M+ in venture funding, and have collectively created 700+ jobs. But beneath those numbers, the missions of those companies are even more important. These startups are helping immigrants to improve their communication skills (Yoodli), helping scientists to significantly accelerate cancer research (Ozette and Modulus), helping A.I. practitioners monitor critical algorithms in the wild (WhyLabs), helping business ops and legal teams to be much more efficient (Lexion), helping millions of creators to more easily produce voice content (WellSaid), turning your smartphone into a powerful medical device (PreemptiveAI), and so much more. Our unique advantages come from our core team's expertise and our exclusive partnership with the Paul Allen Institute for A.I. (aka "AI2"). Created in 2014 by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, AI2 has 200+ PhDs, researchers, engineers, professors, and support staff—and is well known for its contributions to the A.I. research community including 600+ papers, 20+ best paper awards, and numerous products/open source offerings including SemanticScholar, AllenNLP, and more.

AI2 Incubator
AI2 Incubator empowers founders to build AI-first companies, providing resources, funding, and technical expertise for rapid growth.
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Needs Assessment
Active buying signals and potential business opportunities
Technology Requirements
AI solutions
Foundation models
Machine learning tools
NLP toolkit
Text categorizer
AI API services
Guidance on AI tech stack
AI compute resources
ML libraries (Pytorch, Hugging Face, spaCy, Tensorflow Lite/JS)
Rapid prototyping tools (Bubble.io, Streamlit, Gradio)
Front-end toolkit (React, TypeScript, Chakra UI)
Service layer (Express/Flask)
Service Requirements
Technical mentorship
AI expertise
Product development support
Technical support
Product design
Co-founder matching
Guidance and support for building and deploying POCs
Advisory services for building AI-first products
Consulting on weak supervision techniques
Infrastructure Requirements
Support for training and running models
Cloud credits and custom silicon for training AI models
AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS)
Docker
Pulumi for infra-as-code
GitHub Actions for continuous deployment
Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Containerization (Docker)
CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
Talent Requirements
AI expertise
Machine learning skills
Software engineering talent
Product leadership
Business acumen
Recruiting Help
Immigration support
Fundraising support
AI Insights
Growth Trajectory
AI2 Incubator is demonstrating strong growth potential through its expansion indicators, helping world-class engineers and entrepreneurs build high-growth startups, and launching initiatives like the AI House in Seattle.
Market Opportunity
AI2 Incubator's strong focus on AI-first companies positions them to capitalize on the increasing demand for AI solutions across various industries, leveraging their deep technical expertise and strategic relationship with AI2.
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