Ben Parr

Wordware is a web-hosted IDE where non-technical domain experts work with AI Engineers to build task-specific AI agents. We approach prompting as a new programming language rather than low/no-code blocks.

Your customers will bank through conversation. The question is whether that happens inside your walls or outside them. Payman deploys AI agents that execute real banking transactions. Not answer questions about them. Execute them. Payments, transfers, account management, through voice or text, on your existing core banking rails. Customers say "move enough to cover rent" and the agent understands balances, timing, and context, then executes within your policy guardrails. Every action traced end to end. And every conversation surfaces intent data no transaction record captures. Financial goals, life events, friction points, visible in real-time on your dashboard. We built this for community and regional banks. The same AI capabilities the largest institutions are building internally, deployed on your stack in weeks. Your brand, your experience, your control. Integrates with FIS, Fiserv, Jack Henry, COCC, Narmi, Q2, Alkami, and more. SOC 2 certified. KYC, BSA, and AML compliant. Backed by Visa, Coinbase Ventures, and Circle.

Gumloop is the AI automation platform that empowers non-technical teams to build their own AI agents - no code, no engineering tickets, no waiting. Marketing, sales, ops, and support teams use Gumloop to create workflows as fast as they can type. Trusted by teams at Shopify, Doordash, Instacart, and Webflow to automate the workflows that matter most. AI automation your team will love - because they built it themselves.

Superlayer is a web3 venture studio co-founding projects that are defining the new wave of consumer experiences. Led by Managing Partners Kevin Chou and Mahesh Vellanki — who have more than $1 billion+ in exits between their combined venture and founding experience — Superlayer works with partners and teams to facilitate the launch, staffing, go-to-market, compliance, and fundraising for Web3 projects. Visit superlayer.io to learn more.

Weekend Fund is an early-stage fund with Ryan Hoover (founder of Product Hunt) and Vedika Jain. Were investors in Alt, Atlys, Cytronic, Deel, Extropic, Function Health, Intercom, InVideo, Mindbloom, MoonPay, Outset, Rail, Truemed, Voiceflow, and many more.

Theory Forge Ventures is an Al-focused fund led by founders who built profitable Al companies long before the ChatGPT era. We leverage our deep technical expertise and founder network to identify and support the next generation of transformative Al startups at their earliest stages. Theory Forge portfolio companies include Wordware (co-investors: Spark Capital, Felicis, DCM), Gumloop (co-investors: First Round, Y Combinator, Ludlow Ventures, Vertex Ventures), Payman (co-investors: Coinbase, Boost VC, Freestyle, Visa Ventures), Clout Kitchen (co-investors: a16z, Peak XV Partners, Weekend Fund, Hustle Fund), and Team-GPT (co- investors: True Ventures).

Wordware is a web-hosted IDE where non-technical domain experts work with AI Engineers to build task-specific AI agents. We approach prompting as a new programming language rather than low/no-code blocks.

Your customers will bank through conversation. The question is whether that happens inside your walls or outside them. Payman deploys AI agents that execute real banking transactions. Not answer questions about them. Execute them. Payments, transfers, account management, through voice or text, on your existing core banking rails. Customers say "move enough to cover rent" and the agent understands balances, timing, and context, then executes within your policy guardrails. Every action traced end to end. And every conversation surfaces intent data no transaction record captures. Financial goals, life events, friction points, visible in real-time on your dashboard. We built this for community and regional banks. The same AI capabilities the largest institutions are building internally, deployed on your stack in weeks. Your brand, your experience, your control. Integrates with FIS, Fiserv, Jack Henry, COCC, Narmi, Q2, Alkami, and more. SOC 2 certified. KYC, BSA, and AML compliant. Backed by Visa, Coinbase Ventures, and Circle.

Gumloop is the AI automation platform that empowers non-technical teams to build their own AI agents - no code, no engineering tickets, no waiting. Marketing, sales, ops, and support teams use Gumloop to create workflows as fast as they can type. Trusted by teams at Shopify, Doordash, Instacart, and Webflow to automate the workflows that matter most. AI automation your team will love - because they built it themselves.

Superlayer is a web3 venture studio co-founding projects that are defining the new wave of consumer experiences. Led by Managing Partners Kevin Chou and Mahesh Vellanki — who have more than $1 billion+ in exits between their combined venture and founding experience — Superlayer works with partners and teams to facilitate the launch, staffing, go-to-market, compliance, and fundraising for Web3 projects. Visit superlayer.io to learn more.