Charlie Pinto

Somewear’s software platform and satellite-powered hardware enable commercial and government teams to maintain situational awareness during high-pressure operations — in any environment. Somewear serves a wide range of customers including helicopter paramedics, backcountry explorers, firefighters, and operators within the US Department of Defense. The company’s purpose is to build best-in-class solutions that keep people in touch, informed, and safe anywhere in the world.

Hermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer focused on the rapid design, build, and test of high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft for the national interest. Working directly with the Department of Defense, Hermeus delivers capabilities that will ensure that our nation, and our allies, maintain an asymmetric advantage over any and all potential adversaries. Utilizing an integrated, hardware-rich, iterative development approach to aircraft design and build, Hermeus aims to deliver advanced air power at a pace not seen in the U.S. since the 1950s. Hermeus’ current Quarterhorse Program is actively unlocking unmanned high-speed flight. One program, four aircraft – each purpose-built to unlock a specific technical challenge, advance learnings, and incrementally de-risk critical technology in the pursuit of hypersonic aircraft. America needs fast planes fast – and Hermeus is delivering them.

Exowatt is a next generation renewable energy company offering commercial and industrial customers a modular full-stack energy solution that can provide dispatchable power and heat for up to 24 hours per day, specifically designed to meet the needs of energy-intensive applications such as data centers. Our mission is clear, to make sustainable renewable energy always available and almost free.

Payabli is the Intelligent Fintech Operating System for software platforms. If you are a software company, you are a fintech company, and Payabli is your operating system. Built by payments industry and SaaS veterans and powered by its own models, Payabli gives platforms everything they need to embed, manage, and monetize financial services through a single developer-friendly API spanning Pay In, Pay Out, and Pay Ops. Intelligence is not a layer on top, it is the foundation, expressed through Amigo™, Payablis native AI Agent Suite, and a growing set of capabilities that make payment operations smarter and more autonomous. Payabli gives software companies PayFac capabilities without the heavy lift, administrative burden, or cost of becoming a payment facilitator themselves. With PayFac-as-a-Service, embedded payment acceptance and issuance, and intelligent payment operations, platforms turn payments into a meaningful revenue stream while staying focused on their core product. Payabli is backed by world-class fintech investors including QED Investors, Fika Ventures, TTV Capital, and Bling Capital, and was recently named to the Forbes Fintech 50. For more information, visit payabli.com.

Recall.ai is the API to get recordings, transcripts, and metadata from Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Slack, In-person meetings, and more. We support several form factors to capture meeting data: 1. Meeting Bot API: Through Recall.ais API and fully managed bot infrastructure, you can easily white-label bots and send them to meetings to capture the audio, video, transcriptions, and metadata from the meeting-all through a simple API. 2. Desktop Recording SDK: Use our Desktop Recording SDK to get meeting data without a bot joining the call. 3. Mobile Recording SDK (coming soon): Use our Mobile Recording SDK to record phone calls and in-person meetings.

Tempo’s mission is to give everyone the power to realize their strength and lead a healthy, full life. Using 3D sensors and A.I., Tempo enables real-time feedback to expertly correct your form, provide personalized feedback that can track your movements, and use that data to give you a richer and more effective workout in live and on-demand classes.

Spellbook is the most popular AI suite for commercial lawyers. It helps legal teams draft and review contracts 10x faster, with greater precision—right in Microsoft Word. More than 4,500 in-house teams and law firms trust Spellbook to scale contract review. Review: Ensure contracts are compliant to your standards, surfacing issues and suggesting redlines. Works right in Microsoft Word. Ask: Surface accurate answers with citations, from legal data sources as well as your own contract repository. Ask questions like: “Which employment agreements need to be updated this year based on changes in employment law?” Compare to Market: Spellbook is the only tool grounded in real market data. Compare your agreements to realtime data in your geography or industry. Intake: Enable your business teams to move quickly, while getting you the information you need, with Spellbook Greenlight. Multi-Document Drafting: Spellbook Associate is the first AI agent that can accomplish complex multi-document drafting work, like assembling a financing transaction from a term sheet. Organize: Automatically sort your historical contracts and extract key information from them. www.spellbook.com

NuBrakes is a tech-enabled mobile auto repair company that makes the auto repair experience more convenient and affordable for drivers everywhere. In the era of “instant-everything” -- where consumers and businesses alike have the expectation of goods and services being readily available at one’s fingertips (and at more affordable prices) -- you shouldn’t have to waste an afternoon at an auto shop, only to come away feeling ripped off.

Were on a mission - starting with 100% reusable rockets. At Stoke, we hire the best in the industry, grant them extreme ownership of their work, then celebrate their boundary-pushing speed of innovation. Working as part of a small team means you’ll have greater impact. At Stoke, we move fast, work hard, and have fun building the future of space mobility.

Zack Abbott, PhD microbiologist, founded ZBiotics because of the potential genetically engineered probiotics have to improve daily living. Our first product is a probiotic that helps you feel better the day after drinking alcohol. ZBiotics is leveraging its patented technology to create a whole new category of products that help our bodies deal with whatever modern life throws our way. It’s genetic engineering as it should be: transparent, responsible, and people first.

Rigetti is a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing. Rigetti quantum computers are based on superconducting qubits, which are widely believed to be the leading qubit modality given their maturity, clear path to scaling, and fast gate speeds. Current Rigetti quantum computing systems achieve gate speeds of 50-70ns, which is about 1,000 times faster than other modalities such as ion traps and neutral atoms. Rigetti sells on-premises 9-qubit to 108-qubit quantum computing systems, supporting national laboratories and quantum computing centers. Rigetti’s Cepheus 36-qubit to 108-qubit systems are based on the Company’s proprietary chiplet-based technology and include the Company’s control electronics. Rigetti’s 9-qubit Novera QPU supports a broader R&D community with a high-performance, on-premises QPU designed to plug into a customer’s existing cryogenic and control systems. The Company operates quantum computers over the cloud through its Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services (QCS) platform, enabling global enterprise, government, and research clients to pursue R&D. The Company’s proprietary quantum-classical infrastructure provides high-performance integration with public and private clouds for practical quantum computing. Rigetti developed the industry’s first multi-chip quantum processor for scalable quantum computing systems. Leveraging this proprietary technology, Rigetti deployed the industry’s largest multi-chip quantum computer in 2025 with Cepheus-1-36Q, based on four 9-qubit chiplets tiled together. The Company designs and manufactures its chips in-house at Fab-1, the industry’s first dedicated and integrated quantum device manufacturing facility.

Ginkgo Bioworks builds the tools that make biology easier to engineer for everyone. We offer autonomous laboratories that replace manual laboratory work with robotics in the lab, greatly improving the productivity of scientists. Ginkgos in-house autonomous lab is also available as a "cloud lab" through our Datapoints and Solutions contract research services.

Fundamental Ventures is the venture capital firm of Charlie Pinto, a YC-backed founder, operator, and product leader. Our specialty is helping entrepreneurs go from 0-1 to scale. Our secret sauce is our Operator Council, top founders and operators across the industry that help founders execute from seed to unicorn and beyond. We also built operating and fundraising playbooks, battle-tested not only from our experience as founders and operators, but also across 100+ portfolio companies.

Somewear’s software platform and satellite-powered hardware enable commercial and government teams to maintain situational awareness during high-pressure operations — in any environment. Somewear serves a wide range of customers including helicopter paramedics, backcountry explorers, firefighters, and operators within the US Department of Defense. The company’s purpose is to build best-in-class solutions that keep people in touch, informed, and safe anywhere in the world.

Hermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer focused on the rapid design, build, and test of high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft for the national interest. Working directly with the Department of Defense, Hermeus delivers capabilities that will ensure that our nation, and our allies, maintain an asymmetric advantage over any and all potential adversaries. Utilizing an integrated, hardware-rich, iterative development approach to aircraft design and build, Hermeus aims to deliver advanced air power at a pace not seen in the U.S. since the 1950s. Hermeus’ current Quarterhorse Program is actively unlocking unmanned high-speed flight. One program, four aircraft – each purpose-built to unlock a specific technical challenge, advance learnings, and incrementally de-risk critical technology in the pursuit of hypersonic aircraft. America needs fast planes fast – and Hermeus is delivering them.

Exowatt is a next generation renewable energy company offering commercial and industrial customers a modular full-stack energy solution that can provide dispatchable power and heat for up to 24 hours per day, specifically designed to meet the needs of energy-intensive applications such as data centers. Our mission is clear, to make sustainable renewable energy always available and almost free.

Payabli is the Intelligent Fintech Operating System for software platforms. If you are a software company, you are a fintech company, and Payabli is your operating system. Built by payments industry and SaaS veterans and powered by its own models, Payabli gives platforms everything they need to embed, manage, and monetize financial services through a single developer-friendly API spanning Pay In, Pay Out, and Pay Ops. Intelligence is not a layer on top, it is the foundation, expressed through Amigo™, Payablis native AI Agent Suite, and a growing set of capabilities that make payment operations smarter and more autonomous. Payabli gives software companies PayFac capabilities without the heavy lift, administrative burden, or cost of becoming a payment facilitator themselves. With PayFac-as-a-Service, embedded payment acceptance and issuance, and intelligent payment operations, platforms turn payments into a meaningful revenue stream while staying focused on their core product. Payabli is backed by world-class fintech investors including QED Investors, Fika Ventures, TTV Capital, and Bling Capital, and was recently named to the Forbes Fintech 50. For more information, visit payabli.com.

Recall.ai is the API to get recordings, transcripts, and metadata from Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Slack, In-person meetings, and more. We support several form factors to capture meeting data: 1. Meeting Bot API: Through Recall.ais API and fully managed bot infrastructure, you can easily white-label bots and send them to meetings to capture the audio, video, transcriptions, and metadata from the meeting-all through a simple API. 2. Desktop Recording SDK: Use our Desktop Recording SDK to get meeting data without a bot joining the call. 3. Mobile Recording SDK (coming soon): Use our Mobile Recording SDK to record phone calls and in-person meetings.