David Bloom

Inferact is a startup founded by creators and core maintainers of vLLM, the most popular open-source LLM inference engine. Our mission is to grow vLLM as the worlds AI inference engine and accelerate AI progress by making inference cheaper and faster.

Created by researchers from UC Berkeley, Arena (formerly LMArena) is a community-powered platform to measure and advance the frontier of AI for real-world use. Tens of millions of builders, researchers, and creative professionals come to Arena to use frontier models and give feedback on their responses, shaping a public leaderboard grounded in real-world use.

Advancing the frontier of care, starting with radiology. Voio unifies fragmented pieces of the reporting process and helps radiologists deliver faster diagnoses without compromising quality.

Homemade is revolutionizing the home renovation experience by providing a turnkey renovation platform at scale. Homemade transforms the traditionally tedious and frustrating process into a seamless and rewarding experience for homeowners. By modernizing houses for enhanced living, Homemade not only adds value to properties but also positively impacts communities. Backed by Night, Kyber Knight, and Shrug, Homemade combines innovation and customer-centric services to become the go-to partner for those looking to breathe new life into homes.

The House Fund is a pre-seed and early stage venture capital fund focused on the boldest Berkeley startups. Cal has some of the most brilliant minds and daring businesses in the world. Tesla. Apple. Intel. But it has never had a place to unite its entrepreneurs, until now. We started in 2016, with investments in 100+ startups, including 15+ exits. Over 100 firms have follow-on invested $5B+ in our startups. The House Fund has become a thriving ecosystem for the boldest Berkeley startups to grow. Our Cal roots run deep. The House Fund’s Founding Partners have been building the Berkeley startup community since 2010. Our four Part-Time Alumni Partners have founded companies with combined exits over $1 Billion. Our six Faculty Partners are among the worlds leading AI experts.

Inferact is a startup founded by creators and core maintainers of vLLM, the most popular open-source LLM inference engine. Our mission is to grow vLLM as the worlds AI inference engine and accelerate AI progress by making inference cheaper and faster.

Created by researchers from UC Berkeley, Arena (formerly LMArena) is a community-powered platform to measure and advance the frontier of AI for real-world use. Tens of millions of builders, researchers, and creative professionals come to Arena to use frontier models and give feedback on their responses, shaping a public leaderboard grounded in real-world use.

Advancing the frontier of care, starting with radiology. Voio unifies fragmented pieces of the reporting process and helps radiologists deliver faster diagnoses without compromising quality.

Homemade is revolutionizing the home renovation experience by providing a turnkey renovation platform at scale. Homemade transforms the traditionally tedious and frustrating process into a seamless and rewarding experience for homeowners. By modernizing houses for enhanced living, Homemade not only adds value to properties but also positively impacts communities. Backed by Night, Kyber Knight, and Shrug, Homemade combines innovation and customer-centric services to become the go-to partner for those looking to breathe new life into homes.

Kyber Knight brings a unique approach to venture capital with its mission to provide innovative early stage companies and founders access to a network of highly successful and influential executives that can help them establish a framework of scalable success. Founded by seasoned investors and founders Sunny Dhillon and Linus Liang, Kyber Knight offers a hands-on collaborative approach and is hyper-focused on pre-seed and seed investing between $250,000 and $3,000,000 in companies that are building across commerce, AI, and labor. Kyber Knight, established in 2023, has raised from 50+ CEO, founders, executives of top tech startups, and Fortune 500 companies. These highly influential and successful people are known as our “Luminary Leaders” and include Alphabet, Inc. Chairman John Hennessy, former CEO of eBay and Hewlett Packard, Board Member P&G and GM Meg Whitman, former President of Dreamworks Animation Chris DeFaria, former CEO of The Walt Disney Company Michael Eisner, and AirBnB Founder Joe Gebbia, among others.