Frederik Hagenauer

Runware delivers AI-as-a-Service at 5–10x lower cost and with higher speed than competitors. Built for scale, the service has already powered 4 billion+ creations for +100K developers and +250M end-users worldwide. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco, Runware is backed by Insight Partners and a16z.

SpAItial is pioneering Spatial Foundation Models (SFMs), a groundbreaking AI paradigm designed to generate and reason about the appearance and physics of real and imagined environments. SFMs possess an intrinsic understanding of space-time, enabling transformative shifts in applications at the intersection of virtual and physical worlds. Unlike existing generative AI technologies such as LLMs, image, or video models, SFMs operate natively in physical space. This significantly advances their cognitive capabilities, which mimics human understanding. SFMs promise to revolutionize various applications across industries, from creating immersive virtual worlds for gaming and entertainment, to advancing CAD engineering and construction, to powering next-generation VR/AR experiences, and enabling sophisticated, physically-intelligent robotics.

Seqera is on a mission to simplify complex data analysis pipelines in the cloud. We provide software that enables developers and data scientists to create and deploy data applications in any environment. Our core, open-source technology Nextflow transforms the building of massively scalable and distributed computing solutions. Seqera is now empowering customers across pharma, genomics and biotech to break with the status quo of closed-platforms and custom scripts to embrace the future of cloud.

Runware delivers AI-as-a-Service at 5–10x lower cost and with higher speed than competitors. Built for scale, the service has already powered 4 billion+ creations for +100K developers and +250M end-users worldwide. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco, Runware is backed by Insight Partners and a16z.

SpAItial is pioneering Spatial Foundation Models (SFMs), a groundbreaking AI paradigm designed to generate and reason about the appearance and physics of real and imagined environments. SFMs possess an intrinsic understanding of space-time, enabling transformative shifts in applications at the intersection of virtual and physical worlds. Unlike existing generative AI technologies such as LLMs, image, or video models, SFMs operate natively in physical space. This significantly advances their cognitive capabilities, which mimics human understanding. SFMs promise to revolutionize various applications across industries, from creating immersive virtual worlds for gaming and entertainment, to advancing CAD engineering and construction, to powering next-generation VR/AR experiences, and enabling sophisticated, physically-intelligent robotics.

Seqera is on a mission to simplify complex data analysis pipelines in the cloud. We provide software that enables developers and data scientists to create and deploy data applications in any environment. Our core, open-source technology Nextflow transforms the building of massively scalable and distributed computing solutions. Seqera is now empowering customers across pharma, genomics and biotech to break with the status quo of closed-platforms and custom scripts to embrace the future of cloud.

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Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2015, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. EF’s portfolio is now collectively valued at over $16B, and includes companies such as Aztec, Cleo, Magdrive, Neptune, Omnea, Opply, PolyAI, Tractable, and many more. EF is backed by some of the worlds leading founders and investors, including Founders Fund, Greylock, John Collison (founder – Stripe), Patrick Collison (founder – Stripe), Reid Hoffman (founder – LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO - Google), Demis Hassabis (founder – Google DeepMind ), Taavet Hinrikus (founder – Wise), Matt Mullenweg (founder – WordPress), Charlie Songhurst (Board member – Meta), Christa Davies (Board member – Stripe), Lachy Groom (founder – Physical Intelligence), Aidan Gomez (founder – Cohere), Mati Staniszewski (founder – ElevenLabs), Danny Rimer (Partner - Index Ventures), Matt Cohler (former General Partner - Benchmark). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t. For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com Were hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers