AI Grant

AI Grant is an accelerator that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups building AI products. Capital is deployed through AI Grant LLC via a SAFE - a simple agreement for future equity, a convertible instrument standard in early-stage venture financing - and is complemented by founder events and technical credits provided to the companies it backs.

Investment activity is organised around published batches of backed companies. Among the names listed in these cohorts are Granola, Perplexity and Browserbase. The programme's focus is narrow by design: artificial intelligence, machine learning and AI product development sit at the centre of the mandate, with portfolio companies typically positioned at the earliest end of the venture spectrum.

The firm is small, run by two individuals, Hersh Desai and Lenny Bogdonoff. Beyond the investment itself, the offer to founders comprises structured programming - recurring founder events - and access to technical credits, reflecting the infrastructure costs associated with building and shipping AI products at pre-seed and seed stage.