Why we Invested in Neon
We are excited to announce that M12 has led a $25.6 million strategic investment in Neon, a serverless Postgres database designed for modern developers, alongside existing investors Abstract Ventures, General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, and Notable Capital. Postgres has quietly become ubiquitous as the go-to relational database. Developers choose Postgres due to its open ecosystem, reliability, and […]
Founders Feature: Volley
Earlier this month, Volley announced their $55M Series C. We’re proud to say we co-led that funding round, along with Lightspeed Venture Partners. A market leader in creating voice-enabled games via AI platforms, we sat down with Volley co-founders Max Child and James Wilsterman to learn more about them, how they got the company to […]
Fueling the Future of Gaming with an Investment in AI Voice Game Leader
Today, we are excited to share that M12 co-led, with Lightspeed Venture Partners, the $55M Series C round in Volley Since its founding in 2016, Volley has led the market in creating voice-enabled games via voice AI platforms. Volley makes AI-powered voice games, or games you can talk to: interactive, multiplayer, and on screen. Volley’s […]
The Shadow IT Implications of AI
As we kick off RSA in San Francisco this week, we wanted to talk about the shadow IT implications of AI. It’s a well traveled path: A new technology emerges to great excitement and fanfare. Companies and users rush to enjoy its benefits and cybercriminals close on their heels to exploit its unaddressed risks. Embarrassing […]
Builder.io closes $20 million in funding led by M12
Why We Invested In Synth Labs, A Company Focusing On Automating LLM Alignment
We are thrilled to announce that M12 has co-led with First Spark Ventures, the Seed round for Synth Labs.ai, a startup developing leading technology for a fully auditable, transparent and robust AI alignment platform. This investment will enable them to expand their team, continue research efforts in AI alignment, evaluations, synthetic pipelines and launch their […]
Competitive strategies in AI: Insights from an M12 managing partner
GitHub Fund 2024 and beyond: Looking to the future
Why we invested in HiddenLayer’s vision of creating safer AI application
We are excited to announce that M12 has co-led, with Moore Strategic Ventures, the $50 million Series A investment into HiddenLayer, an AI application security startup. This investment will enable them to expand their team, increase go-to-market efforts, and further invest in its award-winning Machine Learning Security (MLSec) Platform. But beyond this fantastic fundraise, here […]
M12 Perspectives: Four Themes of a New AI Startup
In October 2022, M12 was tracking a growing list of a few dozen startups that had generative AI as a key technology. Today, websites like “There’s an AI for that” list more than 5,500 companies in 1,500 categories. Buoyed by a wave of consumer enthusiasm for a resurgent vision of AI, startups can harness a […]
