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Ideate and fund
AI Teammates

A $100M Builder Initiative

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Mayfield AI Garage

Our Conviction on
AI Teammates

Digital Companions That:

Embody Collaborative Intelligence

Elevate Humans to SuperHumans

Represent a $6 Trillion Opportunity

Our AI Teammates Family

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Data Engineer

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ITOps Engineer

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Sales Engineer

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Support Engineer

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Sales Development Rep

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Healthcare Professional

Finance Manager

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Chip Engineer

Our Offering

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$

100M

in Ideation Stage Mentor Capital

How It Works

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Partner with founders at ideation

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Take zero equity at induction into the AI Garage

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Give a 6 month stipend during the idea exploration stage

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Provide up to $5 million in funding

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Pair with an investor

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Unlock our founder amplification team

  • Strategy and business plan creation
  • Market opportunity sizing
  • Customer validation from Mayfield’s CXO network
  • Talent matching
  • Brand and narrative creation

Who Should Apply

Bay Area-based founders building AI Teammates

Founders following a SENSE framework:

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Start with domain expertise

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Establish data guardrails

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Nurture delightful user interfaces

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Shape new business models

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Elevate humans to superhumans

Founders building for our initial focus personas including:

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Financial Services

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Healthcare & Life Sciences

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IT Services

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Marketing

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Finance & Accounting

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Our Roots

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08.2024
Dr. John Hennessey

Alphabet Chairman and Stanford President Emeritus, MIPS

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08.2024
Manish Chandra & Tracy Sun

Poshmark (IPO, acquired by Naver)

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08.2024
Gerard Williams III

Nuvia (acquired by Qualcomm)

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08.2024
Kumar Ramachandran

CloudGenix (acquired by Palo Alto Networks)

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08.2024
Gou Rao

Portworx (acquired by Pure Storage)

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08.2024
Rehan Jalil

Elastica (acquired by BlueCoat/Symantec)

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08.2024
Ankur Singla

Volterra (acquired by F5 Networks)

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08.2024
Janice Chen &Trevor Martin

Mammoth Biosciences

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Ideation stage investors

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A craftsperson approach

120

IPOs

225+

M&As

$3B+

AUM

Cognition first. Ideation first. Founder first.

Mayfield AI Garage
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