BootstrapLabs

BootstrapLabs, now part of Ares, was among the first venture capital firms to adopt a dedicated AI-focused investment strategy, having done so more than ten years ago. It makes seed-stage investments in companies working in applied artificial intelligence, describing the opportunity it is pursuing as extremely large in scale. The firm says it works closely with AI talent and domain experts to support its portfolio founders, drawing on its own team's background as founders themselves. It describes its focus as backing founders addressing what it calls today's most important and valuable opportunities, and says it draws on its own experience building companies to support the next generation of entrepreneurs working in applied AI.