Zero Shot Fund is backing AI-native founders with a $100M venture fund

The next generation of AI companies may be built before the market fully understands what they’re becoming.

Zero Shot Fund is focused on finding those companies early before the pattern is obvious.

That’s why the fund is writing its first institutional checks at the pre-seed and seed stage.

Selected founders can receive:

• 1M–4M in pre-seed/seed funding
• Backing from a team with OpenAI alumni across research, engineering, product & operations
• Early technical and product guidance from experienced frontier AI builders
• Access to a deep network across the AI ecosystem

𝗙𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦: Robotics • Energy • Automation • Infrastructure • Security • Observability

𝗧𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆:

• Building an AI-native company in one of these areas
• At the pre-seed or seed stage
• No pitch deck required Zero Shot says they want to hear the idea

If you’re building for the post-AGI era and believe you’re early to something important, this is one fund worth having on your radar.

apply: https://zeroshotfund.com

Zero Shot Fund | Backing AI-Native Founders

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Zero Shot Fund is a $100M venture fund anchored by OpenAI alumni.

We back founders building across robotics, energy, automation, infrastructure, security, and observability.

Our edge comes from having built and deployed frontier AI systems ourselves. We have a clear view into what endures, what breaks, and where real opportunity emerges.

Robotics

Energy

Automation

Infrastructure

Security

Observability

A deep network ofbuilders and researchers.

Trusted

Early conversations

Founders come to us early, when ideas are still forming and technical decisions matter most.

Technical

AI Native Judgement

We have built and scaled frontier AI systems, giving us first-principles judgment on what will survive real demand.

Access

Frontier visibility

Our proximity to the OpenAI ecosystem gives us early visibility into emerging ideas, where technical debates happen before companies are formed.