# Andrej Karpathy: portfolio, investments and team > Andrej Karpathy is a vc firm. 7 investments on record, 5 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrej-karpathy (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Andrej Karpathy Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 7 cheques on record. Email Deploying now VC firm Seed Series A Series C Follow Andrej Karpathy and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fandrej-karpathy) Deploying now **100%** of best year **5** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record Since the last cheque **2** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$77M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 86%** Pitch Andrej Karpathy ## Andrej Karpathy highlights - 01 5 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 86% of its rounds ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances** - **2026** 4 rounds - **Oct** **[Mintive](https://millionrounds.com/company/mintive)** Seed · FR · Leap Ventures **$7.0M** With 10 others - **Jun** **[Etched](https://millionrounds.com/company/etched)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$300M** With 18 others - **Jun** **[Engram](https://millionrounds.com/company/engram)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$98M** With 3 others - **Feb** **[Simile](https://millionrounds.com/company/simile)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$100M** With 7 others - **2025** 1 round - **Nov** **[Inception](https://millionrounds.com/company/inception)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$50M** With 15 others - **2024** 1 round - **Nov** **[/dev/agents](https://millionrounds.com/company/dev-agents)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$56M** With 6 others - **2023** 1 round - **Mar** **[Perplexity AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/perplexity-ai)** Series A · US · New Enterprise Associates **Undisclosed** With 9 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series C Median round joined **$77M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *4* - Series A *2* - Series C *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Fei-Fei Li](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fei-fei-li) 2 - [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) 2 - [Scott Belsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-belsky) 2 - [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) 2 **Pitching Andrej Karpathy?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Andrej Karpathy. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Fei-Fei Li** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fei-fei-li)[**Index Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)[**Scott Belsky** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-belsky)[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) ## Recently backed The latest companies Andrej Karpathy put money into. [**Etched** $300M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/etched)[**Engram** $98M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/engram)[**Simile** $100M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/simile)[**Perplexity AI** Mar 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/perplexity-ai) ## On podcasts 4 episodes naming Andrej Karpathy in the title, and 4 more that mention it. - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 21 May 2026 · 1h 22m 20VC: Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic & Anthropic Raises $30BN at $900BN Price | SpaceX Files S1: How Does it Trade | Cerebras Smashes Day 1: What it Means for IPOs | Why Mass Layoffs Are More Worrying Than Anyone Sees Mentions [Andrej Karpathy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrej-karpathy)[Day One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/day-one-srl)[Elon Musk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elon-musk) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page - [Training Data](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/training-data) 30 Apr 2026 · 30 min Andrej Karpathy: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering Mentions [Andrej Karpathy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrej-karpathy)[Stephanie Zhan](https://millionrounds.com/person/stephanie-zhan) Apple Podcasts - [No Priors](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/no-priors) 20 Mar 2026 · 1h 7m Andrej Karpathy on Code Agents, AutoResearch, and the Loopy Era of AI Mentions [Andrej Karpathy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrej-karpathy) Apple Podcasts - [No Priors](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/no-priors) 5 Sept 2024 · 44 min The Road to Autonomous Intelligence with Andrej Karpathy Mentions [Andrej Karpathy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrej-karpathy) Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in - [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) 26 Oct 2026 · 56 min The $2B AI Startup Simulating Human Behavior with 85% Accuracy Apple PodcastsShow page - [All-In](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/all-in) 22 May 2026 · 1h 42m SpaceX's $2T Case, Nvidia's Shock Selloff, America Turns on AI, Trump Pulls AI Order, Bond Crisis? Apple PodcastsShow page - [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 10 Mar 2026 · 1h 1m How agents will change banking forever | E2260 Apple PodcastsShow page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 16 Oct 2025 · 3h 15m Google’s AI Breakthrough in Cancer, Protein Powders Exposed | Marc Benioff, Eiso Kant, Dante Vaisbort, Alice Bentinck, Eric Seufert, Pim de Witte Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Andrej Karpathy ### What does Andrej Karpathy invest in? Andrej Karpathy invests most often at Seed and Series A (86% of the rounds on record). ### How active is Andrej Karpathy? 7 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Andrej Karpathy invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Mintive (Seed, Oct 2026), Etched (Series C, Jun 2026) and Engram (Seed, Jun 2026). ### How big are Andrej Karpathy's cheques? The median round it joins is $77M. ### Does Andrej Karpathy lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Andrej Karpathy invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (86%) and France (14%). ### Is Andrej Karpathy investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Andrej Karpathy invest alongside? Most often Fei-Fei Li (2 rounds together), Index Ventures (2 rounds together) and Scott Belsky (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=andrej-karpathy) · [Is this your firm? 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