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What does OpenAI Startup Fund invest in?
OpenAI Startup Fund invests most often at Series A and Series C (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI.
OpenAI Startup Fund highlights
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2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02
Mostly Series A and Series C: 57% of its rounds
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Led 3 rounds
What they do
Investing in startups with big ideas about AI.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- AI
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first7 appearances
- 2026
2 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- 2025
3 rounds
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- 2024
2 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
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 team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named
ICIan Clay Reid HathawayManager of Openai Startup Fund Management, LLCiForm ADV
We also hold 1 person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$4.8Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Openai Startup Fund Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 318221