Air Street Capital

Gives AI-first founders early-stage capital and guidance on product, technical strategy, and market positioning.

Helps readers understand global AI progress through independent, open-access annual analysis across key domains.

Helps readers follow AI developments and company-building with year-round analysis, research, and practical guidance.

Connects global leaders in AI research, engineering, and product at an annual summit.

Helps attendees engage with AI communities through events and meetups organized around the world.

Early institutional financing for AI-first companies, including lead or co-lead investment and support with product strategy, technical direction, and market positioning.

Products: AI-first venture capital investment

Selective financing for AI-first companies at Series A and beyond to support continued development and expansion.

Products: AI-first venture capital investment

Conferences and meetups for AI researchers, engineers, product leaders, and founders to exchange knowledge and build professional relationships.

Products: Air Street AI Events and Meetups, Research and Applied AI Summit (RAAIS)

AI-first venture capital investment

Air Street Capital invests exclusively in AI-first companies where artificial intelligence is central to product capability, competitive advantage, and long-term value creation. It invests globally, with a focus on Europe and the United States, primarily at pre-seed and seed and selectively at later stages. The firm backs companies across frontier AI, infrastructure, autonomy, defense technology, AI agents, and TechBio. Its research-driven approach and engagement with founders support product, technical strategy, and market positioning from day one.

• Fund AI-First Companies
  Provides investment to companies whose products and business models are centrally driven by artificial intelligence, across the firm’s stated AI sectors.
• Invest From Pre-Seed Through Growth
  Offers investment primarily at pre-seed and seed, with selective later-stage investment for AI-first companies.
• Develop Technical Strategy
  Supports founders as they assess technical strategy in a fast-changing AI landscape.
• Secure Stage-Based Funding
  Provides checks sized by financing stage, ranging from $500,000 to $10 million overall.
• Refine Product Strategy
  Gives founders deep engagement on product strategy from the earliest stages of company-building.
• Apply AI Research To Investing
  Uses analysis of AI research, industry, geopolitics, and safety to inform its investment perspective on emerging technical inflection points and shifts in the AI ecosystem.
• Access Global Investment
  Makes investment opportunities available to AI-first founders globally, with particular focus on Europe and the United States.
• Sharpen Market Positioning
  Engages with founders on how to position their companies in their markets from day one.
• Lead Or Co-Lead Early Rounds
  Can participate as a lead or co-lead investor in early-stage financing rounds.

State of AI Report

An annual open-access report providing independent analysis of global AI progress across research, industry, geopolitics, and safety. First published in 2018, it serves as an annual synthesis of the AI landscape.

• Explore AI Across Key Domains
  Review AI progress across research, industry, geopolitics, and safety in one annual report.
• Understand Annual AI Developments
  Use an annual synthesis of AI progress to stay informed about developments across the global AI landscape.
• Consult Independent AI Analysis
  Use an independent annual analysis of the AI landscape to inform your understanding of global AI progress.
• Access The Report Openly
  Read the report as an open-access publication without a stated access restriction.
• Track AI Compute Trends
  Explore data tracking public, private, and national HPC cluster sizes and the utilisation of various AI chips in AI research papers.

Air Street Press

Air Street Capital’s publication of analytical essays, opinion pieces, research, and best practices on AI progress, research, markets, geopolitics, and company-building. It provides ongoing insight throughout the year.

• Follow AI Developments Year-Round
  Readers can access ongoing analysis throughout the year on AI research, markets, geopolitics, and company-building.
• Explore Research And Practical Guidance
  Readers can explore different forms of analysis and guidance on AI progress and company-building, including research, opinion, and best practices.

Research and Applied AI Summit (RAAIS)

An annual AI summit organized by Air Street Capital and Nathan Benaich. RAAIS convenes more than 200 global leaders in AI research, engineering, and product.

Category: Industry Conferences

• Connect With Global AI Leaders
  Brings together a global group of more than 200 leaders representing AI research, engineering, and product.
• Attend An Annual AI Summit
  Participate in an annual gathering focused on research and applied artificial intelligence.

Air Street AI Events and Meetups

AI events and meetups around the world organized by Air Street Capital and Nathan Benaich.

• Attend AI Events And Meetups Worldwide
  Attend AI events and meetups organized around the world by Air Street Capital and Nathan Benaich.