Juniper Ventures

Advanced AI is radically transforming our world. Juniper invests in startups that help make AI secure and beneficial for humanity.

We’re into assurance infra like energy, hardware, physical networking (hard layer), compute, security, audits (cloud layer), data, evals, interpretability (model layer), inference, guardrails, observability (runtime layer), authentication, agents, integrations (distribution layer), compliance, insurance, policy (governance layer).

We love working with exceptional founders at the earliest stages.

Some of our (pre)seed investments:

• Goodfire: interpretability tooling for safe and reliable generative AI models.

• Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company: certifies and insures AI agents.

• Haize Labs: the trust, safety, and reliability layer underpinning AI models.

• Lucid Computing: from location verification to operational integrity.

• Gray Swan: safety and security in the AI era.

• Musubi Labs: intelligent AI-driven Trust & Safety automation.

• FutureSearch: building AI to understand AI, in a virtuous loop.

• Softmax: scaling alignment.

• Stealth

Juniper is run by exited founders. We help founders resolve bottlenecks like fundraising, hiring, go-to-market, product strategy, operating well, governance, managing relationships, culture, & well-being.

We’re backed by people like Reid Hoffman, Eric Ries, and Geoff Ralston.

We write and publish the AI Assurance Technology Report: aiat.report

Get in touch: team@juniperventures.xyz (Nick, Griff, & friends)