Zero Shot Fund
San Francisco, CA · Invests in US · Website
Check size
🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Investing in the Post-AGI World. Back founders building essential infrastructure, automation, robotics, energy, education, AI security, and biology applications in a world shaped by AI. The fund leverages deep OpenAI insider knowledge to identify where the market is wrong about AI's trajectory.
Likely not a fit for
No vibe coding platforms (will be made obsolete by model makers), digital twins (LLMs already solve the same problems), or ergo-centric robotics video data/embodiment training companies.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually follows
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Passive
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $100M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
5 contacts on file
Portfolio
Worktrace AI provides an AI-powered platform that captures and automates hidden workflows within enterprises, enabling organizations to optimize their operations and improve efficiency through intelligent prioritization and documentation.
Foundry Robotics specializes in AI-driven robotics to rebuild American manufacturing, focusing on flexible, modular robotic cells for assembly.
Recent activity
- Oct 2025
Worktrace AI
Seed · Participated
- Jan 2026
Foundry Robotics
Seed · Participated
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