# Insights > Essays, investment announcements, and market theses from the Innovation Endeavors team. Index of 154 posts, newest first. Append `.md` to any entry to read it as Markdown. ## 2026 - [Plugging in AI, Part 3: “The data center next door will lower your electric bill”](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/plugging-in-ai-part-3-the-data-center-next-door-will-lower-your-electric-bill): Two years ago, we wrote about the electricity gauntlet – the collision between A... - [Meet Soffi: the first truly collaborative workplace for product development](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-soffi): Over the last few years, AI has undeniably transformed the pace of software engi... - [How Agents Use Systems Differently](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/how-agents-use-systems-differently): Increasingly, coding agents are the ones provisioning and interacting with syste... - [A decade of software infrastructure](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/a-decade-of-software-infrastructure): Today, we are excited to announce Kenneth Auchenberg is joining the team at Inno... - [When Machines Build for Machines](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/when-machines-build-for-machines): For as long as technology has existed, it has been built by humans, for humans.... - [All agents will become coding agents](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/all-agents-will-become-coding-agents): Yesterday, Anthropic launched Claude Cowork, a new consumer product experience ## 2025 - [Meet Inception: A new paradigm in language modeling](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-inception): The “foundation model” category has thus far been characterized by two primary m... - [Meet Mesa: Rethinking the SDLC for AI codegen](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/mesa-code-verification): “I do think code review / validation is going to start becoming the bottleneck o... - [Announcing Davis Treybig’s promotion to General Partner](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/davis-treybig-gp): We’re thrilled to share that Davis Treybig has been promoted to General Partner... - [The AI data center gold rush: what's next beyond power?](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/future-data-centers): Last spring, we shared our perspective on the ‘electricity gauntlet’ of AI infra... - [Immigration is broken. AI will help us fix it.](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/immigration-ai): Immigration is essential to American progress. Immigrants have founded iconic co... - [Meet LightTable: Building the AI-Native Operating System for Pre-Construction](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-lighttable): In U.S. construction alone, unplanned rework, tearing out and redoing mistakes,... - [Pricing AI: How to capture value in a world of AI abundance](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/pricing-ai): Originally posted in Davis Treybig's substack TLDR- I think you can differentiat... - [Meet Intuigence: bringing advanced AI to process manufacturing](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-intuigence): One of the biggest transformative opportunities for AI lies in the physical indu... - [The most important investment I ever made](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-most-important-investment-i-ever-made): As an investor, I’ve been fortunate to back some extraordinary founders tackling... - [The 2025 build list: AI ideas to reshape the physical economy](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/2025-physical-economy): At Innovation Endeavors, we’re thesis-driven investors. That means we don’t just... - [There’s never been a better time to be human](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-intelligence-revolution): This article originally appeared on Fortune.com: https://fortune.com/2025/06/27/... - [State of Foundation Models 2025](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/foundation-models-2025): ‍ Generative AI has hit escape velocity and foundation models are at the center... - [Meet Extend: the document processing cloud](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-extend): Just a few years ago, getting data reliably out of a PDF meant six months of OCR... - [AI as the new interface to government](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/ai-government-interface): A glimpse of the future I (Tomas) recently went through a special kind of purgat... - [Enterprise sales is back - and it’s mission-critical for AI go-to-market](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/enterprise-sales-playbook): By Scott Brady & Barry Sowerwine\ \ Huge thanks to Barry—a longtime friend of th... - [Meet Capsule: making high-quality video accessible to every brand.](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-capsule): Video has quietly become the default language of modern work. Product teams use... - [Meet Bauplan: making all software engineers data engineers](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-bauplan-making-all-software-engineers-data-engineers): At this point, it is essentially a truism that every product in the world is bec... - [Master and Commander: going from records to results and the System of Action future](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/system-of-action): The next frontier of enterprise AI is autonomous decision making. Companies that... - [The next industrial unicorn: Where is AI rapidly transforming the physical economy](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-next-industrial-unicorn): A few weeks ago, we shared why we believe industrial sectors are primed for AI-d... - [Our investment in Character Bio - deep real-world therapeutic discovery and development](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/character-bio-series-b): We first wrote about Character Bio a few years ago when we led the Series A. Fro... - [Case Study: How an RDI process led two entrepreneurs to revolutionize alternatives reporting](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/case-study-how-an-rdi-process-led-two-entrepreneurs-to-revolutionize-alternatives-reporting): It’s a story that’s played out hundreds of times in Silicon Valley: two potentia... - [How AI and robotics will manufacture our industrial future](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/ai-and-robotics-manufacturing): This blog follows on from our recent post on radical disruptions to hardware eng... - [Specialized brains for industry: the immense potential for domain-specific AI](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/specialized-brains-for-industry-the-immense-potential-for-domain-specific-ai): As advancements in AI continue to surprise and accelerate, one of the areas we c... - [We’re growing! Meet Alexa and Nick.](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/were-growing-meet-alexa-and-nick): Our portfolio. Our community. Our team. These are just a few things that make ou... - [Mechanisms for test-time compute](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/mechanisms-for-test-time-compute): One of the most interesting research trends in LLMs right now is the rise of rea... ## 2024 - [The new dawn of weather forecasting](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-new-dawn-of-weather-forecasting): Today we all get a free and decent weather forecast thanks to government institu... - [Our investment in Cadstrom: AI-enabled tooling for electrical engineers](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/our-investment-in-cadstrom-ai-enabled-tooling-for-electrical-engineers): Accelerating hardware development by reducing engineering cycles ‍ Recently, we... - [Fireside Chat: Dror Berman & Jørgen Vig Knudstorp](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/fireside-chat-dror-berman-jorgen-vig-knudstorp): - [Adwords for software APIs](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/adwords-for-software-apis): Will software copilots & agents become an advertising channel for developer tool... - [Hiring and retaining technical talent: How to build an A+ team](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/hiring-and-retaining-technical-talent-how-to-build-an-a-team): Recruiting top-tier talent is critical for any company’s success, but especially... - [Embracing biological complexity: our investment in Passkey Therapeutics](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/embracing-biological-complexity-our-investment-in-passkey-therapeutics): Biological systems are complex adaptive systems where biological macromolecules... - [From blueprints to bots: AI and agentic systems for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC)](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/from-blueprints-to-bots-ai-and-agentic-systems-for-architecture-engineering-and-construction-aec): At Innovation Endeavors, we have invested in the intersection of emerging techno... - [All applications are becoming distributed systems](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/all-applications-are-becoming-distributed-systems): Traditionally, most SaaS applications followed a relatively straightforward syst... - [Building Skylo: Parth Trivedi’s lessons in scaling a global network](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/building-skylo-parth-trivedis-lessons-in-scaling-a-global-network): Mistakes are inevitable when building a company, especially in the industries we... - [Using AI to bring clarity and precision to private market investing: Our investment in Tetrix](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/using-ai-to-bring-clarity-and-precision-to-private-market-investing-our-investment-in-tetrix): Over the next few years, we expect that recent advances in data processing, clou... - [From Series A to Salesforce: Celebrating Own](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/from-series-a-to-salesforce-celebrating-own): On Thursday, Own announced that it signed a definitive agreement to be acquired... - [The enterprise decision-making engine](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-enterprise-decision-making-engine): Announcing our investment in Eppo Two years ago, I wrote The Experimentation Gap... - [Breakthrough advancements in understanding climate risk: our investment in First Street](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/breakthrough-advancements-in-understanding-climate-risk-our-investment-in-first-street): It can be difficult to comprehend non-linear trends, whether appreciating how sa... - [Celebrating a decade of curiosity](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/celebrating-a-decade-of-curiosity): Our world (and the technology that fuels it) has radically changed in the last d... - [Non-destructive editing in design tools](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/non-destructive-editing-in-design-tools): How computational advances will increasingly make non-destructivity the default... - [Team growth and promotions](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/innovation-endeavors-growth-and-team-promotions): Expanding the platform and investment teams to better serve our growing communit... - [Rich Stern on embracing failure: Lessons from the CEO of TuneIn](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/rich-stern-on-embracing-failure-lessons-from-the-ceo-of-tunein): Mistakes are inevitable when building a company, especially in the industries we... - [A leap in genomic medicine: why we invested in Exsilio Therapeutics](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/exsilio): Much has been discussed over the last few years about the burgeoning world of di... - [Building for the real world](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/building-for-the-real-world): Next-generation tools for hardware engineering By Sam Smith-Eppsteiner and Thilo... - [Building AI-powered software engineering tools: Essential commercial considerations for founders](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/building-ai-powered-software-engineering-tools-essential-commercial-considerations-for-founders): In 2022, Github caught lightning in a bottle by releasing Github Copilot, their... - [A new era of marketing: How AI impacts strategies and creativity](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/a-new-era-of-marketing-how-ai-impacts-strategies-and-creativity): AI is transforming marketing faster than we can blink. Debates continue over how... - [Our investment in Weave Bio: Using AI to alleviate regulatory friction in drug development](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/our-investment-in-weave-bio-using-ai-to-alleviate-regulatory-friction-in-drug-development): Development of new medicines is the ultimate knowledge work. A new medicine is o... - [Building modern financial infrastructure for the changing energy sector: Our investment in ElectronX](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/building-modern-financial-infrastructure-for-the-changing-energy-sector-our-investment-in-electronx): Increasing volatility on the grid calls for novel financial products to manage r... - [Building AI-powered software engineering tools: Essential technical considerations for founders](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/building-ai-powered-software-engineering-tools-essential-technical-considerations-for-founders): In 2022, Github caught lightning in a bottle by releasing Github Copilot, their... - [Embracing uncertainty: original mistakes with Benny Buller](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/embracing-uncertainty-original-mistakes-with-benny-buller): Mistakes are inevitable when building a company, especially in the industries we... - [The art of automation: original mistakes with robotics innovator Jorge Heraud](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-art-of-automation-original-mistakes-with-robotics-innovator-jorge-heraud): Mistakes are inevitable when building a company, especially in the industries we... - [Plugging in AI, part 2: The solutions — better planning & pre-construction, sophisticated orchestration, and scaling behind-the-meter generation](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/plugging-in-ai-part-2-the-solutions----better-planning-pre-construction-sophisticated-orchestration-and-scaling-behind-the-meter-generation): By Josh Rapperport and Sam Smith-Eppsteiner ‍ In Part 1, we laid out the history... - [Plugging in AI, Part 1: Escalating demand on the grid to power the computing revolution](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/plugging-in-ai-part-1-escalating-demand-on-the-grid-to-power-the-computing-revolution): This will be a 2-part series, beginning with the problem statement, followed by... - [Lessons learned the hard way: Robotics](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/lessons-learned-the-hard-way-robotics): We’re robotics nerds. We envision an abundant future in which robots augment hum... - [Modern software, data access, and AI for the construction supply chain: our investment in Parspec](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/modern-software-data-access-and-ai-for-the-construction-supply-chain-our-investment-in-parspec): We’re witnessing a once-in-a-century moment for American industry. The last 50 y... - [Research Driven Ideation: Sustainable construction with Aro Homes](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/research-driven-ideation-sustainable-construction-with-aro-homes): The speed of innovation is increasing. As it does, more brilliant scientists and... - [Comprehensive satellite connectivity: Why we doubled down on Skylo](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/comprehensive-satellite-connectivity-why-we-doubled-down-on-skylo): The Skylo team has made monumental strides in recent years. Founders Parth Trive... - [Announcing Fund V: $630 million to partner with visionaries in a world of rapid change](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/announcing-fund-v-630-million-to-partner-with-visionaries-in-a-world-of-rapid-change): After decades of stability, we venture into uncharted territory. Rapidly evolvin... - [Dy/dx leads to new programs at FutureProof](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/dy-dx-leads-to-new-programs-at-futureproof): One of the many ways we academically intersect with founders is through our work... ## 2023 - [Medicine reimagined: Philip Jeng, Co-Founder and COO, Think Bioscience](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/medicine-reimagined-philip-jeng-co-founder-and-coo-think-bioscience): Innovation Endeavors was founded on the thesis of the Super Evolution: that a pr... - [Bridging technology, defense, and progress: Josh Berglund joins Innovation Endeavors](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/bridging-technology-defense-and-progress-josh-berglund-joins-innovation-endeavors): In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, geopolitics, and economic shifts,... - [Our investment in BioLoomics — evolving better antibody therapeutics](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/our-investment-in-bioloomics-evolving-better-antibody-therapeutics): At Innovation Endeavors, we invest in what we call the Super Evolution, which is... - [Meet Super Evolution drivers Nathan and Matt: Co-founders of Afresh](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-super-evolution-drivers-nathan-and-matt-co-founders-of-afresh): Innovation Endeavors was founded on the thesis of the Super Evolution: that tech... - [Research Driven Ideation: The inception of Trunk Tools](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/research-driven-ideation-the-inception-of-trunk-tools): The speed of innovation is increasing. And as it does, more brilliant scientists... - [Meet Super Evolution driver Gautam Narang: CEO and Co-founder of Gatik](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-super-evolution-driver-gautam-narang-ceo-and-co-founder-of-gatik): Innovation Endeavors was founded on the thesis of the Super Evolution: that tech... - [Interview with Gautam Narang: Co-founder and CEO of Gatik](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/interview-with-gautam-narang-co-founder-and-ceo-of-gatik): - [Climate: Changing the narrative on “hard to abate” sectors](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/climate-changing-the-narrative-on-hard-to-abate-sectors): Leveraging venture capital for complex problems There’s no way around it: If we... - [Aligning incentives in construction: our investment in Trunk Tools](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/aligning-incentives-in-construction-our-investment-in-trunk-tools): At Innovation Endeavors, one of our most fundamental philosophies is that techno... - [How foundation models reshape cybersecurity tooling](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/how-foundation-models-reshape-cybersecurity-tooling): Thanks to the blazing pace of innovation in the space over the past several mont... - [Curious minds do not think alike](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/curious-minds-do-not-think-alike): An unconference that celebrates revolutionary thinking Picture this: You’ve sett... - [Meet Super Evolution driver Edward Mehr: Co-founder and CEO of Machina Labs](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-super-evolution-driver-edward-mehr-co-founder-and-ceo-of-machina-labs): Innovation Endeavors was founded on the thesis of the Super Evolution: that tech... - [Interview with Edward Mehr: Co-founder and CEO of Machina Labs](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/interview-with-edward-mehr-co-founder-and-ceo-of-machina-labs): - [From ideation to scaling: how we support the founder’s journey](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/from-ideation-to-scaling-how-we-support-the-founders-journey): Championing a best-in-class education through Stanford dy/dx We are a team of sc... - [Meet Super Evolution driver Rob Hays: CEO of Atom Computing](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-super-evolution-driver-rob-hays-ceo-of-atom-computing): Innovation Endeavors was founded on the thesis of the Super Evolution: that tech... - [Interview with Rob Hays: CEO of Atom Computing](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/interview-with-rob-hays-ceo-of-atom-computing): - [Decarbonizing the built environment](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/decarbonizing-the-built-environment): How do we get to net-zero in both new builds and retrofits? When you assess huma... - [Joining Innovation Endeavors as a Partner](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/joining-innovation-endeavors-as-a-partner): Partnering with the next generation of founders pushing the boundaries of comput... - [Unveiling RDI: How ideas for impactful startups are discovered](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/unveiling-rdi-how-ideas-for-impactful-startups-are-discovered): Our investments are driven by a singular thesis: The Super Evolution. And lately... - [Inside the AI Gold Rush](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/inside-the-ai-gold-rsuh): - [Meet Super Evolution driver Roger Perlmutter: President and CEO of Eikon Therapeutics](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-super-evolution-driver-roger-perlmutter-president-and-ceo-of-eikon-therapeutics): Innovation Endeavors was founded on the thesis of the Super Evolution: that tech... - [Interview with Roger Perlmutter: President and CEO of Eikon Therapeutics](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/interview-with-roger-perlmutter-president-and-ceo-of-eikon-therapeutics): - [A Foundation Model Primer](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/a-foundation-model-primer): The pace of progress in artificial intelligence right now is incredibly exciting... - [Meet Super Evolution driver Andrew Job: Founder and CEO of Plotlogic](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/meet-super-evolution-driver-andrew-job-founder-and-ceo-of-plotlogic): Innovation Endeavors was founded on the thesis of the Super Evolution: that tech... - [The power of pay transparency: Here’s how HR and people teams are implementing!](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-power-of-pay-transparency-heres-how-hr-and-people-teams-are-implementing): HR, recruiting, and people teams are BUSY. Between the new California pay transp... - [Interview with Andrew Job: Founder and CEO of Plotlogic](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/interview-andrew-job-founder-and-ceo-of-plotlogic): Plotlogic is a global technology company that allows mine operators to precisely... - [Simple, fast, repeatable builds](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/simple-fast-repeatable-builds): Our investment in Earthly Write code, build it, and test it — this is the most f... - [Help us welcome new team members!](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/help-us-welcome-new-team-members): Your organization’s greatest investment will always be its people. Sure, we’re e... - [2023: The energy transition takes flight despite some turbulence](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/2023-the-energy-transition-takes-flight-despite-some-turbulence): 2023 is poised to be an incredible year for the energy transition. New regulatio... ## 2022 - [8 mission-driven companies that are hiring now](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/8-mission-driven-companies-that-are-hiring-now): The job market is experiencing a sizable shift. A wave of layoffs across many bi... - [Reimagining residential construction: Our incubation and investment in Aro Homes](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/reimagining-residential-construction-our-incubation-and-investment-in-aro-homes): The crisis of aging American infrastructure is well documented and has been clea... - [The biggest bottleneck for large language model startups is UX](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-biggest-bottleneck-for-large-language-model-startups-is-ux): Applied large language model startups have exploded in the past year. Enormous a... - [Bio Endeavors: It turns out we need to make (a huge amount of) stuff](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/it-turns-out-we-need-to-make-a-huge-amount-of-stuff): This might sound obvious, but if we’re going to make 60% of the inputs to our ph... - [Engineering precision medicine with Joel Dudley](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/bios-podcast-engineering-precision-medicine-with-joel-dudley): - [Dror Berman Interview | Part 2](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/founder-storiez-podcast-dror-berman-part-2): - [Dror Berman Interview | Part 1](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/founder-storiez-podcast-dror-berman-part-1): - [VCs reveal 41 supply chain startups they’re betting on to help solve global logistics chaos](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/vcs-reveal-41-supply-chain-startups-theyre-betting-on-to-help-solve-global-logistics-chaos): - [Tuning precision polypharmacology: our investment in Harmonic Discovery](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/7-must-have-tools-for-web-designers): - [Funding solutions for the climate crisis](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/funding-solutions-for-the-climate-crisis): By: Carrie von Muench Building companies that make a dent in the climate crisis... - [Curious minds unite in Israel](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/curious-minds-unite-in-israel): At Innovation Endeavors, we strive to invest with authenticity and lead with hum... - [Revenue intelligence is about to get smarter](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/revenue-intelligence-is-about-to-get-smarter): - [From entrepreneur to investor](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/from-entrepreneur-to-investor): Why there’s never been a better time to invest in biotechnology I was first intr... - [Announcing our investment in Think Bioscience](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/announcing-our-investment-in-think-bioscience): Biology is computation. Cells, the smallest units of life, are incredible in man... - [Former Google CEO’s VC is making a bigger push into the biotech world, hiring prominent Theranos skeptic](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/former-google-ceos-vc-is-making-a-bigger-push-into-the-biotech-world-hiring-prominent-theranos-skeptic): - [Ex-Google CEO’s VC firm brings in hype-busting researcher to expand its biotech investments](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/ex-google-ceos-vc-firm-brings-in-hype-busting-researcher-to-expand-its-biotech-investments): - [Bio Endeavors, August 2022: Harnessing evolution](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/innovationbio-endeavors-august-2022-harnessing-evolution): The ingenuity of evolution Life has found a way to, well, live. While scientists... - [Climate tech is here to stay](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/climate-tech-is-here-to-stay): By: Carrie von Muench ‍ Climate tech as it stands today The past few years have... - [Introducing Bio Endeavors: A newsletter for Bio X Tech](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/introducing-bio-endeavors-a-newsletter-for-bio-x-tech): Welcome to our first edition of Bio Endeavors! The team at Innovation Endeavors... - [29 VC firms still funding electric car, battery, and charging startups as the economy darkens](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/29-vc-firms-still-funding-electric-car-battery-and-charging-startups-as-the-economy-darkens): - [An Unconference like no other](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/an-unconference-like-no-other): A reflection on our annual event, Curiosity Camp The last two years have been ch... - [Operational machine learning for the modern data stack](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/operational-machine-learning-for-the-modern-data-stack): Our investment in Continual It is hard to quantify the magnitude of impact that... - [Innovation Endeavors is growing: introducing Carrie and Casey](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/innovation-endeavors-is-growing-introducing-carrie-and-casey): Expanding the marketing and investment teams through strategic hires The Innovat... - [Developer-first secure computation](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/developer-first-secure-computation): Announcing our investment in CipherMode Labs Over the past decade, data infrastr... - [Deep real-world drug discovery — our investment in Character Biosciences](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/deep-real-world-drug-discovery----our-investment-in-character-biosciences): We have only just begun to realize the value of human genome-enabled therapeutic... - [The experimentation model works because of 4 processes](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-experimentation-model-works-because-of-4-processes): Continuous online experiments are the secret to developing a successful tech pro... - [Transforming mining for the better](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/transforming-mining-for-the-better): As you read these words on your screen, it might feel like they are created from... - [We have a new operating partner](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/we-have-a-new-operating-partner): Spoiler Alert: it’s me! Today, I’m excited to announce that I’m taking on a bigg... - [A new dawn in drug discovery — why we tripled down on Eikon Therapeutics](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/a-new-dawn-in-drug-discovery----why-we-tripled-down-on-eikon-therapeutics): We are excited to announce the tripling down of our initial investment in Eikon... ## 2021 - [Rising above the noise — why we doubled down on Anyword](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/rising-above-the-noise----why-we-doubled-down-on-anyword): By: Aravind “Avi” Bharadwaj Writing is hard. For centuries, people have struggle... - [Making automated, flexible manufacturing a reality with robotics](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/making-automated-flexible-manufacturing-a-reality-with-robotics): Our investment in Machina Labs & how closed loop robotic manufacturing enables f... - [The missing piece of the DevSecOps stack](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-missing-piece-of-the-devsecops-stack): Our investment in Tromzo Security If you could characterize modern application s... - [Introducing Fund IV, a $500 million fund to advance world-changing ideas](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/introducing-fund-iv): Today, we’re launching Fund IV, a $500 million fund that will invest in world-ch... - [Celebrating promotions and new team members](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/celebrating-promotions-and-new-team-members): Congrats to Josh Rapperport, Davis Treybig, Natasha Gunther, Nick Olsen and Avi... - [A new take on data-driven manufacturing](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/a-new-take-on-data-driven-manufacturing): Our investment in Fero Labs & how ML is making manufacturing more sustainable an... - [Quantifying the physical risk of climate change](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/quantifying-the-physical-risk-of-climate-change): Climate change is here. While the science to understand it has been building for... - [Quantum computing will propel the next era of data insights and usefulness](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/quantum-computing-will-propel-the-next-era-of-data-insights-and-usefulness): Our Investment in Atom Computing For decades, the power of computers has progres... - [Welcome Amir Shevat, our new venture partner!](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/welcome-amir-shevat-our-new-venture-partner): We are excited to welcome Amir Shevat, our newest Venture Partner at Innovation... - [Announcing our investment in Authomize](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/announcing-our-investment-in-authomize): A data-first approach to solving authorization at scale What digital resources s... - [Announcing our investment in Eikon Therapeutics — A new dawn in drug discovery](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/announcing-our-investment-in-eikon-therapeutics----a-new-dawn-in-drug-discovery): It is human nature to ask “Why.” Over the course of time, we have examined life’... - [The pandemic reminded us why the supply chain is vital. Now innovators should seize the opportunity to transform it.](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-pandemic-reminded-us-why-the-supply-chain-is-vital-now-innovators-should-seize-the-opportunity-to-transform-it): Perhaps one of the pandemic’s biggest surprises was the sudden visibility into t... - [Announcing our investment in Ukko’s Series B and an allergy-free world](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/scott-brady): The human body has always been a mystery: the more we know, the more we find the... - [Four reasons the supply chain broke in 2021…](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/four-reasons-the-supply-chain-broke-in-2021): and where we’re excited to see capital go in 2022 as a result As we look back on... ## 2020 - [When function meets form: Introducing Canvas and a breakthrough for the construction industry](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/when-function-meets-form-introducing-canvas-and-a-breakthrough-for-the-construction-industry): Bringing robotics to the construction industry has always posed a substantial ch... - [Creating safer and more efficient warehouses with robotics and shared autonomy](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/creating-safer-and-more-efficient-warehouses-with-robotics-and-shared-autonomy): Announcing our investment in Third Wave Automation By:Andy Triedman As the world... - [Your vehicle is about to be a lot smarter](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/your-vehicle-is-about-to-be-a-lot-smarter): Announcing our investment in Viaduct Have you ever wondered why your car dealers... - [Accelerating the open networking stack](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/accelerating-the-open-networking-stack): Announcing our investment in InsidePacket Over the last decade, the nature of ne... - [The world’s not half as connected as you think. Until now.](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-worlds-not-half-as-connected-as-you-think-until-now): By: Caleb Appleton It’s easy to think of the world as connected. After all, more... ## 2019 - [Moving cloud security forward with a platform for the modern security engineer](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/moving-cloud-security-forward-with-a-platform-for-the-modern-security-engineer): Announcing our investment in Panther‍ Earlier this year, Dow Jones suffered a pr... - [Doubling down on Citrine to accelerate product innovation with materials science](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/doubling-down-on-citrine-to-accelerate-product-innovation-with-materials-science): By:Caleb Appleton Across industries, companies are increasingly using the latest... - [Jumping in as Innovation Endeavors’ newest partner](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/jumping-in-as-innovation-endeavors-newest-partner): We live in a time when standards of living are increasing globally — people are... - [Understanding how cities move: Announcing our investment in Replica](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/understanding-how-cities-move-announcing-our-investment-in-replica): By: Andy Triedman The urban population of the world has grown from 751 million i... - [Food waste no more: Machine learning helps grocers reinvent the supply chain](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/food-waste-no-more): Announcing our Investment in Afresh By:Andy Triedman In 2014, Innovation Endeavo... - [AI makes its way to knowledge work: Our investment in AlphaSense](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/ai-makes-its-way-to-knowledge-work-our-investment-in-alphasense): By: Aravind “Avi” Bharadwaj Over the past 20 years, the venture capital industry... - [Transforming urban logistics: Our investment in Gatik](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/transforming-urban-logistics-our-investment-in-gatik): The growth of e-commerce and rapid rise in consumer expectations around selectio... ## 2018 - [The next tech frontier: Making fresh food as accessible as candy](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/the-next-tech-frontier): Announcing our Investment in Farmer’s Fridge We live in the most obese nation in... - [As investors, we couldn’t get enough of Datorama…](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/datorama-to-be-acquired-by-salesforce): On Monday, Innovation Endeavors-backed Datorama announced that it signed a defin... - [Why I decided to join Innovation Endeavors and become a VC](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/5-principles-of-effective-web-design): I have some personal news to share: This week, I officially joined Innovation En... - [A Super Evolution is coming](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/a-super-evolution-is-coming): Announcing Innovation Endeavors III, a $333-million fund for technologists accel... - [Robots and humans: A partnership that can save lives](https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights/robots-and-humans): Announcing our Investment in Vicarious Surgical By: Caleb Appleton Dystopian fut... --- Canonical HTML: https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights Markdown: https://www.innovationendeavors.com/insights.md (or request the canonical URL with `Accept: text/markdown`)