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Amazon Alexa Fund
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The Amazon Alexa Fund was launched in 2015 to create momentum for voice and smart devices, and has since expanded to invest in artificial intelligence, hardware, and entertainment. The fund backs missionary founders who advance the state of the art, partnering with them to innovate on behalf of customers. As stated by Director Paul Bernard: 'We believe the most impactful AI innovations are still to come… Some areas we think are really exciting include next-generation assistant experiences with autonomous agents that have specialized expertise and deeper personalization; on-the-go experiences utilizing new sensors and innovative devices beyond smartphone capabilities; emerging AI architectures that will deliver improvements in cost, speed, and accuracy; AI-powered media that enable new-to-world experiences; and embodied AI technologies.' Beyond equity capital, the fund builds close working relationships between portfolio companies and Amazon's businesses and technologies, opening doors to APIs, commercial opportunities, and senior executives.
Notable quotes
“We invest off the balance sheet so it's an evergreen process. We're not constrained by a certain fund size. Most of the time, we're a minority investor and not leading rounds… entering in Series A and Series B, with check sizes in single millions to $5 million.”
“We believe the most impactful AI innovations are still to come, and that's why we've always been drawn to missionary founders who advance the state-of-the-art. That part of our investment thesis hasn't changed—but what has changed is the breadth of where we are focused.”
“Fiddler is building services that are key to the evolution of explainable AI, as the company works to demystify the 'black box' of AI in industry verticals including financial services and social networking. The Fiddler team is one of the strongest we've seen positioned to tackle this challenge.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skild AI | Series A | $300m | 2025-05-16 |
| Hedra | Series A | — | 2025-04-29 |
| NinjaTech AI | Seed | — | 2025-01-24 |
| Volley (Weekend) | Series C | $55m | 2024-07-09 |
| Heeyo | Seed | $4m | 2024-08-01 |
| Ecobee | Series C | $61m | 2018-03-06 |
| Greenlight Financial Technology | Series A | $16m | — |
| Syntiant | Series B | $25m | — |
| Fiddler AI | Strategic | — | 2020-08-01 |
| Tonal | Series D | $110m | 2020-09-01 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Spark Capital | 3 |
| Intel Capital | 3 |
| True Ventures | 3 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 2 |
| M12 (Microsoft Ventures) | 2 |
| Thomvest Ventures | 2 |
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