Investor profile

Andrej Karpathy

Angel · Palo Alto, United States

Deep-learning educator and founder of Eureka Labs

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16 portfolio companies Angel · $1.3B invested · 16 investments · Investor rank #2,354 · Last investment 7/2026

Portfolio companies 16 ↑ 1500% 5y

Decacorns 2

Thoroughbreds 2

01 · Biggest holdings

Andrej Karpathy’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Andrej Karpathy still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value

1 PerplexityDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA — $20.0B —
2 EtchedDecacorn · Semiconductors · USA — $10.3B —
3 DecartUnicorn · Media · USA — $4.0B —
4 SimileUnicorn · Marketing · USA — $2.0B —
5 AdeptUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA — $1.0B —

Estimated value = Andrej Karpathy’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Portfolio analysis

Where Andrej Karpathy’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 16 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount

USA15
Canada1
India1

By sectorCount

Enterprise Software11
Media4
Marketing2
Education1
Health1
Hosting1
Semiconductors1

By stage enteredCount

Series A7
Seed6
Series B+3

By growth stageCount

Late Growth10
Breakout Stage5
Early Growth2

03 · Portfolio market map

Inside Andrej Karpathy’s portfolio.

The 17 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 16 tracked.

Perplexity

Enterprise Software · Decacorn

$20B

Etched

Semiconductors · Decacorn

Enterprise Software · Unicorn

$1.0B

Simile

Marketing · Unicorn

$2.0B

Prime Intellect

Enterprise Software

$520M

Pika

Media

$470M

Engram

Enterprise Software

$600M

Engram

Enterprise Software

$392M

Ideogram

Media

$320M

Replicate

Hosting

$160M

Standard Intelligence

Enterprise Software

$500M

Blueprint

Health

$240M

dev agents

Enterprise Software

$224M

Lamini

Enterprise Software

$100M

Rosebud AI

Media

$8.8M

Class Companion

Education

$16M

04 · Portfolio founders

Where Andrej Karpathy’s portfolio founders come from.

40 founders across the 17 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

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