Ashton Kutcher leaves Sound Ventures to co-found a separate venture firm with Morgan Beller, formerly a general partner at NFX and a co-leader of Meta’s Libra project. The unnamed firm plans early-stage investments in AI infrastructure, energy, and deep tech, while Kutcher continues as an adviser to Sound and Sound’s Guy Oseary and Effie Epstein advise the new firm. The departure also reflects differing preferences over investment stages, with Sound favoring more established startups.
Sound Ventures partners Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein and Guy Oseary discuss the firm's investment focus and market outlook at Disrupt 2024. They describe the firm's big bet on AI, consider how celebrity status influences investing, and share the trends they are tracking.
Oct 2024 · TechCrunchNews article
Anthropic raises $450M to build next-gen AI assistants
Anthropic raises $450 million in a Series C round led by Spark Capital to develop next-generation AI assistants. Google, Salesforce, Zoom, Sound Ventures and Menlo Ventures also participate, bringing Anthropic’s total funding to $1.45 billion. The company says it will expand its products, support businesses deploying its Claude chatbot and advance AI safety and alignment research.
May 2023 · TechCrunchNews article
Sound Ventures
Operating Status: Operating
Sound Ventures: A venture capital firm specializing in early to mid-stage tech platforms.
