Prototype to scaleCognioIQ is an AI venture studio. We invest in early-stage AI companies, put our own product and engineering team alongside theirs, and take their products live in real businesses from day one. We stay from first prototype to scale, and we charge founders no fees.
The strongest AI companies don’t use AI because it’s popular. They use it because the product can’t work without it. We back the ones that solve a meaningful problem and can show the value they create.
Criteria met 00 / 05The path differs for every team. The goal doesn’t: a strong AI product that reaches the real world, with us alongside at every stage.
We start with a conversation: the idea, the problem it solves, and what the team is trying to build.
Where there is a strong fit, we invest, with capital sized to the milestones that matter most.
Our product and engineering team sits inside yours, working on your roadmap every week.
The product goes live in real businesses with real users and real data. Not a demo, not a pilot that never lands.
We stay involved from prototype to scale, as one live deployment grows into sustained adoption.
Our role doesn’t end when the capital goes in. We stay involved as companies build, deploy and grow through to scale.
An advisory board
A board seat and a monthly call.
An embedded team, not an advisory board
Our product and engineering team works within your company every week. Not a board seat. Not a monthly call.
Chasing pilots
A year spent hunting for your first pilot.
Real deployment, not chasing pilots
Your product goes live in real businesses with real users and real data, instead of a year spent chasing a first pilot.
Founder fees
Fees charged to founders.
Aligned incentives, not founder fees
We charge founders no fees. We stay from first prototype to scale, and we only succeed when you do.
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