a16z Speedrun

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionOct 22, 2026 · AI · Jan 1, 2026

Speedrun is an a16z investment program. Its company directory includes Circle Games and Keewano, linking the program to mobile-game development and infrastructure for working with event histories.

Recorded funding activity

RoundOS records participation in Circle Games’ Series A and Keewano’s seed round, as well as a lead role in Orbits’ pre-seed financing for an AI household assistant. Other covered activity includes Cascade’s construction-business software and ZeroDrift’s AI communications compliance tools. This page follows the Speedrun program’s recorded activity.

Sources
Rounds participated in
15
Confirmed lead rounds
2
8 roles undisclosed
New companies
15
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$115.3M
14 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Seed14
Pre-seed1

By primary sector

Enterprise software5
AI3
Ecommerce2
Consumer1
Fintech1
3 more
Industrial tech1
Proptech1
Robotics1

By country

United States11
Canada2
Israel1
United Kingdom1

Rounds

15 in this selection
Forgepoint

AI software that helps manufacturers prepare quotes and manage sales administration.

$9.8MSeed
Lead
Loops AI

An integrated AI commerce platform for brands and retailers.

$3.5MSeed
Participant
SafeWorld

SafeWorld develops simulation software for testing robots that operate around people.

$12.2MSeed
Participant
Orbits

Orbits builds Bit, an AI assistant that helps families manage shared household logistics. Members message Bit to create and update calendars, chores, lists, meals and reminders; it can also turn connected messages into suggestions, prepare briefings and coordinate bookings or services, with proposed changes organized in a shared family app.

~$2MPre-seed
Lead
Keewano

Keewano builds KeewanoDB, a database for AI agents and analytics systems that need to reason over complete histories of events. It stores each entity’s raw events together in order, adds contextual and semantic layers, and lets applications query or run analysis through interfaces such as SQL, REST and MCP without reconstructing event context through separate data pipelines.

$12MSeed
Participant
Atorie

Atorie sells clothing and accessories directly from manufacturers to consumers.

$9.5MSeed
Participant
Cascade

Platform to help architecture, engineering, and construction firms find and win projects

$3.5MSeed
Role not disclosed
Fearn

Provides AI-assisted patent-drafting software for inventors and enterprises.

$5.5MSeed
Participant
ZeroDrift

Provides an AI compliance firewall that flags and rewrites non-compliant AI-generated messages before they are sent

$10MSeed
Role not disclosed
Dex

AI-powered recruitment platform matching software engineers with job opportunities

$5.3MSeed
Role not disclosed
Rork

AI platform for building and launching mobile apps using natural language

$15MSeed
Role not disclosed
Taya

Develops AI-powered jewelry for private, on-demand voice capture and reflection

$5MSeed
Role not disclosed
Pluvo

Provides AI-powered financial analysis for CFOs and FP&A teams

$5MSeed
Role not disclosed
Limy

Provides infrastructure for brands to optimize performance in the Agentic Web

$10MSeed
Role not disclosed
Nexxa.ai

Builds specialized AI agents for heavy industries

$9MSeed
Role not disclosed