Volantis
Photonic computing and interconnect technology for fast, large-scale AI inference.
$88MSeries A
ParticipantJD
Jeff Dean
Activity from announced rounds
Activity in this selectionUnited States
Jeff Dean is the individual angel investor identified in Grubel and G5 Labs announcements by his former Google chief-scientist role.
Recorded funding activity
Grubel develops case-specific research systems for law firms. G5 Labs develops AI-native software tools, while Volantis works on photonic computing and interconnects. These recorded investments are attributed personally to Dean rather than to Google.
- Rounds participated in
- 9
- Confirmed lead rounds
- 0 6 roles undisclosed
- New companies
- 9 First participation on record · 0 follow-on
- Funding in participating rounds
- $337.4M 9 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share
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9 in this selectionG5 Labs
G5 Labs is building an AI-native software development platform that turns natural-language intent into production code and maps existing code back to its underlying purpose. Its ontology compiler tracks requirements, dependencies and policy constraints so organizations can modernize complex software while preserving how the system is meant to work.
$14MSeed
ParticipantSkyPilot
AI compute platform for frontier AI teams to manage infrastructure across hyperscalers and neoclouds
$20MSeed
Role not disclosedBespoke Labs
Builds environments and infrastructure for reliable AI agents
$40MSeries A
Role not disclosedAltara
AI software for scientists and engineers improving experiments, product quality and manufacturing yield.
$7MSeed
ParticipantStandard Kernel
Uses AI to generate highly optimized GPU kernels for improving AI workload performance
$20MSeed
Role not disclosedNomadicML
Provides a platform that turns footage into a structured, searchable dataset for autonomous machines
$8.4MSeed
Role not disclosedBasis
Provides AI agents for accountants to complete complex accounting workflows end-to-end
$100MSeries B
Role not discloseddepthfirst
Develops AI-native security platform for software vulnerability detection and fix recommendations
$40MSeries A
Role not disclosed