Overview

What they do
Conviction is a venture investment firm purpose-built to back AI-native, "Software 3.0" companies. It partners with early-stage founders, often as the first institutional investor, writing checks from $1 million to $25 million. The firm emphasizes deep domain understanding, a wide and active network, and hands-on support to help portfolio founders become their most ambitious selves.
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What they look for
Conviction focuses on investing early in AI-native, "Software 3.0" companies, typically leading or being the first institutional investor with $1-25 million check sizes. The firm gravitates toward highly technical teams building with speed and pragmatism, aiming to back the most important companies of tomorrow.
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Stage
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
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Sectors
AI
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Based
San Francisco, US
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Sources

2026-08-31conviction.comConviction Partners™ is a new venture firm purpose-built to serve AI-Native, 'Software 3.0'…
2026-08-31embed.conviction.comIf 'Software 1.0' was about human-written code, and 'Software 2.0' is about dataset labeling…

Portfolio, cheque size and the rest

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