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Announcing the Spring 2026 U.S. Portfolio Showcase

Meet the portfolio companies featured in our Antler U.S. Spring 2026 Showcase.

Bob Rosin

Managing Partner, US

April 8, 2026

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Antler US is proud to unveil the latest companies to join our portfolio. An exceptional group of startups spanning Enterprise AI, Fintech, Healthtech, Deeptech, Consumer, Energy, and much more.

We don't wait for founders to be discovered. We find them first. As partners at the earliest stage, we back exceptional builders before the world knows their names, working with them across our residencies in San Francisco, Austin, and New York City. After investing, we continue to actively support our portfolio companies through their entire journey.

We're proud to spotlight our incredible founders as they continue to scale and change the world.

To connect with any of these Antler portfolio companies, sign up here.

withQ: AI voice agent for hotel booking and guest services

Founded by Jonathan (ex-Ripple growth), Alex (ex-Ripple & Activision Blizzard payments infrastructure), and Juan Carlos (B2B hospitality SaaS founder, $13M+ ARR at scale with Disney and Marriott). $377K ARR in 7 months, automating 50,000 calls per month with a 50% uplift in booking conversion. $19M in enterprise pipeline with active pilots at Hilton and Marriott properties.

TAV Drones: U.S. made modular police drones at a fraction of the industry cost

Founded by Tom, an 18-year-old 2x founder who built a six-figure business at 13, holds four patents, and has been featured in Forbes. Producing drones for under $1,000 versus the $15K+ industry standard, with two patents granted and inbound interest from law enforcement agencies including the Office of the Mayor of Albuquerque.

Prescalar: Automated manufacturing test infrastructure for autonomous and electric vehicles

Team from Cruise, Rivian, Waymo, Google, Lucid, and Chrysler — founders Skyler (CEO), John (COO), and Ben (CTO) built manufacturing and test systems at the world's leading EV and AV companies. Over $100K in pilot contracts with a leading AV company and electronics manufacturer, with a signed follow-on expansion.

Simply Agnostic Controls: AI-driven HVAC controls for smarter, more efficient buildings

Founded by Dustin (20+ years in HVAC, led $100M in sales at Siemens), Sean (ex-Raytheon), and Jeremy (15+ years scaling enterprise software). $200K in pre-orders and pilot contracts deploying May 2026, with the 3rd largest U.S. mechanical contractor and the #1 demand response provider already signed.

Precognition Labs: AI agents for Trust & Safety — 100x case capacity, zero engineering integration

Founded by Suhas (ex-Head of Product, Trust & Safety at Snap; Airbnb AI/ML) and Xiuduan (ex-Head of Engineering, Trust & Safety at Snap; Google Play Store Safety) — between them, they've led T&S teams at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Airbnb, Snap, and Lyft. First pilot with Care.com automated 90% of trust and safety cases, advancing toward a $250K+ first-year contract.

Tandem: AI copilot for hardware engineers in CAD and mechanical design

Co-CEOs Arjun and Kunal lived this problem at Rolls-Royce and Boeing; their father has led strategy at SolidWorks for 30+ years, giving unmatched customer access. Closed a $4.7M Seed Round with angels including the former CEOs of Autodesk and SolidWorks, and senior leaders from Anduril and Google.

Kanopy AI: AI-powered powerline inspection at 75% lower cost than LiDAR

Brothers Yann (ex-McKinsey associate partner in energy, one of the youngest APs ever) and Nicolas (ETH Zurich robotics, Cambridge multi-agent research, YC-backed computer vision). Six utilities and contractors signed with LOIs or MSAs representing 270,000 miles in scope — priced at $100/mile, 75% cheaper than LiDAR with no sacrifice in resolution.

Honeyguide: Market access platform connecting smallholder farmers in Africa to buyers and capital

Founded by Taylor Roan (founding engineer at a unicorn startup, ex-Google X, NASA, MIT) and Gabe Torres (1.1M+ farmers reached, commodities trading quant, MIT). 2x month-over-month consumer sales growth with 94.7% farmer adoption and $53 monthly ARPU with transactions every 2.7 days.

Nucleus4D: AI-powered 3D property visualization platform for real estate

Navjeet (CEO, $200M+ real estate built, $10M+ in 3D/AI products to Fortune 500s), Paulin (ex-Meta PM, managed a $2B product), and Miran (ex-Verizon, built 3D/AR systems for 280M+ MAU). 40M square feet showcased in six months growing 30% MoM, with a Zillow distribution partnership live.

Datasent: Next-generation data compression for municipal and transportation infrastructure

Founded by Greg (MIT, 2x exited founder who developed all underlying IP) and Mia (10+ years in business strategy and technical operations). Shattered industry records with 100x data compression; signed a first multi-year contract with TxDOT, live in three Texas cities with expansion to 1,700 more.

Criocore: Harvard Medical School spin-out building next-generation organ-on-chip disease models

Carlos (CEO) is an MIT 35 Under 35 Innovator with 6+ years at Harvard Medical School, where the technology was incubated; scientific advisory led by a Harvard professor with 375+ publications. LOIs from Axol, Ichor Life Sciences, and the University of Florida, with inbound from J&J, Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Sanofi.

VelociSure: AI-powered underwriting intelligence for P&C insurance carriers

Founded by Bill (former Chief Actuary at Chubb Small Commercial, actuarial leadership at AIG and SageSure) and Jwalin (AI engineer who built pricing and catastrophe models at SageSure). $170K ARR in five months with a 100% pilot-to-paid conversion rate across six enterprise customers.

The Standard Electron Company: Modular distributed power generation for industrial and energy markets

Led by Tyler (former Managing Director at Antler), Nick (exited to Klarna), and Alex (former Founder & CTO of ICON), with engineers from SpaceX, Tesla, Form Energy, and Helion. First customer 10x'd their power order to 2MW; ConocoPhillips pilot underway with line of sight to 80MW — a ~$202M revenue opportunity.

FormVue: AI-powered video inspection platform for enterprise and franchise networks

Robert (CEO, 20+ years B2B SaaS, $300M+ in revenue built, exited 2023), Jordan (COO, raised $5M, scaled to $12M ARR), and Ryan (CTO, founding engineer at TheZebra, $1B insurtech unicorn). $203K ARR with 26% MoM growth and a $3.1M enterprise pipeline, over half in paid deployments.

Parleo: Agentic commerce infrastructure enabling AI agents to transact on behalf of brands

Samar (3x founder, two exits) and Elton (ex-Rakuten, Groupon) together built the first Visa card-linked cashback product — $25M ARR and 15M users. Protocol validated by Visa, Stripe, and Anthropic; $1M closed on a $2M pre-seed with active pilot scoping underway with LVMH/Sephora and P&G.

Blitz: Modern B2B payment infrastructure for enterprises, cities, and creator ecosystems

Founded by Alex (CEO), who built a multi-million dollar influencer agency before writing ~95% of Blitz's codebase himself. $50K MRR with 5x growth since January — live with Amazon, Warner Brothers, and Kalshi, with a signed LOI with the City of Miami.

Founding Dev: AI-native operating platform replacing legacy SaaS tools at a fraction of the cost

Talha (CEO) is a second-time founder (previous company raised $2.7M, scaled to ~$4M ARR) with 13+ years across Scale AI, GitLab, and Northwestern Mutual. $362K ARR with 49.5% MoM growth; customers cut SaaS spend ~70% replacing tools like DocuSign and BambooHR.

Rhino: AI-native surplus lines insurance for homes in climate-risk markets

Michael (CEO, ex-Chief of Staff at Bedrock Energy, SoCal native whose hometown was hit by the 2025 LA wildfires) and Kishan (CTO, ex-Meta and Apple moonshots, Stanford). DealShield, Rhino's AI platform, compresses surplus lines submissions from 2+ hours to under 10 minutes — protecting $40M+ in home value in ZIP codes other brokers won't touch.

OurFirm.ai: AI litigation intelligence giving trial attorneys a strategic edge in court

Andrew (CEO) is a 14-year trial attorney who founded and ran his own boutique litigation firm before building OurFirm.ai to solve the strategy gap he lived every day. Grew from $0 to $21K MRR entirely through word-of-mouth; 35%+ daily active user rate — attorneys opening OurFirm before Westlaw.

Chief Rebel: Exit readiness and valuation platform for small business owners

Kinza (CEO) is a 3x founder and exited operator: former business broker at the nation's largest firm, acquired and exited a 200-person proptech company, and COO of a Codie Sanchez-backed M&A marketplace. $101K ARR and $80K in committed transaction fees in 18 weeks, with 80% of cold-approached owners sharing financials on the first call.

Gravity: Multi-agent GTM platform for enterprise SaaS revenue teams

Ashmer (3x founder, Fortune 500 GTM leadership), Brooke (ex-Cured, Zylo, Red Bull revenue teams), and Andrew (founded Cured, $50M+ exit in four years; ex-Epic, Nordic, West Monroe). Formal partnerships locked with Databricks and Anthropic, with a public SaaS company deal in final contracting expected to close H1.

EmberPay: Universal joint payment method — pay together with anyone, anywhere

Josh (CEO, consumer product), Micah (COO, finance and investment banking, GTM), and Charlie (CTO, 10+ years across seven programming languages). 70,000 early sign-ups across 25+ college campuses; on pace to become the first company to build off Apple's newly released NFC chip, in-app.

Sunate: AI property marketing platform helping real estate brokers close 2x more deals

Gabriel (CEO, exited his first startup at 24, former business unit lead at Falconi, Brazil's largest consultancy) and Leonardo (CTO, co-founder of 12+ years). $221K ARR in five months adding $40K in new ARR every week, built on proprietary AI models trained on every property in the U.S.

Oriane: AI video intelligence platform for fashion and luxury brands

Julien (CEO, 10 years in fashion tech, scaled partnerships with Amazon, Adidas, and Lacoste at DRESSX) and Yuri (CTO, ex-Jellysmack, two exits before 27, built video tech for MrBeast). $180K run rate with paid contracts live at Dior, Hennessy, and Estée Lauder — at 1,000x lower video processing cost than nine months ago.

Arc Therapeutics: Fixed-dose combination drug platform targeting CNS disorders across psychiatry and neurology

Ryan (CEO) holds an MD from Stanford with neurology training at UCSF and was Head of R&D at Asceneuron ($100M Series C). Peter (co-founder) is a serial biotech CEO with 30+ years in drug development and companies acquired by Eli Lilly, Gilead, and Amgen. Preclinical proof of concept completed; IND-enabling work underway with clinical readout targeted within 18 months.

Healink: Patient engagement platform helping dental practices unlock untapped treatment revenue

Sibling co-founders: Roza (CEO, 14-year engineering leader at Google and Meta, YouTube) and Dr. Armin (CCO, dentist and dental group operator). Six paying practices, zero churn, and a pipeline of 150 practices representing ~$1M ARR potential — with practices unlocking $15K+ in additional monthly revenue.

Your360.ai: AI voice feedback and coaching platform for people and talent teams

Jared (CEO, 2x exited founder, ex-Head of Product LinkedIn Recruiter, VP Product at Upwork), Renata (ex-Head of GTM at LinkedIn Talent Solutions), and Sergio (founding engineer at Ring). 12+ pilots with 1,000+ AI coaching conversations; pipeline includes an NBA franchise, a Fortune 500 telecom, and a top-10 pharma company.

Cornucopia Biosciences: AI lab automation platform integrating across robotics platforms for life sciences

Team from Amgen, LinkedIn, Illumina, and Google Life Sciences with 20+ years of combined lab automation experience and advisors from Merck and Biosero. In production at MBC BioLabs with 1,000+ experiments run, integrated across four robotics platforms, and one enterprise pharma LOI signed.

Stacktalk AI: Compliance intelligence that catches fintech regulatory failures before they ship

Vasu (CEO, 12 years at American Express and advising Fortune 100 banks) and Zane (CTO, CIPP/US, prior compliance startup exit, scaled engineering to 15+ as CTO of a $12M-raised data startup). Founders personally identified $100M+ in compliance failures at major U.S. banks; live product uncovered 20+ failures with the first design partner.

Superagent: AI sales coaching platform helping insurance agencies ramp agents faster

Vlada (CEO, prior EdTech exit, 5M+ users), Vadym (CTO, 11-year AI veteran, YC-backed exit), and Guillermo (CMO, former CMO of insurtech unicorn WeFox, scaled to $3B valuation). $250K ARR across 50+ agencies with 17.5x MRR growth in four months — 40%+ win-rate increase and 14x ROI for customers.

Aurora: Members-only financial club redefining premium banking for high-velocity spenders

Jonah (CEO, backed by Accel, 20VC, and Venmo's co-founders), COO (UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year, ex-PJT), and CTO (ex-Director of Engineering, Workbounce, acquired by ZoomInfo). $320K+ net revenue in three months, 80% trial-to-paid conversion (2.6x industry best), with a 1,000-person waitlist including NBA All-Stars and Premier League players.

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