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The Anatomy of Greatness: What Makes a Unicorn Founder?
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The Anatomy of Greatness: What Makes a Unicorn Founder?

Antler’s report provides new insights on speed, geography, experience, and the changing profile of founders behind the world’s most valuable startups.

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How we built Antler

Antler Founder and CEO Magnus Grimeland on the origins of Antler, the rise of global entrepreneurship, and the mission to back outliers everywhere from inception.

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Agentic commerce: Unleashing the autonomous economy

From booking trips to settling invoices, AI is moving from answering questions to executing transactions. We explore the drivers of this $5 trillion shift, map 50+ startups building the infrastructure, and share our core lessons for the next generation of builders.

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Building the Nervous System for AI: Mark Englund of FiberSense | The Further, Faster Podcast

Dr Mark Englund is a world-leading expert in the science and business of sensors. He talks to Bede Moore about the power of this hidden framework, and how it is set to transform the world for the better.

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FOUNDER —STORIES

Founder stories

AminoChain

AminoChain's decentralized network of biobanks could transform the medical research market.

Marco

After meeting at Antler, Peter Spradling and Jacob Shoihet set out to solve a major pain point for growing businesses in Latin America.

Treyd

Thrill-seeking founder Peter Beckman has built an innovative startup to help SMEs scale at pace.

Wrtn

Wrtn’s superapp personalises AI interactions at scale, offering tools like character chat, writing assistance and creative storytelling to help users express themselves and stay connected.

Satlyt

Rama Afullo is building an 'Above Cloud Service Provider' – a new, open, communication ecosystem for satellites

Tactiq

Tactiq enables teams to capture insights from work meetings with AI-powered transcripts and detailed summaries — helping organizations access knowledge and share the right information quickly.

Sweatpals

Salar Shahini found connection through fitness - now he's built a bespoke platform to make it easy for others to do the same

INGENIUS

Think you need two weeks to create and execute a global campaign? How about five minutes

Glīd

Kevin Damoa has designed a vehicle that can transfer cargo from road to rail without human intervention. Now it’s ready to roll.

HIFI

Stablecoins are shaking up FinTech — Zach Walsh, Co-Founder and CEO of HIFI, raised $8 million at a $45 million valuation, to take a cut.

fileAI

fileAI leverages agentic AI to automate manual business processes across any industry – from standard AP/AR workflows, to complex insurance claims processing.

Clout Kitchen

Clout Kitchen builds interactive AI experiences that deepen fan engagement and expand creators' reach.

Airalo

Ahmet Bahadir Ozdemir, the CEO of the eSIM industry’s first unicorn, credits a down-to-earth approach for his company’s stunning global rise

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Introducing Antler One

Antler ONE will bring together the most ambitious and committed inception-stage founders and teams from across Europe.

Germany
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What's NEXT In B2B AI: Ideas Shaping The Future

A synthesis of over 40 Market Maps across sectors/spaces from leading experts and investors across the world.

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India
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100 AI Ideas You Can’t Vibe-Code: Untapped Startup Opportunities for Expert Founders

James McClure, General Partner at Antler Australia, explores 100 unique, complex, and untapped AI startup ideas that can’t be vibe-coded in a weekend - spanning sovereign GPUs, low-bandwidth AI, multi-agent systems, neurotech, synthetic audiences, and hypersonic space navigation. These high-barrier opportunities are launchpads for domain experts and builders in deep tech, regulated, scientific, or frontier domains. Read more below and join Antler’s residency to build them now.

Australia
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How To Validate Like a VC-Backed Founder

Learn how to validate a startup idea like a VC-backed founder. This no-fluff guide covers 6 proven customer validation steps - from identifying your ICP to asking for real commitment. Featuring scrappy, creative strategies and stories from real founders in Antler's Australian portfolio who nailed early traction. Perfect for early-stage entrepreneurs, product builders, and aspiring founders looking to avoid the #1 startup killer: building something no one wants.

Australia
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Antler Nordics reveals 2X investment terms and revamped 8-week residency

Jussi Kallasvuo, Partner at Antler in the Nordics, on the key changes to investment terms and the residency setup in the Nordic countries — and other ways Antler adds value to your startup.

Global
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Susie Chan on consistency, mindset, and running further than you think possible

Antler talks to athletes and founders about what it really takes to perform at the highest level, how to establish a winning mindset and how to keep going in the face of adversity.

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Global
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Seed Stage Risk is Gorgeous

Seed stage VC as an asset class offers something that is extremely rare: truly uncorrelated returns.

Canada
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AI Market Map: Engineering

From tools to teammates: The rise of AI Agents in engineering.

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Global
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Ben Parker on sacrifice, endurance and the startup marathon

Antler talks to athletes and founders about what it really takes to perform at the highest level, how to establish a winning mindset and how to keep going in the face of adversity. 

Global
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A Quick Primer on TAM

Total addressable market is calculated bottom up, not top down.

Canada
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Antler opening our third US office in San Francisco

Antler is officially launching our residency in San Francisco starting this Fall. Applications are now open for our inaugural residency in the world’s largest tech ecosystem.

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Global
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Why we invested in ChatCut: Professional filmmakers reimagining the future of video editing

Meet Kaiwen Li and Alima Strickland, the award-winning producer duo behind ChatCut, an AI-powered post-production tool designed to revolutionize the way creators edit dialogue-heavy videos quickly and efficiently.

Vietnam

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