tl;dr: a16z speedrun companies in the SR007 directory total 79 as of oct 8 2026. all 79 were on frontrun before demo day on october 6, a median of 68 days before, and 26 were on frontrun before the program started on july 27.
other cohort lists in the same format: YC S26 companies by sector, the YC F26 company list, and south park commons startups, fall 2026.
the 26 on frontrun before SR007 started
these 26 were on frontrun before the program started on july 27 2026. earliest first. lead time is counted to demo day, october 6 2026. for the 52 companies with a follower count on record at the flag date, the median was 69, and 40 of those 52 were under 500.
Truli (@trytruli) · compliance checks for consumer goods, aimed at the labeling mistakes behind recalls. flagged february 16, 232 days before demo day
Reelful (@reelful) · an agent that edits raw footage into a clip you can post. flagged february 21, 227 days before demo day
Flip (@fliptexts) · text a person who understands money, rather than opening a budget app. flagged february 22, 226 days before demo day
Keythorn (@TryKeythorn) · insurance for the new risks ai agents create. flagged february 26, 222 days before demo day
Cluster (@getclusterai) · infrastructure underneath go to market agents. flagged february 27, 221 days before demo day
Codos (@codos_ai) · a virtual chief ai officer, measured on profit and loss. flagged february 27, 221 days before demo day
Zoah (@opacityhq) · a different way to write software. flagged february 27, 221 days before demo day
Oruk (@OrukLabs) · speech models that catch tone and intent, not just the words. flagged march 9, 211 days before demo day
Blueprint (@tryblueprint_io) · describe a machine in plain language and get the hardware. flagged april 7, 182 days before demo day
Fictional (@Fictional_App) · a consumer app whose characters are models that stick around. flagged april 14, 175 days before demo day
Lazyweb · ai that expands what a growth team can ship. flagged april 14, 175 days before demo day
Bounty (@trybountyai) · post the work, have agents and specialist teams do it, and pay when it is done. flagged april 27, 162 days before demo day
Kairo · security that stays on for agents and catches a flaw before release. flagged may 6, 153 days before demo day
Space (@getspaceso) · a filesystem that does not run out of room, built for ai workloads. flagged may 8, 151 days before demo day
Vene Health · an ai advocate for people living with a chronic condition. flagged may 22, 137 days before demo day
Mecone (@meconemarkets) · market plumbing so an exchange can list perpetual futures on almost any asset. flagged may 27, 132 days before demo day
OpenWhispr (@openwhispr) · dictation that stays on the machine, for teams that will not send audio to a cloud. flagged june 1, 127 days before demo day
Sotant (@Sotant_ai) · ai crews for messy supply chain operations, stood up in hours. flagged june 4, 124 days before demo day
Infragrid (@infragrid) · remembers how work gets done and suggests the automation. flagged june 9, 119 days before demo day
Embrasure (@embrasureai) · a data warehouse the agents run: build the pipeline, keep the data, find the opening. flagged june 10, 118 days before demo day
Hoid (@hoid_ai) · a compiler that makes a model faster and cheaper on the hardware you already have. flagged june 24, 104 days before demo day
Primitive Labs (@PrimitiveLabsAI) · models of how people behave, so a team can preview a reaction before launch. flagged july 1, 97 days before demo day
Tenera (@trytenera) · simulations of how users will react to software before it ships. flagged july 8, 90 days before demo day
Alia · agents that coordinate a team around company goals. flagged july 16, 82 days before demo day
Munari (@MunariAI) · better data collection for training robots. flagged july 16, 82 days before demo day
Baro (@_heybaro) · an ai general manager for consumer brands. flagged july 23, 75 days before demo day
a16z speedrun companies by sector
lead time counts from the flag date to demo day, october 6 2026. earliest first within each sector.
three names from the august version of this page are not in a16z's SR007 directory as of oct 8 2026: Philyron, Similate and Her Labs.
1. dev tools, ai infra & models (22)
tools, models and the infrastructure under them. more companies in this lane are on ai startups and devtools.
Zoah (@opacityhq) · a different way to write software. flagged february 27, 221 days before demo day
founder: Drew Wilson.
Oruk (@OrukLabs) · speech models that catch tone and intent, not just the words. flagged march 9, 211 days before demo day
founders: Nathan Roll, Vianney Grenez.
Kairo · security that stays on for agents and catches a flaw before release. flagged may 6, 153 days before demo day
founders: Ankit Chandra, Siddharth Dhanasekar.
Space (@getspaceso) · a filesystem that does not run out of room, built for ai workloads. flagged may 8, 151 days before demo day
founders: Ari Bapna, Jason Zhao, Matthew Ao.
Infragrid (@infragrid) · remembers how work gets done and suggests the automation. flagged june 9, 119 days before demo day
founders: Ephraim Sun, Ashwin Kodibagkar.
Embrasure (@embrasureai) · a data warehouse the agents run: build the pipeline, keep the data, find the opening. flagged june 10, 118 days before demo day
founders: Jacob Kieser, Victor Sunderland. on frontrun: embrasure.
Hoid (@hoid_ai) · a compiler that makes a model faster and cheaper on the hardware you already have. flagged june 24, 104 days before demo day
founders: Momčilo Mrkaić, Pavle Padjin, Vladimir Zeljkovic.
Primitive Labs (@PrimitiveLabsAI) · models of how people behave, so a team can preview a reaction before launch. flagged july 1, 97 days before demo day
founders: Rohit Talluri, Gabriel Fong, Jean Farmer.
Tenera (@trytenera) · simulations of how users will react to software before it ships. flagged july 8, 90 days before demo day
founders: Yuqi Li, Nicole Orsak.
Elu (@elu_labs) · a product that fixes itself from real usage, with agents running the loop. flagged july 29, 69 days before demo day
founders: Ali Ajam, Sorhan Karimloo.
ChatOverflow · a network where agents learn from other agents. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Ansh Tulsyan, Ishaan Chamoli.
PreMan (@preman_inc) · infrastructure that keeps a product up when huge numbers of agents start using it. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Alspencer Omondi, Korin Aldam-Tajima.
Zorbe · models a company owns and runs itself, built to beat the ones you rent. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Yash Iyer, Pranay Sadani.
Switchfrog · an agent layer over the ordinary web people already use. flagged july 31, 67 days before demo day
founder: Tommy McCormick.
SenseLab · turns records of agent runs into training data for enterprise teams. flagged august 3, 64 days before demo day
founders: Dai Macedo, Bruno Andrade.
AgentCat (@agentcathq) · replay and observability for agent sessions across connectors and chat apps. flagged august 8, 59 days before demo day
founders: Kashish Hora, Naseem Alnaji.
Abliteration.ai (@abliteration_ai) · language models without the usual refusals, for security testing, defense and agent tests. flagged august 31, 36 days before demo day
founders: Jide Ogun, Devon Thomas.
Cube Computer (@cubecomputer_) · cloud dev machines you start in one click and hand to an agent. flagged september 3, 33 days before demo day
founders: Paul Rony, Yiliu Shen-Burke.
Sonder · on device vision models that learn a workflow from the screen and then act. flagged september 17, 19 days before demo day
founders: Riyan Moussaoui, Ajit Krishna.
Harbor AI · keeps a fleet of gpus actually productive. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Param Shah, Sahaj Putcha.
Proper Motion (@propermotionai) · keeps agents learning after they ship. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Advitya Chhabra, Rafit Jamil, Adrian Aliu.
Rollup · pulls years of personal context into an assistant in minutes. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: J Yim, Nora Xiao.
2. robotics, hardware, defense & industrials (16)
hardware, machines and the industrial layer. more in this lane are on robotics startups.
Blueprint (@tryblueprint_io) · describe a machine in plain language and get the hardware. flagged april 7, 182 days before demo day
founders: Pranav Seelam, David Feldt, Sajeel Purewal.
Munari (@MunariAI) · better data collection for training robots. flagged july 16, 82 days before demo day
founders: Alan Guo, Ramin Keene.
Acaysia · a control layer that runs industrial reactors in real time. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Achraf Zemzami, Andy Xian, Aias Tatsis.
Banbury Road (@BanburyRoadAI) · lots of small models, trained to work as one, at a fraction of the cost of a single giant model. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Cat Yan, Ed Li, Junyu Ren.
Motherboard Labs · service and upkeep for robots and other autonomous machines. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Robert Doherty, Pranit Gupta.
KIRA · cleans industrial wastewater so data centers can use the water. flagged july 31, 67 days before demo day
founders: Jon Bessette, Shane Pratt.
Valent · power for a new round of industry in the west. flagged july 31, 67 days before demo day
founders: Felix Zerbib, Beni Shafer-Sull.
Galileo Space · defense satellites that return a usable answer in minutes. flagged august 1, 66 days before demo day
founders: Jose Serrano, Kazi Farabi, Tadeh Mirzakhanian.
Colmez · agents for companies that handle hazardous waste. flagged august 2, 65 days before demo day
founders: Numair Razzak, Brian Meng, Rayhan Razzak.
Cybernetic Physics (@cyberneticphysx) · robots that run data centers without a person on the floor. flagged august 11, 56 days before demo day
founders: Natalia Kokoromyti, Luc Chartier.
Superintelligence Foundry (@superfoundry) · models aimed at invention, scientific discovery and starting companies. flagged september 15, 21 days before demo day
founders: Nima Asgharbeygi, Jad Tarifi.
PhotonSpear · lasers in orbit, built for missile defense. flagged september 17, 19 days before demo day
founder: Wesley Foudriat.
Vela Energy (@velaenergy) · ai crews for getting power delivered. flagged september 19, 17 days before demo day
founders: Tarun Batchu, Tony Li.
ChronoSpace (@chronospaceai) · world models for physical work: manufacturing, retail and construction. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Aashish Rai, Srinath Sridhar, Tamar Kreitman.
scaledrive.ai · physical ai meant to get more out of autonomous robots. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Denis Azarov, Jakob Thumm.
Vound · the data and rollout layer for physical ai. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Adham Bedir, Youssif Siessa.
3. fintech, legal & real estate (13)
Truli (@trytruli) · compliance checks for consumer goods, aimed at the labeling mistakes behind recalls. flagged february 16, 232 days before demo day
founders: Michael Wu, Catherine Zhou.
Flip (@fliptexts) · text a person who understands money, rather than opening a budget app. flagged february 22, 226 days before demo day
founders: Sanjay Amirthraj, Alex Jiang, Oleg Viatkin.
Keythorn (@TryKeythorn) · insurance for the new risks ai agents create. flagged february 26, 222 days before demo day
founders: Casey Tewey, Michael Wong.
Mecone (@meconemarkets) · market plumbing so an exchange can list perpetual futures on almost any asset. flagged may 27, 132 days before demo day
founders: Xan Wesley, Hugo Stack, Jaffar Keikei.
Alven · an ai employee that does the property manager's work. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Julio-Cezar Scerbina, Christian Brown, Andrey Dobrov.
Athena (@Athenalawyer007) · a law firm built on ai, for mergers and commercial real estate. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Kieran John Keenan, Cem Ucan.
Mirai · lets you explore a real place in a world model before you move there, starting with homes. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Caleb Lo, Andrew Shum, Joshua Zhang.
Parca · pre construction work for residential developers, done with ai. flagged august 1, 66 days before demo day
founders: Rishab Yeddula, Andy Kim.
OneGC (@onegc_ai) · legal operations for startups, built around ai. flagged august 13, 54 days before demo day
founders: Gabe Azevedo, Evan Vandenberg, Jacques Baritot.
Corlen · loan origination for commercial real estate that runs on its own. flagged september 17, 19 days before demo day
founders: Meheresh Yeditha, Waruna Yapa.
Leonidas · a bank for Europe's defense, security and resilience firms. flagged september 24, 12 days before demo day
founder: Markos Fragkiadakis.
Ontem · turns invoices customers still owe into cash for service businesses. flagged september 24, 12 days before demo day
founders: Jaime Barrenechea, Jacob Chimerine.
Spun Labs · cards and spend controls for the creator economy. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Aaron Zhang, Andrew Zhang, Kai Charp.
4. enterprise agents & gtm (11)
Cluster (@getclusterai) · infrastructure underneath go to market agents. flagged february 27, 221 days before demo day
founders: Enrique Goudet, Luis Costa Laveron.
Codos (@codos_ai) · a virtual chief ai officer, measured on profit and loss. flagged february 27, 221 days before demo day
founders: Dima Khanarin, Gleb Sidora.
Lazyweb · ai that expands what a growth team can ship. flagged april 14, 175 days before demo day
founders: Ali Abouelatta, Francesco Polizzi.
OpenWhispr (@openwhispr) · dictation that stays on the machine, for teams that will not send audio to a cloud. flagged june 1, 127 days before demo day
founder: Gabriel Stein.
Alia · agents that coordinate a team around company goals. flagged july 16, 82 days before demo day
founders: Thomas Filshill, Livia Kuga.
Phyvant (@phyvant) · agents that take a business outcome and finish it, including a live mergers workflow. flagged july 29, 69 days before demo day
founders: Nihal Gunukula, Khedaar Kashyap.
Contxt · an instinct layer for enterprise decisions. flagged july 31, 67 days before demo day
founder: Samiksha Gaherwar.
Bric · still in stealth, with no public product line in the SR007 directory. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Ashwin Ayyasamy, Austin Vaday, Sohom Paul.
Othello (@othelloai) · models of b2b sales calls that prompt the seller while the call is live. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Jared Zelman, Raphael Assor.
Sterling · a data layer and harness for revenue agents that stay on a task for a long time. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Spandan Das, Amit Kallakuri, Bradley Xu.
Nexor AI · infrastructure for revenue agents. flagged september 29, 7 days before demo day
founders: Ian Lee, Gabriel Cid.
5. consumer, media & commerce (9)
Reelful (@reelful) · an agent that edits raw footage into a clip you can post. flagged february 21, 227 days before demo day
founder: Kate Deyneka.
Fictional (@Fictional_App) · a consumer app whose characters are models that stick around. flagged april 14, 175 days before demo day
founders: Seung Nam, Mikhail Sychev.
Bounty (@trybountyai) · post the work, have agents and specialist teams do it, and pay when it is done. flagged april 27, 162 days before demo day
founders: Aashna Doshi, Shivam Patel. on frontrun: bounty.
Baro (@_heybaro) · an ai general manager for consumer brands. flagged july 23, 75 days before demo day
founders: Brian Cho, Max Cummings.
Orbits (@tryorbits) · a household chief of staff, from the meals to the roof. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Erik Tillberg, Nomaan Ahmed.
DRS · a studio that ships consumer apps with ai. flagged august 2, 65 days before demo day
founders: Osman Elsoz, Talha Alver, Ahmet Onur.
Cartsy (@cartsyapp) · shopping that starts from a video you just watched. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Alain Michel, Raul Dagir.
Saru · agents that speak in a brand's voice and talk to customers one by one. flagged september 25, 11 days before demo day
founders: Amar Lathia, Tarun Khasnavis.
Maestro · a personal agent for people with no spare time, starting with travel. flagged september 30, 6 days before demo day
founder: Prahar Shah.
6. healthcare (4)
Vene Health · an ai advocate for people living with a chronic condition. flagged may 22, 137 days before demo day
founders: Sujal Dhakal, Aritra Saha, Nik Nandi.
Rhema Health · tools for preventative care in Medicare specialties. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Dave Moore, Adam Davison.
Coherence Health · an ai clinician built on functional medicine. flagged september 10, 26 days before demo day
founders: Kush Sharma, Patrick Hanaway.
Delightful AI · simulated worlds where science and healthcare agents can practice. flagged september 29, 7 days before demo day
founders: Jorge Campos, Harshel Bahl.
7. supply chain & logistics (4)
Sotant (@Sotant_ai) · ai crews for messy supply chain operations, stood up in hours. flagged june 4, 124 days before demo day
founders: Eduardo Candela, Juan-David Rodriguez.
Nimble · ai software for the day to day of freight forwarding. flagged july 30, 68 days before demo day
founders: Dhruv Dabriwal, Aman Kapoor.
Ripline (@tryripline) · a research lab putting its own models to work inside critical industries. flagged august 26, 41 days before demo day
founders: Anwith Telluri, Hriday Unadkat.
Rumbo · an operating system whose customer is the freight forwarder. flagged september 17, 19 days before demo day
founders: Agustin Baiocco, Guido Haissiner, Gonzalo Leiva.
what is a16z speedrun?
a16z speedrun is a16z's accelerator, started in 2023. it invests up to $1M per company, runs two cohorts a year in San Francisco, and SR007 ran july 27 to october 11 2026.
how many companies are in a16z speedrun SR007?
a16z's SR007 directory lists 79 companies as of oct 8 2026.
when was a16z speedrun SR007 demo day?
SR007 demo day was october 6 2026, and the program runs july 27 to october 11 2026 in San Francisco.
applications for this cohort ran april 20 to may 17 2026. the program is in San Francisco. source: a16z's SR007 applications post.
when is a16z speedrun SR008?
SR008 runs late january through april 2027 in San Francisco, with priority applications from october 12 to november 1 2026 and demo day on april 13 2027.
off-cycle applications are still reviewed. dates are on the SR008 faq, the apply page and the demo day page.
what sectors are in a16z speedrun SR007?
the 79 companies split into dev tools, ai infra & models (22), robotics, hardware, defense & industrials (16), fintech, legal & real estate (13), enterprise agents & gtm (11), consumer, media & commerce (9), healthcare (4) and supply chain & logistics (4).
the counts are the groups above. they add to 79.
how early were SR007 companies on frontrun?
all 79 were on frontrun before demo day on october 6 2026, at a median of 68 days, and 26 were on frontrun before the program started on july 27 2026, with Truli the earliest on february 16 2026 at 232 days before demo day.
Truli is the earliest row in the list above.
how much does a16z speedrun invest?
a16z speedrun invests up to $1M: $500K for 10% upfront via a SAFE, plus another $500K into the next round within 18 months.
the terms are the ones a16z published for SR007: up to $1M in two pieces.
what to do with this
SR008 applications open october 12 2026. priority review runs through november 1, off-cycle applications are still reviewed, and demo day for that cohort is april 13 2027. SR008 is the next batch.
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