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Why We Invested in Trener Robotics: Building the Physical AI Layer for Industrial Automation

Trener Robotics is building a physical AI platform that enables industrial robots to learn tasks through training rather than hard-coded instructions. The platform combines vision, language, and action understanding to deliver pre-trained, production-ready robotic skills that adapt to real-world variability on the factory floor. Operators define tasks at a higher level, and the system translates that intent into executable robot behavior, validated in simulation and continuously improved performance over time with production data. 

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Why We Invested in Fieldguide: Building the Agentic AI OS for Audit and Advisory

While most breakout vertical AI companies possess a couple of control points at best:—proprietary compounding data, system-of-record/action positioning, domain-tuned models solving superhuman tasks, robust integrations, closed-loop systems, and end-to-end workflow automation—Fieldguide has assembled all six, which becomes a scaling advantage.

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Why We Invested In Grid Aero: The Case for Autonomous, Distributed Air Logistics

At the Alliance Fund, we are backing early stage founders building for the next decade and beyond in deep tech and national security, where Geodesic can help accelerate companies building globally, starting with the United States and Japan. Grid Aero will change the future of logistics—more distributed, more autonomous, and capable of operating in environments without reliable comms. Getting there requires new platforms purpose-built for scenarios like the one in the Indo-Pacific, not incremental upgrades to legacy designs. We're excited to partner with the Grid Aero team for their Series A.

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Securing the Invisible Edge: Announcing our Investment in Exein

We are living in an era where the definition of "infrastructure" has fundamentally shifted. Today, infrastructure includes the billions of connected devices—from industrial controllers and medical equipment to automotive ECUs and smart city sensors—that power the physical world. As investors, we constantly look for companies that not only identify a massive structural shift in technology but possess the proprietary innovation to capitalize on it. That is why we are thrilled to announce our investment in Exein, the company defining the future of embedded cybersecurity.

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Why We Invested in Vatn Systems: The New Undersea Industrial Base

Undersea warfare has a math problem. For decades, the domain has been defined by a small number of exquisitely expensive, manned submarines. But as the ocean becomes the next critical contested frontier—crowded with vital internet cables, energy infrastructure, and increasingly aggressive shipping lane disputes—the model of few and expensive no longer works. We launched the Geodesic Alliance Fund to back founders tackling exactly this kind of hard, dual-use problem. That is why we are proud to invest in Vatn Systems, which recently announced its $60 million Series A.

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Why We Invested in Mueon: Building Data Center Scale AI Infrastructure

At Geodesic Capital, we look for exceptional teams tackling fundamental bottlenecks in technology. Our investment in Mueon, which emerged from stealth with a $15.5 million seed round, reflects this focus. Mueon is pioneering Data Center Scale infrastructure designed to solve the most pressing constraints in scaling artificial intelligence: power delivery, thermal management, and memory-compute integration.

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Geodesic Portfolio Companies in the 2025 Cloud 100

Forbes just released their 2025 Cloud 100 list, the definitive ranking of the world’s top 100 private cloud companies. We’re excited to share that 11 companies in our portfolio were recognized on Forbes’ list this year, both past participants and a number of our newest portfolio companies. Congratulations to our founders and their teams!

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Glean AI: Redefining Enterprise Knowledge and Powering the Future of Work

Partner Arvind Ayyala introduces our newest portfolio company, Glean AI, and explains why their evolution from enterprise search to agentic AI infrastructure makes them uniquely positioned to lead the AI agent revolution.

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Beyond Traditional Analytics: How ClickHouse Powers the Next Generation of Autonomous AI Systems

Real-time analytics has historically powered high-stakes environments like financial trading, fraud detection, and clinical decision support. But we’re now entering a new era where agentic AI systems — autonomous agents that can interpret, decide, and act — are becoming core to enterprise operations. These agents depend on fresh, low-latency data to function effectively, creating new […]

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Altruist: Transforming Wealth Management

Geodesic Capital is proud to introduce our newest portfolio company — Altruist! Altruist is revolutionizing wealth management with their vertically integrated platform that combines custody services with comprehensive technology tools at a fraction of traditional costs.

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A New Era in Fraud Prevention and Compliance: Sardine’s Unified Data Fabric Tackles Evolving Threats

Sardine's AI-driven platform integrates device intelligence, behavioral biometrics, and modular architecture to enhance real-time fraud detection. We're excited to support their mission to make digital transactions safer worldwide and have them as a part of the Geodesic portfolio.

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Geodesic Portfolio Companies in the 2024 Cloud 100

We’re excited to announce that Forbes released the 2024 list, naming 9 of our portfolio companies.

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Scale AI – Powering Data Centricity for AI

"Data is the new oil" – a familiar but accurate commentary in our AI-driven era. As AI adoption accelerates with open/closed-source models and enterprise GenAI applications, the need for a robust data engine becomes paramount. We believe Scale AI is a compelling answer.

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Alkira: Accelerating Network Infrastructure for the Age of AI

The explosive growth of cloud applications and AI workloads demand a new era of networking solutions – agile, secure, scalable, and cost-efficient. This is where Alkira shines. We’re proud to welcome Alkira to the Geodesic portfolio and participate in their Series C.

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Transcarent: Redefining Health & Care Access

We're proud to welcome Transcarent to the portfolio and support their team as they strive to reshape healthcare accessibility and affordability. With US healthcare spending on the rise and an abundance of digital health solutions, Transcarent's unified platform provides a single pane of glass for employers to manage all of their healthcare benefits.

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Traceable: Securing the Universal Attack Vector

In an era where APIs are key security vulnerabilities and prime targets for cyber threats, Traceable is the industry’s most comprehensive solution to protect enterprises against large-scale and damaging API breaches. We at Geodesic are proud to partner with Traceable on its journey to secure every API!

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Introducing Sakana: The Future of Foundation Models, Inspired by Adaptive Systems

We are excited to announce Geodesic’s participation in the seed financing round for Sakana AI and to back David Ha, Llion Jones, and Ren Ito to help them realize their vision of creating a new kind of foundation model based on nature-inspired intelligence.

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Nova Credit: Delivering Alternate Credit Data Infrastructure

Nova Credit, a pioneer in enabling financial credit access, has just announced their successful Series C and we're proud participants! This milestone underscores Nova Credit's mission of enabling a more fair and inclusive financial system for individuals around the world.

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Geodesic Portfolio Companies in the 2023 Cloud 100

We’re excited to announce that Forbes released the 2023 list, naming 6 of our portfolio companies.

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Nile: Networking Reimagined

We're proud to welcome Nile to our portfolio and participate in their Series C round! They're poised to revolutionize the networking industry and cater to global customer demands like never before.

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Fly.io: A Leader of the Cloud Rebel Alliance

We’re thrilled to have invested in Fly! Kurt Mackey and his team have built a strong contender to the cloud service providers and content delivery networks.

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Our Investment in Chronosphere: Powering the Future of Observability

We’re thrilled to announce our investment in Chronosphere, a disruptor in the observability space created to serve the next generation of cloud-native companies with the world’s most scalable, reliable, and customizable cloud monitoring solution.

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Announcing Our Investment in TRM Labs

TRM Labs joins the Geodesic portfolio as our first bet on a Web3 future. TRM Labs makes Web3 safer for individuals and institutions to transact and easier for investigators to identify, prevent, and bring justice to financial crimes. We believe they will play a critical role in intuitional digital asset adoption through their virtuous flywheel of accuracy, transparency, and collaboration.

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Geodesic Portfolio Companies on the 2022 Cloud 100

We’re excited to announce that Forbes released the 2022 list, naming 10 of our portfolio companies.

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Our Investment in Edge Delta

We’re thrilled to welcome Edge Delta into the Geodesic family. We believe Edge Delta represents the future of observability, and a large portion of that confidence comes from the stellar team at the helm.

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By the Numbers: Geodesic Portfolio Companies on the 2021 Cloud 100

We’re excited to announce that Forbes released the 2021 list, naming 12 of our portfolio companies.

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Netskope — The Next Global Security Company

Netskope announced a new funding round at a $7.5 billion valuation that Geodesic is proud to be a part of.

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MX: The Future of Intelligent Personalized Banking

MX is one of the support pillars to modern financial experiences so banks can better relate to their increasingly mobile-first consumers.

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