Menlo Ventures, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm, and the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic announced on Wednesday the creation of the "Anthology Fund," a $100 million investment fund aimed at supporting artificial intelligence companies in pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. The collaboration aims to strengthen the AI ecosystem and foster the growth of new startups in this field.

A Fund with Great Potential

Menlo Ventures has been one of the main investors in Anthropic, positioning itself as a leader in the company's latest funding round, which exceeded $750 million, according to a close source. Tim Tully, a partner at Menlo Ventures, mentioned that this initiative comes after the closing of the firm's latest $1.35 billion investment vehicle, raised last November. "We are great admirers of Anthropic and their work in the field of artificial intelligence," expressed Tully. "We believe this is an opportunity to collaborate and discover new companies based on Anthropic's models or AI more broadly."

The Anthology Fund will offer initial financing starting at $100,000 to selected startups and provide $25,000 credits to use Anthropic's models. Interested startups can apply through an online form, and Menlo Ventures will use a proprietary machine learning tool to evaluate and rank the applications. This selection process will be more streamlined compared to the firm's traditional investments. Menlo Ventures will support future funding rounds of promising startups from the Anthology Fund, reinforcing its commitment to the development and expansion of the artificial intelligence ecosystem.

The creation of the Anthology Fund underscores the growing importance of artificial intelligence in technological innovation and the investment strategy of venture capital firms. With this initiative, Menlo Ventures and Anthropic hope to identify and support the next generation of companies that will lead the development of artificial intelligence technologies.