Quild #61: Robust Intelligence

This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

Robust Intelligence eliminates AI Failures by detecting model vulnerabilities and automatically preventing bad outcomes. The RIME platform reduces the amount of time data science teams spend firefighting issues in production and increases the confidence in production models.

Active Founders: Yaron (CEO), Kojin 

Signals:

1. Repeat founder

   1. Yaron founded Bidwave, a tool to identify influential social media users

2. Top institutions alumni

   1. Yaron was a scientist at Google for 2 years and a professor at Harvard University for 9 years

3. Top university alumni

   1. Yaron graduated from UC Berkeley (PhD)

   2. Kojin graduated from Harvard University (BS)

4. Fast team growth

   1. Grew 2.8x YoY to 53 employees

   2. Hiring a bunch more

5. Accelerated financing

   1. Announced seed in 2019, series A in 2020, series B in 2021

6. Midas list investors

   1. Sequoia Capital led seed and series A

   2. Tiger Global led series B

Till tomorrow, Kenn