What is Collective Investments?

Collective Investments is a founder-investor matchmaking program built within The AI Collective community — designed to help early-stage AI startups connect with the right capital, at the right moment.

Our mission: support mission-aligned founders in turning bold ideas into real-world impact. We do this by surfacing the best early-stage startups in our ecosystem, helping them refine their pitch, and putting them in front of investors who share their vision.

Why This – Why Now

Over the past few years, The AI Collective has hosted dozens of demo nights, hackathons, and community events that organically brought together tens of thousands of builders, operators, and investors. Time and again, we've seen magic happen – funding connections made in a Slack thread, a product idea sparked at a hackathon, a founder meeting their lead investor on stage at demo night.

Collective Investments is our way of doubling down on what's already working – and doing it with more intention.

By creating structure around that organic energy, we can help more founders get their products launched, faster. We can make sure the right investors see the right opportunities. And most importantly, we can ensure that the startups shaping the future of AI are values-aligned, community-supported, and positioned to make a meaningful impact on the world.

Why Join?

Founders

Personalized Investor Matching – Our database contains hundreds of investors. Get matched to ones who understand your vision and are ready to invest now.

Collective Network Access – Tap into specialized advisors, mentors, and resources across our 25,000+ member community.

Credibility Through Curation – Join an exclusive, vetted cohort of AI innovators recognized by top industry leaders.

Strategic Visibility – Showcase your startup through targeted newsletters, pitch events and media opportunities that reach qualified investors.

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Investors

Privileged Pipeline Access – Connect with top AI founders before they formally enter the fundraising market.

Multi-Layer Due Diligence – Benefit from our rigorous selection process where experienced founders and active fund investors screen all applicants.

Pre-Qualified Deal Flow – Access investment opportunities tailored to your thesis from the world's largest AI community.

Ecosystem Advantage – Engage with a value flywheel of operators, advisors, & customers that actively supports portfolio success.

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What Founders Are Saying

“Through the GenAI Collective, we found a user that was inspired by our mission to make everyone realize their full potential, and went on to become our #1 power user!”

Amit Bakshi, Founder & CEO at SelfActualize AI

“Presenting at Demo Night gave me a real energy boost — it's rare to get that much thoughtful feedback from such a curious crowd. I flew in from Belgium and would do it again in a heartbeat. It was also interesting how much attention people gave to UX, a clear sign that in AI, we're competing at the application layer now.”

Nathan Tetroshvili, Co-Founder at Wobby AI

“I loved presenting at GenAI Collective! The atmosphere was electric and the crowd had great questions. It was a great boost to our startup at the time. We met lots of prospects and potential investors.”

John Kennedy, Founder & CEO at Actual AI

Meet The Team

Collective Investments is led by a cross-functional team of community builders, investors, operators, and educators who are deeply embedded in the AI Collective ecosystem.

As a strategic initiative of the AI Collective, we're here to give mission-aligned founders every possible edge – from storytelling to investor connections – so they can focus on what really matters: building something that moves the world forward.