# Nat Friedman: investor

Canonical ID: `3ed2a82b-8d24-467f-8d42-e07aaeb4ce33`

Technology executive and angel investor, former CEO of GitHub, investing in AI and open-source technology.

- **Type:** Venture capital

## Portfolio (4)

- [The Bot Company](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/the-bot-company.md) Series B · 2025-10-28 · $250M (reported) · _follow_
- [AssemblyAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md) Series C · 2023-12-04 · $50M (reported)
- [AssemblyAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md) Series A · 2022-03-04 · $28M (reported)
- [Matician](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/matician.md) Seed · 2019-01-01 · _co lead_

## Invests alongside (16)

Other investors that participated in the same funding rounds as Nat Friedman.

- [Daniel Gross](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/daniel-gross.md) · 4 shared rounds: [The Bot Company Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/the-bot-company.md#funding-rounds), [AssemblyAI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md#funding-rounds), [AssemblyAI Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md#funding-rounds), [Matician Seed](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/matician.md#funding-rounds)
- [Accel](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/accel.md) · 2 shared rounds: [AssemblyAI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md#funding-rounds), [AssemblyAI Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md#funding-rounds)
- [John & Patrick Collison](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/john-and-patrick-collison.md) · 2 shared rounds: [The Bot Company Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/the-bot-company.md#funding-rounds), [Matician Seed](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/matician.md#funding-rounds)
- [Y Combinator](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/y-combinator.md) · 2 shared rounds: [AssemblyAI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md#funding-rounds), [AssemblyAI Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md#funding-rounds)
- [Adam D'Angelo](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/adam-d-angelo.md) · 1 shared round: [Matician Seed](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/matician.md#funding-rounds)
- [Greenoaks Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/greenoaks.md) · 1 shared round: [The Bot Company Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/the-bot-company.md#funding-rounds)
- [Insight Partners](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/insight-partners.md) · 1 shared round: [AssemblyAI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md#funding-rounds)
- [Jack Dorsey](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/jack-dorsey.md) · 1 shared round: [Matician Seed](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/matician.md#funding-rounds)
- [Joe Lonsdale](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/joe-lonsdale.md) · 1 shared round: [Matician Seed](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/matician.md#funding-rounds)
- [Matt Rogers](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/matt-rogers.md) · 1 shared round: [Matician Seed](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/matician.md#funding-rounds)
- [Nabeel Hyatt](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/nabeel-hyatt.md) · 1 shared round: [The Bot Company Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/the-bot-company.md#funding-rounds)
- [Naval Ravikant](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/naval-ravikant.md) · 1 shared round: [Matician Seed](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/matician.md#funding-rounds)
- [Quiet Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/quiet-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [The Bot Company Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/the-bot-company.md#funding-rounds)
- [Smith Point Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/smith-point-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [AssemblyAI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/assemblyai.md#funding-rounds)
- [Spark Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/spark-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [The Bot Company Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/the-bot-company.md#funding-rounds)
- [Twin Ventures](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/twin-ventures.md) · 1 shared round: [Matician Seed](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/matician.md#funding-rounds)

## Sources (4)

1. https://maticrobots.com/blog/matic-comes-out-of-stealth-with-30m-in-funding
2. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/cruise-founder-kyle-vogt-s-robotics-startup-eyes-4-billion-valuation
3. https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/04/assembly-ai-snags-28m-for-all-in-one-api-to-transcribe-summarize-and-moderate-audio/
4. https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/04/assemblyai-nabs-50m-to-build-and-serve-ai-speech-models/


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