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Huge congrats to Alex, Paul and the entire C1 team! Arpan always says these ex-Okta guys know a thing or two about building big companies. Hard to disagree! 😊 Glad to have been an early investor at Garuda Ventures 🚀

7 new investments. 8 cities and 3 countries visited. 1 AGM. And a whole lot more done in 5 months of 2026! It's been busy here at Garuda Ventures and we wouldn't have it any other way. If you're contemplating an idea in robotics, Physical AI, cyber, vertical software, or fintech please reach out to Arpan and I. We're always looking to back more amazing people as you're getting going. Some recent teams we've backed: - 🏭 Foundry Robotics, an AI+robotics, assembly-focused dual-use contract manufacturer -📱Mirai Labs, building models, runtime & infrastructure to make on-device AI interactive, ambient & continuous - 🤖 Mind Robotics, the AI-Native Robotics Platform for Manufacturing - 🚚 Armada, building the hyperscaler for AI edge compute -🔬 An autonomous AI scientist (unannounced) - 🛸 Deep space transport and data infrastructure (stealth) - 🌊 Harnessing ocean thermal energy to generate affordable, off-grid electricity at sea to power off-grid AI data centers (unannounced) Let's go! 💪🏽

Check out our latest Garuda Ventures newsletter! (link in first comment): New Investments: We’ve partnered with seven new founding teams since the start of the year: 🏭 Foundry Robotics, building the “Everything Factory”, an AI+robotics first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturer to power the next century of American manufacturing. Adarsh is a veteran of Scale AI, Ghost Robotics, and Penn’s GRASP Lab, and Emmanuel led Tesla’s Model Y manufacturing. We invested in the seed alongside Khosla Ventures, Red Glass Ventures, Hanabi Capital, and others 📱 Mirai Labs, building models, runtime & infrastructure to make on-device AI interactive, ambient & continuous. We’re thrilled to be working with Dima and Alexey, and partnering with our friends at Uncork Capital. 🤖 Mind Robotics, building AI-native robotics-driven intelligence, dexterity, and adaptation to manufacturing, founded by RJ Scaringe, Founder and CEO of Rivian. We invested alongside our friends at Kleiner Perkins, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Eclipse, Greenoaks, Meritech Capital, Redpoint, and others 🚚 Armada, building the hyperscaler for AI edge compute, founded by Dan Wright and Jon Runyan. We co-invested alongside Overmatch Ventures, 8090 Industries, BlackRock, Johnson Controls, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Felicis, Shield Capital, Marlinspike, and others. 🔬An autonomous AI scientist, founded by a team of PhD researchers out of a top research institute (unannounced) 🛸 Deep space transport and data infrastructure, founded by a 10-year veteran of space technology (unannounced) 🌊 Harnessing ocean thermal energy to generate affordable, off-grid electricity at sea to power off-grid AI data centers (unannounced) Garuda AGM: We hosted our 2026 AGM at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, followed immediately by our Spring Celebration on the rooftop. As always, it was a highlight of the year to bring together our growing community of LPs, founders, and friends of the firm. Special thanks to our founder speakers, our special guests Jonathan Roosevelt at Goldman Sachs and Rory O'Driscoll at Scale Venture Partners, and our wonderful partners Burkland, Citizens, Fenwick & West, and Neutech, Inc. for their support. Plus exciting news from many existing Garuda portfolio companies (and not enough room to share it all!)

Congratulations to RJ, Nisha, Daniel, Ury, Brigitte and the rest of the amazing team at Mind Robotics on the most recent round of financing! Arpan and I are excited to partner with you and help build the future of industrial manufacturing. Let’s do this! 💪🏽

We are incredibly excited to share that Mind Robotics has closed our latest funding round led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from an incredible group of partners including Prysm Capital, Meritech Capital, Redpoint, Incharge Capital Partners, SV Angel, A*, Accel, Eclipse, Greenoaks, Andreessen Horowitz, and Garuda Ventures. Our focus remains exactly where it started: on the factory floor. We are building robots that don't just follow instructions, but actually understand and interact with the physical world. But most importantly, we are excited to find more of the right people to build this with. We’re just getting started.

Kudos to Rishi Taparia Arpan Punyani for an outstanding AGM. Venture is a long game. Whether you’re a founder or an LP, choosing who to partner with remains a deeply human art form. In this industry, how you show up matters. Grateful to the Garuda Ventures team for having me. I’m super excited to continue co-investing alongside them!