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Metal is an AI-driven operating system for fundraising
Backed by Y Combinator · a16z Speedrun
Backed by a16z and YC, Metal is building an AI-native operating system for founders raising venture rounds. Metal brings proprietary intelligence on the venture ecosystem, enabling founders to identify the "most likely" investors, research various firms, and identify who they know that can introduce them to specific investors. More than 100 YC founders have signed as paying customers.
Metal is an AI-driven operating system for founders raising venture rounds. It provides investor research, workflow and fundraising intelligence to streamline the fundraising process, backed by listed partnerships and a focus on early-stage startups.
Metal offers an AI-powered platform that surface investors most likely to fit a founder's round through capabilities such as Discovery, Access, Pipeline, Meeting Intelligence, Coach, Deep Search, and AI-assisted content signals. It supports end-to-end fundraising workflow (From discovery to pipeline to coach and call intelligence) and includes investor intelligence features, content signals, and automation to help founders build and manage their investor outreach and fundraising strategy.
Who it’s for: Early-stage founders / startup teams raising venture rounds who seek high-precision investor intelligence and structured fundraising workflows.
Partnerships and traction mentions with Techstars and Y Combinator, references to adoption by YC founders and portfolio support; active pricing/page presence and demo booking indicate ongoing commercialization.
Building super intelligence for fundraising. Prior to Metal, I raised $120m for my first startup across six venture rounds. And before that, I was a part of the early team at DoorDash and Marqeta. I can be reached at gul@metal.so.
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