Announcing The House AI Accelerator w/ OpenAI & @Databricks—both @Cal co-founded startups—investing $1M per startup to enable the next Berkeley AI 🦄’s …🧵1/12

2/ We’re also launching w/ the world’s most influential AI companies Google (via @gradientVC) and Microsoft (via @msft4startups @M12VC), as well as the world’s biggest university AI research collective (@uofcalifornia & @berkeley_ai) All to create the best platform in the world for AI founders.

3/@TheHouseVC has been investing in Berkeley AI startups since our 2016 inception We doubled down on AI in 2018 launching AI@The House and adding 6 of the world’s top AI professors to our team, including Professor Ion Stoica, Databricks' Co-Founder & Chairman

4/ Berkeley's pioneering legacy in open source, free speech 🗣️ and AI has established it as a natural center for building AI that improves society Databricks & OpenAI leverage this DNA to tackle complex challenges in industries like healthcare, & new technical frontiers like AGI

5/ According to Michael I. Jordan, AI Pioneer and Professor at UC Berkeley, “Berkeley founders think outside of the box, look at the bigger picture, and want to use AI to solve real-world problems.”

6/ The House AI Accelerator is purpose-built for AI founders. Founders receive

7/ Over the last decade, Silicon Valley’s center of gravity shifted to SF (Cerebral Valley 🧠) expanding to encompass Berkeley, which has become a global center for AI So we’re excited to offer founders a free office at The House, our new AI space opening soon on campus.

8/ Founders will be joining a legacy of iconic Berkeley companies like @Apple, @Intel, @Tesla, as well as the 100+ IPOs and 100+ Unicorns built by Berkeley founders over the last several decades. Berkeley-powered startups are building our future.

9/ The future of AI is now. We are excited to learn how you want to leverage AI to improve our society. We are here to help you, unlocking the power of the Berkeley ecosystem and AI, to scale it for the world. Apply here

10/ Learn more in our blog post

11/ Enjoy our launch video 🚀☁️🛸☀️

12/ @Cookie breaks down why this is a big deal via @TechCrunch & @StrictlyVC