Rackhouse Venture Capital

If you’re an AI/ML founder looking for a fun, community-oriented office space for your team, Rackhouse has availability! Located across the street from the South Park Blue Bottle (a VC hub), our modern loft has been home to several high-growth startups and YC founders. DM if interested! Our full list of amenities (+contact info) can be found here: rackhousevc.notion.site/Modern-Industr…

I’m excited to announce that @porterdotrun has raised a $20M Series A to provide effortless app infrastructure in any cloud provider. Our round was led by @FirstMarkCap with participation from @ycombinator and strategic angels including @daltonc and @ROWGHANI. When we started Porter, we had one simple goal: allow startups to stop thinking about cloud infrastructure. Today, the fastest-growing AI companies from the seed-stage to IPO use Porter to manage hyper-growth infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Our users scale individual clusters in each cloud provider to hundreds of machines and terabytes of RAM without DevOps overhead. We’ve more than doubled headcount over the past few months and are aggressively expanding the surface of what our platform can manage. We are on a mission to make using the public cloud utterly seamless. I’d like to thank our users, investors, and most importantly, the Porter team. As all of them know, we are only getting started. We’re actively hiring with offices in NY and SF, so if you’re interested in managing core infrastructure for the next generation of public companies or tackling the hardest devX problems, shoot me a DM.

Robotics has advanced quickly in controlled environments but still struggles with real-world variability. Small shifts in conditions can interrupt entire workflows and make deployment slow expensive and unreliable. This gap between lab performance and field performance is one of the main reasons automation hasn’t scaled as widely as expected. Founder @AshutoshSaxena_ and the @TorqueAGI team took a different approach. They started in rail yards and logistics sites where systems face constant environmental change and reliability has to be earned immediately. It is a proving ground that exposes weaknesses fast and forces the technology to meet a higher standard. Read the full Founder Spotlight → rackhouse.vc/blog-1/rackhou…

On September 4th we launch /BLOK.SIM/01 - part party, part experiment, part glimpse into the future. 150+ AI minds dropped into a simulation: neon corridors, interrogation rooms, UV poker. Black Mirror IRL 👀 joinblok.co/simulation

Congrats to an incredible team of serial entrepreneurs @CharmanTom and @HiggsOlivia on Blok coming out of Stealth! 🥳 Blok is a simulation environment for digital products. Instead of waiting weeks to A/B test with real users or launch full Beta versions of apps, teams can test changes in hours, using AI-powered simulated users that behave like the real thing. techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/blo…

Check out this episode of @gracegongGG's podcast featuring RVC Partner @brendanbaker for insights on what stands out in early-stage pitches and how applied AI is transforming "boring" industries!

@gracegongGG of Smart Venture Podcast just hosted an incredible conference on the future of AI. Thanks for having @novakkm as a panelist!

An interview with Rackhouse Partner Brendan Baker and @VCWiretech on why he joined Rackhouse, his background, and what he's looking out for in the next 5 years. #venturecapital

talked to @novakkm (GP @ @RackhouseVC) about: - founder errors of the past vs. present - second-order effects of intelligence becoming cheaper - new business models created from AI-first businesses - why infrastructure will matter more than algorithms

"SPVs have become an especially useful tool for emerging managers as they’re competing with megafunds not only for LP commitments, but also to invest in startups, according to Brendan Baker, a partner at Rackhouse Venture Partners." pitchbook.com/news/articles/…

Rackhouse's @novakkm chats with @itsdanieldart on the first episode of The Dart Board podcast. Listen in as they talk about AI, where the best place is to invest in AI, and how nuclear power can play a role. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kev…

Brendan Baker shares more on why he joined @RackhouseVC: @brendanbaker/rackhouse-aeab2036713f" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@brendanbaker/…

Great chat with Brendan Baker⁠ a Partner at ⁠Rackhouse Venture Capital⁠! Rackhouse Ventures (@RackhouseVC) is an early-stage venture capital management firm that focuses on founders and firms that sit at the intersection of AI/ML and the real world. We discussed... - Brendan's journey into venture from an engineering background. - Early days at Angellist. - The 5 Buckets of Venture. - Tips for founders fundraising. - Dive into the shifts in the venture landscape, new funds being started, mega funds and more. - Strategies behind venture funds. - Interesting unqiue opportunities in AI. - The future of venture capital will involve systematic approaches to sourcing and supporting startups. - Decision to join Rackhouse. - AI + Supply Chain.

A lot of commentary on Deepseek today, I put together a few of my thoughts on the story so far. open.substack.com/pub/rackhouse/…

Before launching his own venture firm, Kevin Novak had basically no experience as a professional venture capitalist. sfexaminer.com/news/technolog…

We are delighted to announce Brendan Baker as the newest Partner at Rackhouse Venture Capital. Brendan joins us with over a decade of experience with early-stage venture capital firms, working with thousands of founders on fundraising, and investing in software teams tackling massive, convoluted, and elaborate industries. Read more about where we're headed: rackhouse.vc/blog-1/welcomi…

Kevin Novak shares his thoughts on AI Predictions 2025: Why Infrastructure Will Matter More Than Algorithms: linkedin.com/pulse/ai-predi…