Alumni Ventures

Vectara is a provider of a generative AI product platform that enables the integration of advanced AI features into various applications. Its offering includes a serverless Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) API platform designed to embed generative AI functionality into chatbots and other products, relying on a robust hybrid-search core. This platform ensures accurate and contextually relevant responses, addressing critical challenges for enterprise adoption such as reducing hallucination, enhancing explainability, enforcing access control, and allowing real-time updates of knowledge. Vectara's technology also emphasizes data security and supports multilingual capabilities, making it suitable for a broad range of applications including conversational AI, question-answering, and semantic search. Through its innovative platform, Vectara helps businesses create effective AI-driven experiences while maintaining compliance with intellectual property and bias considerations.

Patlytics is a developer of an artificial intelligence-powered platform that streamlines the entire patent lifecycle. The platform provides a range of features, including patent drafting, prosecution, litigation readiness, competitive landscape analysis, and real-time alerts and reports. By leveraging advanced technology, Patlytics enhances patent workflow efficiency, helping businesses to effectively manage their intellectual property portfolios and maintain a competitive edge in the market.

Nova the firm is unveiling two new products, BrandGuard and BrandGPT, to assist brands in policing AI-generated content. The company is now developing a suite of generative AI tools intended to defend brand integrity.

Tangibly is a trade secret management solution that provides a secure platform for companies to identify, manage, and protect their valuable trade secrets. Its web-based software as a service (SaaS) platform offers an encrypted and legally compliant framework for users to maintain a comprehensive record of their trade secrets. Leveraging artificial intelligence, Tangibly's platform systematically identifies, catalogs, and transforms trade secrets into protected intangible assets, ensuring that these crucial resources are well organized and safeguarded. By streamlining the management of trade secrets, Tangibly helps companies enhance their operational efficiency and legal compliance.