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Groundlight AI — Seed
Funded Fund: StoryHouse Fund I  ·  SH Check: $100K  ·  Valuation: $40M  ·  Closed: 2022-05-03
Dossier generated 2026-06-03 by /deal-dossier  ·  Deal record: recvX6IXq7Q83zEsy  ·  Source: Airtable appjxAR3LPe3fkHOp

One-Liner & Thesis

A computer vision platform that combines traditional deep learning, expert human supervision, and real-time optimization to interpret images using simple English natural language and minimal code. Groundlight is teaching robots to understand the world around them.

Q3-Q4 2025: Company is going through an asset sale process. Unclear on results but we proactively marked to $0 in Q3 2025 Founders shares purchased at the same time as company issued financing. SH committed $100K, via StoryHouse Fund I, at a $40M valuation, in a $10M round, alongside Madrona, Greycroft, Founders Co-op, Flying Fish, AscendVC, and EssenceVC.

Deal Box

Round Size
$10M
Valuation / Cap
$40M
Co-Investors
Madrona, Greycroft, Founders Co-op, Flying Fish, AscendVC, and EssenceVC
SH Check
$100K
Fund
StoryHouse Fund I
Funding Round
Seed
SH Investment Date
2022-05-03

Company Snapshot

Sector
AI, Robotics
Location
Seattle, Washington
Headcount
6
Year Founded
2020-01-01
Total Raised
$10M
Website
groundlight.ai
Status
Private

Founders

Leo Parker Dirac
Physicist and serial entrepreneur building Groundlight AI to give robots real-world perception and decision-making capability, applying deep technical expertise to practical machine intelligence.
Avi Geiger
Engineer and entrepreneur building Groundlight AI to advance real-world robotic perception, applying systems and hardware expertise to practical machine intelligence.

Latest Meeting Notes

2023-10-04 — Call

RAW NOTES: Conversation with Brentt Baltimore re: Groundlight \- They're at a pivot point where they need to decide what they're going to build \- They have an application tool for querying \- Then what enables all of that is a very sophisticated labeling system that enables the continuous machine...

Source: Meeting Notes rec4qoVNQQvxmoUAZ

Reference Calls

2023-10-04: Reference involving Avi Geiger. RAW NOTES: Conversation with Brentt Baltimore re: Groundlight \- They're at a pivot point where they need to decide what they're going to build \- They have an application tool for querying \- Then what enables all of th...