Back your idea before anyone else will.
QVC writes the first check and rolls up its sleeves — pre-seed, pre-deck, pre-everyone-else.
Instant AI feedback · Built for AI founders · Free, always
We lead with what changes a company's trajectory
Funding is table stakes. Our edge is customers, code, and distribution — delivered deeply rather than promised in full.
Your first customers
Warm introductions to enterprise buyers in our network — the thing that actually moves a seed-stage company, and the thing most programs never deliver.
Builders who ship with you
We forward-deploy: architecture, agent tooling, and internal tools built for your business. Engineers who write code alongside you, not office-hours advice.
Capital + cloud credits
A priority option to invest, plus unlocked cloud credits across AWS, Google, and Azure through partner tiers — and SaaS perks for the stack you run.
Community & distribution
A curated founder and investor network, and reach through the QAI podcast and audience. Distribution is a feature of working with us, not an afterthought.
Pitch in three steps
Pitch in ten minutes
A short, structured pitch — problem, solution, traction, ask. No warm intro required.
Get instant AI feedback
Partner-grade feedback on the spot: strengths, gaps, and the questions to sharpen before you raise. Yours to keep, free.
We dig in
Strong fits hear from us directly — about introductions, building help, and a potential check.
Building community with founders and investors
Funding strategy, scaling playbooks, and frontier deep tech — straight from the people building it.
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Diffusion LLMs — the deep-tech bet under the next model generation.
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A top institutional investor on where AI value actually accrues — and what founders should build into 2026.
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The playbook behind one of the fastest $0→$1B runs in AI — what compounded, and what nearly broke.
A clear thesis saves everyone time
We are specific on purpose. If this is you, we want to hear from you.
Stage
Pre-seed and seed. We like to be early, when the building help matters most.
Sectors
Applied AI, agents, AI infrastructure and devtools, and adjacent deep tech.
Geography
US deal corridor for follow-on capital; founders anywhere are welcome.
How we work
Expertise and resources for a small stake, plus a priority option to invest. Two or three things delivered deeply — never a menu of thirteen.
Straight answers
What do you give, and what do you take?
We lead with customer introductions, hands-on building, distribution, and capital. In return we take a small equity stake (typically 0.5–3%) for the work, and may ask for a priority option to invest on the same terms as your other investors. Everything is transparent and papered cleanly.
Do you lead or follow?
Either. Often we are the operator-investor who helps before the round and takes a priority option into it — not the lead setting terms. We work alongside your other investors.
What if I am not raising yet?
Pitch anyway. The instant feedback is useful pre-raise, and we would rather meet you early. Building help does not require a round.
How is this different from an accelerator?
No batch, no demo day, no fixed cohort. We work with a small number of companies deeply and continuously, and we ship with you instead of running a curriculum.
Who sees my pitch? Is it confidential?
Only QVC. Your submission is private to us; we never share it, and you can request deletion at any time.
Apply to the QVC Founders Program
Ten minutes. Instant AI feedback. The start of a relationship with an investor who builds.