Roboflow raises $2.1M, Sudoku-solver turned computer vision platform

Roboflow raises $2.1M, Sudoku-solver turned computer vision platform

The origin story of Roboflow and Pioneer, following their fundraise of $2.1M co-led by Lachy Groom and Craft Ventures.

February 24 2021

Courtney Hohne on Moonshots at X

Courtney Hohne, Chief Storyteller at X, discusses the early days of Waymo and Loon, commercializing clean fuel from sea water and nanobots.

February 16 2021

January 2021

Pioneers in our January cohort are building an all-purpose ML API, online dental education, AI-powered farming, and more.

February 11 2021

Chris Dixon and Daniel Gross talk AI, Crypto and Innovation

Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Chris Dixon discusses the future of AI, the fundamentals of blockchain and cults that beget industries.

February 5 2021

December 2020

Pioneers in our December cohort are building ML and art marketplaces, AI-powered presentation and video clipping software, and more.

January 19 2021

Pioneer AMA with Courtland Allen, founder of Indie Hackers

Indie Hackers founder Courtland Allen joins Pioneers for an AMA with topics range from community-building, to motivation, to common first-time founder mistakes and more.

December 22 2020

Launching Launcher

Launcher helps you find product-market fit. It's software that tracks your progress as you find your first few users and bring your product to life.

December 9 2020

Building a supersonic jet startup with Blake Scholl

Daniel Gross joins Boom Supersonic founder Blake Scholl for a conversation about the first independently developed Mach 2.2 airliner.

December 3 2020

October 2020

Pioneers in our September cohort are improving crop yields, creating a parking space marketplace,

November 20 2020

September 2020

Fully automated freight shipping. Efficient ML model deployment. Ocean-faring drone ships. Pioneers around the world tinkering away at the next generation of formidable businesses.

November 11 2020

August 2020

Pioneers in our August batch are powering the LatAm money-sharing economy, optimizing your work environment, incorporating your US business faster, and more.

October 21 2020

2 Years of Pioneer: 40 Countries and Counting

Two years ago, Pioneer launched with the intent of finding and empowering ambitious outsiders around the world.

September 22 2020

July 2020

Pioneers in our July batch are creating companies to easily offset your carbon footprint, keep you in a state of flow, market your engineering work and more.

September 17 2020

Pioneer Challenge: A New Terminal

In 4 weeks, we’re investing $20,000 in the best Terminal 2.0. We start with a 48 hour Hackathon from August 7th - August 9th. Winners are incorporated for free, then compete for Pioneer Gold investment.

July 29 2020

June 2020

From Stripe Atlas for government forms, to micro financing for projects, to better virtual workspaces – meet this month’s Pioneers.

July 9 2020

May 2020

From better tools for personal productivity, to improved livestreaming, to finance apps that could power a continent, meet this month's batch of diverse projects.

June 5 2020

Pioneer Challenge: $10,000 for Better Zendesk

It’s hard to know what to build. If you’re lucky enough to find a good problem, you’re still a long way from your first customer and even longer from success.

May 6 2020

April 2020

From better email analytics and marketing to software that helps people optimize their savings to a Shopify for Africa, our Pioneers’ companies span a diverse range of categories and multiple continents.

May 4 2020

March 2020

Our March 2020 batch includes companies as diverse as crypto based video games, a Wix for voice apps, and an intelligent note-taking assistant. We’re excited to have these Pioneers in our online city.

April 3 2020

February 2020

The second set of Pioneers in 2020 exemplifies that philosophy. Whether it’s an easier way to publish a blog, better e-commerce search, or a Fitbit for productivity, our founders have focused on making things people love.

February 27 2020

Building Cities From Scratch: An Interview With Mark Lutter and Tamara Winter

We know how to make new apps. New companies. But what does it take to make new cities? Mark Lutter and Tamara Winter are building the Charter Cities Institute to figure out the answer.

February 17 2020

Pioneer 2.0

Just like other startups iterating on their product based on user feedback, we're iterating on ours. Here are some updates for our next release.

January 30 2020

January 2020

global warming, the first set of Pioneers of 2020 are working on tractable, useful companies that will positively impact our society and planet in the coming decade.

January 22 2020

2020 Startup Themes (Part 2)

Five more themes that might be exciting to watch in the coming year.

December 27 2019

2020 Startup Themes

Five startup themes that might make for an exciting 2020.

December 24 2019
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