Organization · Venture Studio

Humans

Humans is an AI-native venture studio that invests in and builds technologies aimed at maximizing human potential and enhancing the human experience. They focus on startups leveraging artificial intelligence across various sectors.

Venture StudioFunderProgram host

Overview

What Humans does

What Humans is

Humans is an AI-native venture studio that invests in and builds technologies aimed at maximizing human potential and enhancing the human experience. They focus on startups leveraging artificial intelligence across various sectors.

How it participates in the startup ecosystem

The current public profile supports funder and program host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.

Operational profile

Organization status and context

Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.

Operational status
Active
Organization type
Venture Studio
Structured capabilities
Funder · Program host
Last reviewed
March 6, 2026
What Venture studio means

A venture studio is an organization that systematically creates new startups by generating or sourcing ideas, validating them, building early products, recruiting founders or operators, providing shared resources, and retaining meaningful equity in the companies it helps create.

Open the glossary entry

Official channels

Find Humans elsewhere

Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.

Capability profile

Humans as a funder

Investment thesis

Humans invests in companies that leverage artificial intelligence across various sectors. The organization supports startups at different stages, emphasizing technologies that enhance human capabilities and experiences.

Focus narrative

Humans invests in companies that leverage artificial intelligence across various sectors. The organization supports startups at different stages, with a particular emphasis on technologies that enhance human capabilities and experiences.

Focus and fit

Stages
Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+ · Series A
Regions
Global

Availability

Currently deploying
Not published

Portfolio and track record

Recorded portfolio count
14

Portfolio context

Notable portfolio companies include: Mercor: AI recruiter (mercor.com), Corgi: AI insurance company (corgi.insure), Pika: AI video generation (pika.art), Charta Health: AI medical chart review (chartahealth.com), Cluely: Undetectable AI desktop assistant (cluely.com), Vultron: AI for government RFPs (vultron.ai), Superpower Health: Super app (superpower.com), TierZero AI: AI infrastructure engineer (tierzero.ai), Context: Autopilot for work (context.inc), Starcloud: Data centers in space (starcloud.com), Hamming: AI voice agent testing (hamming.ai), Clout Kitchen: AI clones for creators (cloutkitchen.net), Protector: Private security marketplace (protector.so), Omi: Open-source AI wearable (omi.me), Coverd: Gamified personal finance (coverd.us).

Capability profile

Humans as a program host

Program thesis

Humans is focused on investing in and building products and technologies that aim to maximize human potential and improve the human experience.

Focus narrative

Humans invests in companies that utilize artificial intelligence across multiple sectors. The venture studio emphasizes technologies that enhance human capabilities and experiences, supporting startups that are pioneering advancements in AI.

Availability

Application state
Not published

Focus and fit

Stages
Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+
Regions
Global

Alumni and track record

Alumni context

Notable portfolio companies include Mercor, an AI recruiter; Corgi, an AI insurance company; Pika, which specializes in AI video generation; and Charta Health, focused on AI medical chart review. Other alumni include Cluely, an undetectable AI desktop assistant, and Vultron, which provides AI solutions for government RFPs.

Connected ecosystem

Continue from Humans

These links use structured organization type, sector, and regional relationships. They do not imply endorsement or commercial similarity.

Common questions

What to know about Humans

Upseed classifies Humans under the Venture Studio organization type. Its current public profile includes funder and program host capabilities.

Next step

Keep comparing startup organizations

Return to the organization index or continue through a verified sector, place, peer, or program connected to this profile.

Source and update disclosure

Know what this page is based on

Source basis

Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.

Last reviewed

March 6, 2026

Known limits

Capability profiles appear only when a structured public profile also contains decision-useful role evidence. Terms and availability can change.

Upseed is an independent guide. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the organization described on this page.