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Footwork Activity

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Essay

Nikhil Basu Trivedi's essay on how Footwork is using Skydive (from portfolio company Anything) to build AI agents that automate the firm. Details Footwork's AI stack with 14 agents, 34 scheduled jobs, and 400+ merged pull requests since June 2026.

Footwork

FootworkFootwork

nbt.substack.comAUG 20, 2026

AUG 20, 2026

Milestone

Anything, a Footwork portfolio company, launched Skydive — an AI agent platform that lets companies create AI agents to automate real work. Footwork has been using Skydive internally to automate the firm.

Anything

Anything Footwork

nbt.substack.comAUG 20, 2026

AUG 20, 2026

Exit

GPTZero, a Footwork portfolio company (Footwork led Series A, was largest investor), signed an agreement to be acquired by Superhuman. GPTZero is the pioneer in AI detection software, grew to tens of millions in ARR profitably.

GPTZero

GPTZero Footwork

nbt.substack.comJUN 24, 2026

JUN 24, 2026

Investment

Co-led Monk's $25M Series A for its AI-native accounts receivable platform.

Monk

MonkFootwork

nbt.substack.comAPR 21, 2026

monk.com

APR 21, 2026

Essay

Published reflective essay on Year 5, marking strategic shift to AI-native investing with all 24-25 portfolio companies now meaningfully leveraging AI.

Footwork at Year 5: AI-native investing thesis reflection

Footwork

nbt.substack.comAPR 20, 2026

APR 20, 2026

Essay

Footwork's fifth anniversary letter: 7 investments in year 5 (most ever), portfolio grew to 24 active companies. Shared two-class investment thesis: (1) AI-native small teams leveraging frontier models, and (2) teams leveraging AI but driven by other secular tailwinds.

Footwork

FootworkFootwork

nbt.substack.comAPR 19, 2026

APR 19, 2026

Investment

Led Fuse's $25M Series A for its AI-native loan origination system.

Fuse

Fuse Footwork

nbt.substack.comMAR 17, 2026

techcrunch.com

MAR 17, 2026

News

Nikhil Basu Trivedi named to Forbes Midas Seed List for 2026.

Forbes Midas Seed List 2026

Footwork

forbes.comFEB 2026

FEB 2026

Milestone

GPTZero publicly disclosed reaching $24M ARR in 2025, with category-leading AI detection product and achieved profitability.

GPTZero

GPTZero Footwork

arr.clubJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Investment

Led Anything's $11M Series A for its AI app builder.

Anything

Anything Footwork

anything.comSEP 29, 2025

nbt.substack.com

SEP 29, 2025

Investment

Led Waldo's Series A for its AI strategy platform for agencies and brands.

Waldo

WaldoFootwork

nbt.substack.comSEP 24, 2025

SEP 24, 2025

Milestone

Portfolio company Tracksuit announced $25M Series B led by VMG Partners, with 1000+ customers and 240% annual growth.

Tracksuit

TracksuitFootwork

gotracksuit.comJUN 2025

JUN 2025

New Fund

Filed Form D for Footwork Fund II, L.P., a $225M offering that the firm site says began investing in 2025.

Footwork Fund II

Footwork

sec.govFEB 24, 2025

footwork.vc

FEB 24, 2025