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Swift Ventures Activity

Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.

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4 essays· DEC 2025 – MAY 2026Show all

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Published an essay analyzing signals from the Summer Y Combinator Demo Day cohort of ~150 founders.

The Signals from Summer's Y Combinator Demo Day

Swift Ventures

blog.swift.vc

Added recently

Essay

Published a thesis essay on why marketing hires are the hardest early hire for AI-native companies.

The Hardest Hire In AI Might Be Marketing

Swift Ventures

blog.swift.vcMAY 2026

MAY 2026

Essay

Published analysis of AI disruption in SaaS, introducing the Swift AI Index as a method to identify companies with genuine AI competitive moats.

Investing In AI In a SaaSpocalypse

Swift Ventures

blog.swift.vcMAR 16, 2026

MAR 16, 2026

Essay

Quarterly Swift AI Index update highlighting companies applying AI effectively outside of big tech, with evidence-driven selection methodology.

Unexpected AI-First Companies

Swift Ventures

blog.swift.vcDEC 19, 2025

DEC 19, 2025

Team Change

Health tech builder and executive Raymond Lee joined as Executive-in-Residence to support portfolio companies.

Raymond Lee joined as Executive-in-Residence

Swift Ventures

blog.swift.vcOCT 15, 2025

OCT 15, 2025

Team Change

TubeMogul and Adobe veteran Keith Eadie joined as Executive-in-Residence to support portfolio company operations.

Keith Eadie joined as Executive-in-Residence

Swift Ventures

blog.swift.vcSEP 25, 2025

blog.swift.vc

SEP 25, 2025

Essay

Published the third 2025 Swift AI Index update tracking AI-first companies in public markets.

AI-First Companies Continue To Rise In Public Markets

Swift Ventures

blog.swift.vcSEP 2025

SEP 2025

Exit

Portfolio company Superhuman was acquired by Grammarly in July 2025.

Superhuman

Superhuman Swift Ventures

superhuman.comJUL 17, 2025

techcrunch.com

blog.superhuman.com

grammarly.com

JUL 17, 2025

Essay

Published the second 2025 Swift AI Index quarterly update addressing AI washing in startup claims.

A Timely Antidote To AI Washing

Swift Ventures

blog.swift.vcJUN 2025

JUN 2025

Essay

Analysis of the evolving adtech and martech landscape as AI transforms marketing infrastructure.

The Coming AI-Native Marketing Stack

Swift Ventures

blog.swift.vcMAY 22, 2025

MAY 22, 2025

Investment

Participated as an existing investor in Arize AI's $70M Series C for AI observability and LLM evaluation.

Arize.ai

Arize.ai Swift Ventures

prnewswire.comFEB 20, 2025

FEB 20, 2025