Two Google alumni raise $11.3M to back AI startups enterprises will pay for

BAG Ventures, founded by former Google VP Bontia Stewart and former CapitalG partner Jackson Georges Jr., closed an $11.3 million Fund I and has backed 10 AI startups. It targets AI infrastructure, compute, edge AI, security, governance and vertical SaaS, writing checks of $100,000 to $500,000.

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