Anirudh Pai invests in deep tech and crypto as a general partner at Robot Ventures, after investing at Dragonfly and Pronomos. He cofounded Realm Alliance and writes Dreams of Electric Sheep, exploring how finance and coordination shape AI, science, and the physical world.
Anirudh Pai invests in deep tech and crypto as a general partner at Robot Ventures, after investing at Dragonfly and Pronomos. He cofounded Realm Alliance and writes Dreams of Electric Sheep, exploring how finance and coordination shape AI, science, and the physical world.
Career
Anirudh Pai studied at University of Warwick (Economics).
General Partner at Robot Ventures from 2025-08 to PresentRACo-Founder at Realm Alliance from 2022 to PresentApplies AI to mining operations, combining cameras, sensors, and operational data to predict equipment failures and detect unsafe behavior.
Partner at Dragonfly from 2022 to 2025Led investments in Spindl, Caldera, Andrena/DAWN, and Prodia.
Investment Team at On Deck from 2021 to 2022Investing Announcements
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one of the best company selectors and supporters i've met
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an investor that will pick up your call at any time and help you think through a problem
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Special thanks to Jason Badeaux (Daylight Energy), Neil Chatterjee (Andrena/DAWN), and Anirudh Pai (Dragonfly) for their help cooking up these ideas.