Building AI-Native Startups, featuring OpenAI, hosted at ERA
Applications are open for ERA’s Summer 2026 Accelerator Program!
Join ERA on Wednesday, April 8 at 5:00 PM ET for an in-person panel discussion with OpenAI and featuring AI-native founders from recent ERA cohorts.
Founders will share how they’re building AI-native companies, lessons learned from the ERA accelerator, and how the program helped position their startups for product scale, partnerships, and fundraising.
Panelists include:
Julien Reiman, Account Director at OpenAI
Chad Ozgur, Resident CTO at ERA
Rob Kwiatkowski, CEO and Founder of Discernis
Allison Reilly, CEO and Founder of Closai
ERA invests $150,000 in a post-money SAFE in return for 6% of each company.
Since its founding in 2011, ERA alumni companies have raised more than $2 billion in investor capital and collectively exceed $10 billion in market capitalization.
Our portfolio has four unicorns: TripleLift (Acq’d), Katapult (NASDAQ:KPLT), Thirty Madison, and Glia. Some of our notable investments include Rilla, ModernFi, Order, Predoc, Nayya, and Hyro.
Press:
Portfolio Companies Named to the Inc. 5000 2025
Seed 75: ERA is ranked #16 in best seed VC firms for founders looking to raise money in 2023