Post by True Ventures

The AI conversation is changing. A year ago, teams were asking how to use AI. Today, they're asking different questions: Which model should we use? What happens when a provider goes down? Where is our data going? Why is our AI bill suddenly so high? Those questions sit behind every AI product moving into production. That's why we're investing in Concentrate AI and partnering with Ari Jacoby and Todd Lieberman again. We first backed Ari and Todd at Deduce, where they built a powerful identity network to help companies fight fraud at scale. True led the seed round and supported the company through its acquisition by CHEQ. Now they're tackling a new challenge. Concentrate gives teams one API to access hundreds of AI models, with governance, compliance, security, spend controls, and production reliability built in from day one. What stood out to us wasn't just the product. It was the insight behind it. As AI becomes core infrastructure, every company is being forced to make more model decisions, manage more spend, and govern more data than ever before. Most teams are still solving those problems themselves. Concentrate makes those decisions simpler. Ari and Todd now join more than 50 founders we've backed more than once at True. Some founders build one company. Others keep finding important problems worth solving. We're grateful to be alongside them again. More on the news in Business Insider: https://lnkd.in/emH9-NvG