Real, verified funding sources for machine learning founders in California: VC funds, accelerators, angel networks, and active grant programs — sourced from SEC filings and Grants.gov, not estimates.
No funds headquartered in California matched "Machine Learning" by name — the funds below are shown nationwide instead.
Contrary Capital
Pear VC Accelerator
Techstars Los Angeles
Neo Scholar Program
📍 San Ramon, CA
📍 Palo Alto, CA
📍 San Diego, CA
📍 San Francisco, CA
📍 Stanford, CA
Machine Learning falls under the broader "Technology" category in federal grant data. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California) — live from Grants.gov, refreshed nightly.
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Air Force -- Research Lab
DOC NOAA - ERA Production
U.S. National Science Foundation
U.S. National Science Foundation
We don't have any funds headquartered in California whose name references machine learning. Below are machine learning-related funds from across the country instead — many invest outside their home state.
8 accelerator programs open to California-based machine learning founders are in our database, including programs based in California and globally-available programs.
Yes — 6 angel investor networks based in California are in our database, ranked by member count with machine learning-relevant groups surfaced first where our sector data supports it.
53 currently open federal grant programs are tagged under the Technology category, which is where machine learning falls in our grant classification. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California), pulled live from Grants.gov and refreshed nightly.