Michael Stewart
Managing Partner at M12
Michael Stewart
Managing Partner at M12
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2024 - Current
Leading theses in generative AI, gaming, deep tech
Partner
2021 - 2024
M12 is the venture capital arm of Microsoft that invests in early-stage companies.
Board Observer
2024
Armada is an edge computing platform that links individuals and businesses, facilitating real-time data processing and decision-making.
Raised $108,000,000.00 from M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Felicis, Dragon Global and Valor Equity Partners.
Director
2024
Volley builds voice-controlled entertainment experiences for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and smartphones.
Raised $107,270,000.00 from M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Greylock, Causeway Media Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, AIspace Ventures, Y Combinator, Amazon Alexa Fund, General Catalyst, BITKRAFT Ventures and Gaingels.
Director
2024
SynthLabs is a research lab for transparent, auditable AI alignment.
Investor
2023
Foundry is a public cloud supported by an orchestration platform designed to simplify the utilization of AI computing resources.
Raised $80,000,000.00 from Sequoia Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Lightspeed Venture Partners, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Conviction VC and Redpoint.
Investor
2023
Typeface offers a generative AI application that provides streamlined and personalized content creation for enterprises.
Raised $165,000,000.00 from Menlo Ventures, Madrona, Google Ventures, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.
Board Observer
2023
PsiQuantum focuses on developing a scalable quantum computer using photonic qubits.
Raised $1,280,168,416.00 from Queensland Government and Australian Government.
Board Observer
2023
Artificial is a software company that develops a lab automation platform.
Raised $21,500,000.00 from M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Playground Global and AME Cloud Ventures.
Board Observer
2022
Inworld AI is a character engine for creating AI NPCs in games and interactive experiences.
Raised $125,700,000.00 from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Dentsu Ventures, LG Technology Ventures, First Spark Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Stanford University, XRM Media and M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund.
Director
2021
D-Matrix is a computing platform that targets artificial intelligence inferencing workloads in the datacenter.
Raised $154,000,000.00 from Industry Ventures, Nautilus Venture Partners, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Playground Global, Lam Capital, Temasek Holdings, TGC Square, Cortes capital, Marlan Holding and Ericsson Ventures.