Conor Bronsdon
About Conor Bronsdon
Conor Bronsdon is based in Seattle, Washington, and is a University of Washington graduate. His own site says he came into tech through political organizing and campaign management. He co-founded a boutique political consulting firm, advised candidates including Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib, and later sold his stake to his co-founder. Crunchbase lists one company founded.
He then built content and marketing practices at Olive & Goose, a boutique consultancy, and did enterprise consulting at Microsoft. At LinearB he built and led marketing and co-hosted the Dev Interrupted podcast for engineering leaders. He grew it from zero to more than 19,000 email subscribers between 2021 and 2024. He later led developer awareness, marketing and messaging at Galileo, an AI evaluation company that was acquired by Cisco in 2026.
Crunchbase lists him as Technical Ecosystem Lead at Modular. His website and podcast feed describe that role in the past tense and say Modular was acquired by Qualcomm in 2026. He now describes himself as an independent consultant doing developer marketing and ecosystem work for AI infrastructure and developer-tools companies. He hosts Chain of Thought, a podcast with guests from companies such as NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, AMD and Databricks. His writing has been featured in The New York Times, ABC News, Vox and the Seattle Times, according to his Crunchbase bio.
Conor's site says he writes $1K to $10K angel checks into pre-seed and seed companies. The same page lists a portfolio of about fifteen companies with the year of each investment, running from 2023 to 2026. It also mentions startup advisory roles. His site states that he does not provide investment advice.
Crunchbase shows 3 investments, 3 portfolio companies, no lead investments and no exits. That is fewer than his own site lists, so founders should treat the Crunchbase count as incomplete. NFX Signal lists him as an angel in Seattle with an investment range of $1K to $25K and a typical check of $5K. His own site gives the narrower $1K to $10K range.
The founder support he describes is investor introductions, developer distribution and content amplification. His Crunchbase bio also mentions creator community building and enterprise positioning, and making introductions to other angels. He also maintains a community-edited GitHub list of active AI angel investors, called ai-angels.
Most of his listed investments are in AI or touch it. His site's 2026 entries include Zaapi (AI customer service for e-commerce), Hermetiq (build intelligence for Bazel and AI-generated code) and Stride Soles (direct-to-consumer custom orthotics using AI scanning). For 2025 it lists Iris, DreamForge, Scam.ai, Swytchcode and Trilobio.
His stated thesis is to back the people building the picks-and-shovels for the next wave of AI applications, rather than the applications themselves. He makes occasional exceptions for a consumer AI company when the founder is exceptional and the wedge is defensible.
Stage: pre-seed and seed. Sectors: AI infrastructure, developer tools and robotics. He also makes adjacent bets in fintech infrastructure and occasionally in consumer products. Check size: $1K to $10K, per his own site. He is based in Seattle, and no geographic restriction is stated publicly.
His Crunchbase bio calls him operator-first. It says he adds value where a company needs to reach technical audiences, build developer communities or position itself for enterprise buyers. Founders who want to pitch can find contact details on his angel investing page at conorbronsdon.com. His site also says he is open to consulting engagements.
- Zaapi: AI customer service for e-commerce; invested 2026.
- Hermetiq: build intelligence for Bazel and AI-generated code; invested 2026.
- Haply Robotics: industrial robotics and haptics; invested 2026.
- Stride Soles: direct-to-consumer custom orthotics using AI scanning; invested 2026.
- Iris: consumer AI assistant (YC F25); invested 2025.
- DreamForge: AI game-creation platform; invested 2025.
- Scam.ai: deepfake and document-authenticity detection (Skydeck Batch 20); invested 2025.
- Swytchcode: execution authority for API integrations (Skydeck Batch 22); invested 2025.
- Trilobio: lab-automation robotics; invested 2025.
- Shield: B2B stablecoin payments and online banking; invested 2023.
- Rad Intel: AI marketing platform; invested 2023.
- Substack: publishing platform; invested 2023.
Investing activity
Conor Bronsdon has made 3 investments according to Crunchbase across 3 portfolio companies, and has founded 1 company.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Conor Bronsdon
What check size does Conor Bronsdon write?
His website says he writes $1K to $10K angel checks. NFX Signal lists a wider range of $1K to $25K with a typical check of $5K.
What stage of AI startups does Conor Bronsdon invest in?
He invests at pre-seed and seed. His focus is AI infrastructure, developer tools and robotics, and he prefers companies that build tooling for AI applications.
Does Conor Bronsdon lead rounds?
Crunchbase shows no lead investments. His checks are small angel checks, so he is better suited as a supporting investor than as a lead.
How can Conor Bronsdon help founders beyond capital?
He says he helps with investor introductions, developer distribution and content amplification. He has built developer communities and podcasts at LinearB and Galileo and hosts Chain of Thought.
Is Conor Bronsdon still at Modular?
Crunchbase lists him as Technical Ecosystem Lead at Modular. His own site and podcast feed describe the role as past and now present him as an independent consultant, so check his current status before citing it.
Where is Conor Bronsdon based?
He is based in Seattle, Washington, according to NFX Signal and Crunchbase. His Crunchbase bio says he lives in Tumwater, WA.
Is Conor Bronsdon an angel investor?
Yes. Conor Bronsdon invests personally as an angel. Crunchbase counts 3 investments.
How can founders reach Conor Bronsdon?
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