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Building a secure and resilient world in the age of transformative artificial intelligence.

Building a secure and resilient future in the age of transformative AI.

AI will radically transform our world. Navigating this wave will be humanity’s most important task.

Let’s take it on, together.

Halcyon identifies leaders from business, policy, and academia, and helps them take on new ambitious projects.

15
new organizations and companies incubated
$200M+
in funding raised by our member organizations in the last 18 months
100+
people advised on high-impact career transitions

Start something bold.

Halcyon helps founders get new projects off the ground. We provide seed funding, introduce co-founders, and accelerate new ideas.

Halcyon believed in us early. They made grants to fund the research that led to Goodfire. Then they invested, introduced key early hires, and stood by us as a mission-aligned backer.

Eric Ho

Co-Founder & CEO
Goodfire
Goodfire

Halcyon was an early supporter and quickly provided seed funding and operational support to get Transluce off the ground. They serve an invaluable role in the ecosystem.

Jacob Steinhardt and Sarah Schwettmann

Jacob Steinhardt
& Sarah Schwettmann

Co-Founders
Transluce
Transluce

Halcyon is how I met my Fathom co-founders, as well as some of our funders and board members. Fathom wouldn't be what it is today without Halcyon!

Bri Treece

Bri Treece

Co-Founder & CIO
Fathom
Fathom

Halcyon understood the importance of our work early on, and backed it up with a significant launch grant. Mike introduced our first key hire and later joined our board. Seismic wouldn't exist without their support.

Sander Volten

Founder & CEO
Seismic Foundation
Seismic Foundation

Find your people.
Forge your path.

We help our members find—and build—their next big thing.
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New project incubation

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Grant funding

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VC investments

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A community of mission-driven leaders

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Career transition coaching

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Private retreats & salon dinners

Mission-driven investing.

Our VC fund Halcyon Ventures backs founders who are on a mission to build a secure and resilient future.
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Listed companies include Halcyon Ventures investments and investments from previous funds managed by our team.

Our Team

Mike McCormick

Mike McCormick

Founder and CEO

Mike has spent his career in startups and venture capital. Prior to founding Halcyon, he was a partner at GPV, a VC firm managing more than $1 billion in capital. He was an early investor in several unicorn companies.

Since 2022, Mike has been focused on grants, investments and incubating new projects in AI security and global resilience.

Shelby Summerfield

Shelby Summerfield

Head of Operations

Shelby has spent her career in politics, social impact, and startups. She served as Head of Scheduling and Advance for Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign, and was the COO of the nonprofit Humanity Forward.

Ross Matican

Ross Matican

Investor

Ross has built his career at the intersection of technology, investing, and market research. Before joining Halcyon, he worked at Bessemer Venture Partners, where he worked closely on the firm’s investment roadmaps. He also founded a product marketing consultancy for early-stage AI startups and began his career as a reporter at The Information.

Ross is an alum of the BlueDot Impact AI Safety Fundamentals course and a Cosmos Institute grantee. At Halcyon, he focuses on investments in AI security and alignment.

We are better and stronger together.

If you’re ready to launch your next venture, looking for your people, or interested in supporting Halcyon, let’s talk.

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