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.
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

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
& Sarah Schwettmann

Find your people.
Forge your path.

New project incubation

Grant funding

VC investments

A community of mission-driven leaders

Career transition coaching

Private retreats & salon dinners
Our Team

Mike McCormick
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 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 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.
