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Ashton Kutcher launches new AI infrastructure VC firm with Morgan Beller

Ashton Kutcher is departing Sound Ventures, a firm he co-founded, to establish a new venture capital firm with Morgan Beller. This new fund will concentrate on early-stage investments in AI infrastructure, energy, and deep tech, targeting the foundational elements that power AI models. Kutcher's previous firm, Sound Ventures, had a track record of investing in leading AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. AI

IMPACT Signals a shift in VC focus towards the foundational infrastructure powering AI models, potentially accelerating development in this area.

RANK_REASON Launch of a new VC firm by a prominent investor focused on a specific, high-growth sector (AI infrastructure).

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Ashton Kutcher launches new AI infrastructure VC firm with Morgan Beller

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  1. TechCrunch AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Marina Temkin ·

    Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller

    Sound built its reputation on concentrated, high-conviction bets in category-leading AI labs, while Kutcher's new fund appears to be chasing the layer underneath those companies — the infrastructure and energy that power them.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures to launch a new VC firm with Morgan Beller, previously at NFX and co-lead of Meta Libra. The new fund will focus on AI

    Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures to launch a new VC firm with Morgan Beller, previously at NFX and co-lead of Meta Libra. The new fund will focus on AI infrastructure - the layer beneath AI labs powering models with compute and energy. https:// techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/a…