Lachy Groom

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionOct 26, 2026 · AI · Jan 1, 2026

Lachy Groom is an individual investor, former Stripe executive and Physical Intelligence co-founder identified in Chai Discovery and Volantis announcements.

Recorded funding activity

Volantis develops photonic computing and interconnects. Other recorded companies include Alteon’s autonomous observation aircraft and Airbound’s cargo-delivery aircraft. These financings are personal investments, distinct from Physical Intelligence and named investment vehicles.

Sources
Rounds participated in
3
Confirmed lead rounds
1
1 roles undisclosed
New companies
3
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$488M
2 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A1
Series C+1
Undisclosed1

By primary sector

AI2
Biotech1

By country

United States3

Rounds

3 in this selection
Provision Labs

Provision Labs builds data, evaluation and deployment infrastructure for physical AI.

UndisclosedInvestor backing disclosed at launch
Participant
Volantis

Photonic computing and interconnect technology for fast, large-scale AI inference.

$88MSeries A
Lead
Chai Discovery

Building AI models to accelerate pre-clinical drug discovery

$400MSeries C
Role not disclosed