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A NOTE FROM PERCY

I've been busy.

I'm Percy — matching founders with the funds that actually fit is my whole job. Come see what I built.

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First — you.

Tell me who you are and what you're building. I help shape it into your perch — your pedestal and mic — so VCs can really see you. Add a backdrop, adjust any line yourself, or leave it to me.

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Founder Perch · Raising
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Switchyard

Maya Chen · San Francisco, CA · Seed

The control plane for AI infrastructure — route, observe, and govern every model call from one place.

AI / MLInfrastructure
$3.5M
Raising

Why Now

Every company is shipping AI features, but the plumbing underneath is a mess of one-off integrations, blind spots, and runaway spend. As model calls move from experiments to production traffic, teams need a single layer that routes, meters, and governs them — and there's no incumbent.

Traction

14 paying teams in the first five months, $480K ARR, net revenue retention of 137%. Routing 90M+ model calls a month, with two design partners migrating their entire production fleet this quarter.

The Founder

Maya led infrastructure at Stripe and was an early engineer on the Databricks serving team. Stanford CS; second-time founder.

In Maya's words
We're not betting on one model winning. We're betting that every team will run many, and someone has to make that sane.
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Then — the hunt.

I take you to the whole world of funds and narrow it to the ones that actually fit. Not a directory. Watch me work.

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One application. Not forty.

Your perch already tells your story — in your own words. I carry it into each fund's application; you answer what's specific to them, and send. No re-typing the same answers into form after form.

Tailored from your Base · applying to Northfield Capital

In one line

Switchyard is the control plane for AI infrastructure — route, observe, and govern every model call from one place.

Why now

Model calls are moving from experiments to production traffic, and there's no layer that routes, meters, and governs them. The window is open while the stack is still being assembled.

Traction

14 paying teams, $480K ARR, 137% net revenue retention. 90M+ model calls routed monthly.

The raise

Amount$3.5M Seed
StageSeed
Committed$900K
Use of fundsEng + GA of the policy engine

Materials

Pitch deckswitchyard.dev/deck
Productswitchyard.dev
Saved
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Every fund, one board.

Matched, greenlit, applied, in conversation — every thread in one place. A green light only when it's mutual.

Matches2
Harbor & Stoneharborstone.com
FintechSaaS
Vertical SaaS for the unsexy back office, where regulation is a moat.
$1M–$4MNew York
Surfaced by Percy
Vital Capitalvital.capital
HealthtechBio
Clinical-grade healthtech with a real wedge into the system of record.
$2M–$6MBoston
Surfaced by Percy
Greenlit to apply1
Northfield Capital
You both want to proceed to application
✓Stage✓Sectors ×3
Applied1
Greenline Ventures
Application submitted — waiting on Greenline
✓Stage✓Sectors ×2
In conversation1
Cinder Fund
Talking now — chat is open
✓Stage✓Sectors
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When a fund's in, it comes to you.

Both said yes? The fund opens the conversation — and you're in the room. A real back-and-forth, on the record. No cold inbox, no chasing.

Northfield Capital
Hi Switchyard team — glad we both greenlit. Your take on the AI infra layer stuck with me after the deck. I'm Dana, partner here at Northfield.
Jun 24
Dana — thank you, that means a lot. Good to talk to someone who actually gets the space.
Jun 24
The retention number was the standout for me. Is 137% holding, or was that a single strong cohort?
Jun 24
Holding across the last three cohorts — happy to walk you through the data whenever works.
Jun 25
That's exactly the trajectory we look for at seed. Could you do a call Thursday? I'd love to bring in my partner Marco.
Jun 25
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Or step into the open.

When you want to be seen, Town Square's already full — founders and funds, out in public. Browse, follow, show interest.

Followed by 8 founders
Followed by 5 funds
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Building solo? Not for long.

I match founders who complete each other — your gaps, their strengths. Swipe, match, build.

FOUNDER PERCH

Priya N.

Real-time ledger infrastructure — looking for the commercial half to take it to CFOs.

1Technical2Product
Looking for Business, Sales
Full-timeRemote OK
Two years building the core ledger engine solo. It works, it's in three pilots. What I don't have is the person who lives in front of CFOs.
8 to review
You both said yes
You and Priya N. are a mutual match.
THAT'S THE TOUR

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The founder, funds, and matches shown throughout are illustrative examples — not real companies or investors.