AI-native venture studio

We build the software that replaces the expert bottleneck.

STEPS Ventures builds and backs AI-native companies that turn slow, expert-bound workflows into software — across the built environment, health, defense, and the energy transition.

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Products live
13+
Ventures in the studio
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Sectors

Live products

01 / Portfolio
Built environment Live · iOS

InspectAI

AI home inspection

Turns a phone walkthrough into a structured, defensible home-inspection report.

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Health Live · Beta

Canary

Environmental-health marketplace

Connects patients to providers and issues Letters of Medical Necessity for environmental-health needs.

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Defense Live

DIANA

Defense-innovation intelligence

Portfolio and signal intelligence over NATO's defense-innovation ecosystem.

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Research commercialization Live

Spinout

University tech transfer, automated

AI co-pilot for university tech-transfer offices — triage, market-map, and route inventions to deals.

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Built environment Live

The Boiler Room

NYC LL97 compliance

Models building emissions against Local Law 97 and maps the cheapest path under the caps.

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02 / Pipeline

Investors & partners

We work with a small group of aligned investors, operators, and design partners. Tell us who you are and which venture you're tracking — we read every note.

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