Rahul Gupta

New York · London

I invest in AI-first companies, with operator depth at the intersection of AI and financial services.

I'm the Founding Investor of Fervor Capital, an AI-first venture fund. Our thesis spans financial services, healthcare and life sciences, enterprise and industrial software, and climate and sustainability — with responsible AI and ESG cutting across. I'm also the Founding Investor of AI First Fund, designing a retail-accessible structure for AI-first investing, and the Founder of Aperiam Finance, an AI-first private banking platform currently in stealth.

Before venture, I spent thirteen years on the operator side — product and AI/ML at Verizon, Oracle, Cigna, AT&T, T-Mobile, and TIAA. Earlier, I founded Twilixbell, an early-stage fintech in SMB lending. I'm a Founder of RAIESG Foundation and Economics & AI for Earth, focused on responsible AI governance and climate-economics research.