5 Founders Backed by Samsung NEXT (2026)

Samsung NEXT founders (5)

Samsung NEXT founders covers 5 founders on Black Forest Labs, CoreStory and Function Health and 2 other companies. The most common sectors are AI Infrastructure (2), Healthtech (2) and Developer Tools (1). Members are based in 4 cities, led by San Francisco, CA (2), Austin, TX (1) and Freiburg, Germany (1). Companies represented include Malama Health and Periodic Labs. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 5
• Companies represented: 5
• Top sector: AI Infrastructure (2 founders)
• Top location: San Francisco, CA (2 founders)
• Sectors represented: 3
• Locations represented: 4

• Anand Kulkarni — CoreStory
• Jonathan Swerdlin — Function Health
• Mika Wang — Malama Health
• Sumith Kulal — Black Forest Labs
• William Fedus — Periodic Labs

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