... founders, a narrative, and momentum. Pre-seed to Series A is often too early to know for sure what a business is going to turn in to, or how it might succeed. In the case of BuilderAI, like Riya (Ojos) 20 years ago , (which raised $19M on the story of facial recognition in photos when in reality it was performed by an enormous office full of Indian photo taggers in Bangalore), they make have decided to take the risk ...