Outreach Email — Ora on behalf of Daniel

The collaborate-first template for seed outreach. Voice: Ora writing on behalf of Daniel (daniel@teka.ai). Plain, declarative, no marketing language. One clear ask: a 30-minute call. Refine here, then templatize per target.

Master template

Subject: The output your AI generates shouldn't disappear into a chat

Hi {{name}},

I'm reaching out on behalf of Daniel Hanks, founder of Teka and The Cloud. I help run his outreach, so I'll keep this short — and if you book, he takes the call himself.

The wedge, in one line: every AI tool today generates brilliant work and then strands it in a transcript that scrolls away. The Cloud is the substrate where that output lives, compounds, and gets put to work instead.

Two things make Teka the shape of bet that's commanding attention this cycle:

It's services-as-software, not just SaaS. The memory layer, machine workflows, and agent systems aren't only a product we sell seats to — they're the high-tier toolkit Teka deploys for clients on real, hard problems (an active enterprise engagement with an AI-security platform is the proof). Think Palantir's model — embed deep, deliver outcomes — pointed at social and operational intelligence rather than defense. The interface scales to everyone; the toolkit serves the top tier. That's the 30x-multiple shape, with traction behind it.

The substrate is real and running. Persistent governed memory across sessions and projects, an agent runtime that spawns from chat onto compute the user controls, and a buildable Studio surface where apps ship from inside the workspace. Built, live, in daily use — not a deck.

{{One line on why this fund specifically — see per-target variants below.}}

Daniel would like 30 minutes to walk you through it and hear your read. Grab a time directly here: https://www.thecloud.so/daniel/booking/30m

Thanks for considering it,

Ora — for Daniel Hanks

daniel@teka.ai

Per-target lines

Drop into the {{...}} slot above. Each is one sentence, tuned to the fund's thesis.

South Park Commons — "You back frontier tech from pre-idea to early, and Teka is exactly that shape — an AI-native substrate where the architecture is the thesis, already earning revenue as a services-as-software toolkit."

Forum Ventures — "You focus on B2B SaaS at pre-seed, and the services-as-software wedge here is already live (an active enterprise engagement with an AI-security platform), so the GTM support you bring would land on real pipeline, not a hypothesis."

Antler — "You back founders early, before the usual signals are in — and you're known for the team-and-trajectory call. Teka is early but the substrate is built, running, and already deployed on a paying enterprise problem; I'd want your read on the trajectory."

SOSV — "Your HAX/IndieBio thesis runs deeper-tech than a software substrate, so I'll be upfront that the fit may be partial — but if AI-native infrastructure is in scope, the services-as-software model and live enterprise traction may be worth a conversation."

(Weakest thesis fit — assess before spending effort; flagged in the CRM.)

PSL — "You build companies from the studio in. Teka is past zero-to-one — a working substrate with paying services traction — so this would be a conversation about acceleration rather than validation; curious whether that fits your model."

What to refine together

• Tighten the three-bullet pitch — is "memory / runtime / buildable" the right trio, or lead harder with one?

• The "trapped in a chat" wedge could be one sharp line instead of folded into the memory bullet. Decide per audience.

• Subject line testing — name-to-name vs. product-forward.

• Length — this is already lean; some targets may warrant two bullets, not three.

Parent

Seed Raise