Team

We build before we back

Fifteen years shipping AI and data platforms inside the companies that built this category, and a decade adjacent to the funds and labs where the next ones start.

Built

  • Salesforce

    Tech lead on the Einstein AI platform, search infrastructure, and analytics.

  • Ava Labs

    Engineering leader on data and API platforms at protocol scale.

  • Matterport

    Staff engineer and senior manager through the IPO.

  • Amazon

    Infrastructure at consumer scale.

Invested and advised

  • SoftBank

    Technical advisor on due diligence across enterprise SaaS, data, AI, edge, and robotics.

  • Founded and exited

    Built and sold an AI company for knowledge work in legal, healthcare, and voice.

  • VC Lab · Pi Ventures

    Venture fellowships, one with a sub-10% acceptance rate.

  • Angel investing

    Personal checks across frontier models, compute, and AI applications.

Teaching and research

  • USC Viterbi

    Instructor on AI agents and copilots.

  • Published research

    arXiv papers on quantum-inspired and equivariant machine learning, plus 55+ articles on AI systems.

  • Six US patents

    System architecture and cloud infrastructure, commercially licensed.

  • CMU · Stanford · Draper

    Mentor and advisor at the Swartz Center, the Stanford Web3 and AI Research Group, and DraperU, where much of our deal flow starts.

15+
Years building AI and data platforms
6
US patents in systems and cloud
10+
Companies built inside
45+
AI founders in the active network
2 wks
Typical time to a decision