Nick Desai
Rmix
MS EE UCLA. 5x VC-funded founder/CEO (Together, Heal). Gen-AI and ML obsessed. Speaker and author. 2 exits.
$300M raised (Breyer Capital, Fidelity, Spark Capital, DFJ)
CK Chang Kim
Saywise
3x founder. Michigan Physics. Ex-Google PM. Co-founded TNC (acquired by Google). Founded Tapas Media (acquired by Kakao, $510M).
Tapas acquired by Kakao for $510M
Monisha Perkash
Lumo BodyTech
Yale Psychology. Stanford MBA & MA Education. 2x founder. Ex-Meta Dir of Product in charge of Ray-Ban Meta. Stanford entrepreneurship lecturer.
$26M raised. 2 exits.
Josh Payne
Coframe
Stanford Engineering + MBA. 20+ patents in AI, quantum computing, infosec. Co-founded Autograph with Tom Brady ($2B+ unicorn, a16z). AccessBell acquired by Tata Group.
$9M raised (Khosla Ventures, NFDG)
Sharmin Ali
Adomo AI
3x entrepreneur with multiple exits. Bestselling author of 3 books, global keynote speaker.
$200M+ raised collectively (A16Z)
Deyan Vitanov
Jest
Stanford MBA. 4x founder (3 acquired, 1 bootstrapped & profitable). CMO at gaming unicorn Playco.
4 exits
Andy Chou
Ventrilo.ai
BS EECS Berkeley, Stanford CS PhD. Founded Coverity in '03, grew to $75M ARR. Acquired by Synopsys.
Angel investor in 20+ companies (Loom, LaunchDarkly)
Yuka Kojima
Ememe
MIT MBA, ex-PlayStation. 3x founder. Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.
$26M raised (Foxconn, Samsung, Nikon)
Andrew Radin
Aria Pharmaceuticals
BS/MS CS, Stanford BMI. 5x entrepreneur. Built products used by millions in telephony, gaming, and ad tech. Top 100 AI Leader in Pharma.
Raised from a16z, SoftBank, and others
Ed Albanese
ThirdLaw
Former VP at Splunk, Cloudera, MongoDB. Enterprise AI safety.
Jeff Anderson
Subatomic
12 years as venture-backed operator. Built and run teams of 80+. World-class at partnerships and fundraising.
$50M+ raised across ventures
Leigh Purnell
Subatomic
11 years in battery charging and smart energy. 25+ patents in Battery Management.
$51M raised (TPG)
Jeremy Nixon
Infinity
Founder of Infinity (AI infrastructure). Founder of AGI House (75+ AI hackathons).
Sahin Boydas
Lovie
5x founder. 2 exits (RemoteTeam → Gusto, MovieLaLa → Snap). Angel investor in 180 startups.
$10M raised (Marc Benioff, SoftBank)
Vadim Axelrod
Cara Health
Pomona '91, Stanford '93. 10+ startups in healthtech, security, networking, edtech.
$30M raised (Sequoia, SoftBank). 2 exits.
Tyler Chen
Subtle
Yale Physics & CS. ML and quantum computing research. AI agents for government.
YC X25. Co-founder's prev company acquired by FiscalNote (NYSE: NOTE)
Anand Atreya
25+ years in telecom and software. Ex-EVP at Juniper Networks (18 years). Harvard AMP.
2 exits (Sage → Google, WiFiSLAM → Apple)
Nate Becker
Sela
Yale '09, LinkedIn data science alum. Previously founded VoiceOps (YC), signed Square and Sunrun as customers.
$11M+ raised (Accel, Founders Fund, Bain Capital Ventures)
Rafael Cosman
Protogon Research
Stanford CS. Ex-Google Brain & Palantir. Co-founded StreetCode Academy.
Juan Lozano
Mariana Minerals
Stanford Physics & CS (AI). Co-founded InsideMaps, led ML at Kite (acquired by Affirm).
Ron Koo
Koliso
MIT. 3x founder, 15+ patents. Former chip architect (analogZONE Product of the Year). Backend engineering, AI, and product.
Kelly Peng
First Intelligence
UC Berkeley EECS, Stanford Nanofab. 2x founder. Previously founded Kura (taped out world's fastest smart display driver at TSMC). Forbes 30 Under 30.
$17M+ raised (TSMC, SAIC Motors, Access Industries). 2x CES Awards.
Elad Ferber
Synthpop
Stanford & Technion grad. Talpiot (elite IDF unit). 10+ years building AI × healthcare. Founded Spry Health (acquired by ZOLL Itamar). Led engineering for SpaceIL (lunar lander).
$23M raised
Jan Jannink
Synthpop
Stanford CS PhD. Co-founder in 4 AI & analytics startups, 1 exit. Occasional Stanford CS 193S instructor.
$23M raised
Taranjeet Singh
mem0
Built AI tutor featured at Google I/O and first GPT Store. Co-founded mem0 (formerly Embedchain), the memory layer for AI agents. 40K+ GitHub stars.
$20M Series A
Alex Beatson
Axiom Bio
Princeton PhD in deep learning & generative models. Director of ML at Redesign Science (small-molecule drug discovery). AI toxicity testing.
$40M Series A
Kazuki Nakayashiki
Glasp
ME Chem & Bio at UTokyo, Business at UC Berkeley. Founded Glasp, a platform for annotating the web with AI. Alum of On Deck, Launch House, Berkeley SkyDeck.
Nick Desai
Rmix
MS EE UCLA. 5x VC-funded founder/CEO (Together, Heal). Gen-AI and ML obsessed. Speaker and author. 2 exits.
$300M raised (Breyer Capital, Fidelity, Spark Capital, DFJ)
CK Chang Kim
Saywise
3x founder. Michigan Physics. Ex-Google PM. Co-founded TNC (acquired by Google). Founded Tapas Media (acquired by Kakao, $510M).
Tapas acquired by Kakao for $510M
Monisha Perkash
Lumo BodyTech
Yale Psychology. Stanford MBA & MA Education. 2x founder. Ex-Meta Dir of Product in charge of Ray-Ban Meta. Stanford entrepreneurship lecturer.
$26M raised. 2 exits.
Josh Payne
Coframe
Stanford Engineering + MBA. 20+ patents in AI, quantum computing, infosec. Co-founded Autograph with Tom Brady ($2B+ unicorn, a16z). AccessBell acquired by Tata Group.
$9M raised (Khosla Ventures, NFDG)
Sharmin Ali
Adomo AI
3x entrepreneur with multiple exits. Bestselling author of 3 books, global keynote speaker.
$200M+ raised collectively (A16Z)
Deyan Vitanov
Jest
Stanford MBA. 4x founder (3 acquired, 1 bootstrapped & profitable). CMO at gaming unicorn Playco.
4 exits
Andy Chou
Ventrilo.ai
BS EECS Berkeley, Stanford CS PhD. Founded Coverity in '03, grew to $75M ARR. Acquired by Synopsys.
Angel investor in 20+ companies (Loom, LaunchDarkly)
Yuka Kojima
Ememe
MIT MBA, ex-PlayStation. 3x founder. Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.
$26M raised (Foxconn, Samsung, Nikon)
Andrew Radin
Aria Pharmaceuticals
BS/MS CS, Stanford BMI. 5x entrepreneur. Built products used by millions in telephony, gaming, and ad tech. Top 100 AI Leader in Pharma.
Raised from a16z, SoftBank, and others
Ed Albanese
ThirdLaw
Former VP at Splunk, Cloudera, MongoDB. Enterprise AI safety.
Jeff Anderson
Subatomic
12 years as venture-backed operator. Built and run teams of 80+. World-class at partnerships and fundraising.
$50M+ raised across ventures
Leigh Purnell
Subatomic
11 years in battery charging and smart energy. 25+ patents in Battery Management.
$51M raised (TPG)
Jeremy Nixon
Infinity
Founder of Infinity (AI infrastructure). Founder of AGI House (75+ AI hackathons).
Sahin Boydas
Lovie
5x founder. 2 exits (RemoteTeam → Gusto, MovieLaLa → Snap). Angel investor in 180 startups.
$10M raised (Marc Benioff, SoftBank)
Vadim Axelrod
Cara Health
Pomona '91, Stanford '93. 10+ startups in healthtech, security, networking, edtech.
$30M raised (Sequoia, SoftBank). 2 exits.
Tyler Chen
Subtle
Yale Physics & CS. ML and quantum computing research. AI agents for government.
YC X25. Co-founder's prev company acquired by FiscalNote (NYSE: NOTE)
Anand Atreya
25+ years in telecom and software. Ex-EVP at Juniper Networks (18 years). Harvard AMP.
2 exits (Sage → Google, WiFiSLAM → Apple)
Nate Becker
Sela
Yale '09, LinkedIn data science alum. Previously founded VoiceOps (YC), signed Square and Sunrun as customers.
$11M+ raised (Accel, Founders Fund, Bain Capital Ventures)
Rafael Cosman
Protogon Research
Stanford CS. Ex-Google Brain & Palantir. Co-founded StreetCode Academy.
Juan Lozano
Mariana Minerals
Stanford Physics & CS (AI). Co-founded InsideMaps, led ML at Kite (acquired by Affirm).
Ron Koo
Koliso
MIT. 3x founder, 15+ patents. Former chip architect (analogZONE Product of the Year). Backend engineering, AI, and product.
Kelly Peng
First Intelligence
UC Berkeley EECS, Stanford Nanofab. 2x founder. Previously founded Kura (taped out world's fastest smart display driver at TSMC). Forbes 30 Under 30.
$17M+ raised (TSMC, SAIC Motors, Access Industries). 2x CES Awards.
Elad Ferber
Synthpop
Stanford & Technion grad. Talpiot (elite IDF unit). 10+ years building AI × healthcare. Founded Spry Health (acquired by ZOLL Itamar). Led engineering for SpaceIL (lunar lander).
$23M raised
Jan Jannink
Synthpop
Stanford CS PhD. Co-founder in 4 AI & analytics startups, 1 exit. Occasional Stanford CS 193S instructor.
$23M raised
Taranjeet Singh
mem0
Built AI tutor featured at Google I/O and first GPT Store. Co-founded mem0 (formerly Embedchain), the memory layer for AI agents. 40K+ GitHub stars.
$20M Series A
Alex Beatson
Axiom Bio
Princeton PhD in deep learning & generative models. Director of ML at Redesign Science (small-molecule drug discovery). AI toxicity testing.
$40M Series A
Kazuki Nakayashiki
Glasp
ME Chem & Bio at UTokyo, Business at UC Berkeley. Founded Glasp, a platform for annotating the web with AI. Alum of On Deck, Launch House, Berkeley SkyDeck.
