AI researchers, successful founders, and industry veterans dedicated to helping you succeed
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Former AI Research Lead at Google Brain. PhD in Machine Learning from Stanford. Published 50+ papers in top ML conferences. Built and scaled AI teams at Google and Facebook before founding Seedling AI to help the next generation of AI founders succeed.
General Partner & Co-Founder
Serial entrepreneur with 3 successful exits in AI and SaaS. Former VP of Product at Salesforce Einstein. Built one of the first commercial LLM applications in 2019. Passionate about helping founders navigate the unique challenges of AI startups.
Partner & Head of Technical Advisory
PhD in Computer Vision from Tsinghua University. Former Principal Scientist at Microsoft Research Asia. Expert in deep learning architectures and large-scale ML systems. Led development of computer vision models used by 1B+ users. Provides technical mentorship to portfolio companies.
Partner & Head of Investment
15+ years in venture capital and startup investing. Previously Partner at Sequoia Capital focusing on AI/ML investments. Led investments in 5 unicorn companies. MBA from Harvard Business School. Deeply connected to the global VC ecosystem.
Principal
PhD in NLP from MIT. Former Research Scientist at OpenAI working on GPT models. Focuses on LLM applications, generative AI, and AI infrastructure investments.
Associate
Former Product Manager at DeepMind. BS in Computer Science from Berkeley. Specializes in robotics, autonomous systems, and embodied AI investments.
Associate
Former AI Engineer at Tesla Autopilot. MS in AI from Carnegie Mellon. Focuses on computer vision, edge AI, and healthcare AI startups.
Investment Analyst
Former ML Engineer at ByteDance working on recommendation systems. MS in Computer Science from Peking University. Covers enterprise AI and Asia-Pacific markets.
Head of Portfolio Support
Former COO at two successful AI startups. Expert in scaling operations, fundraising strategy, and go-to-market execution. Mentors portfolio companies on growth and operational challenges.
Talent Partner
15+ years in tech recruiting and talent strategy. Former Head of Engineering Recruiting at Stripe. Helps portfolio companies build world-class teams and establish hiring best practices.
Marketing & Brand Director
Former VP Marketing at enterprise SaaS companies. Expert in B2B marketing, developer relations, and brand building for technical products. Supports portfolio companies with GTM strategy.
Finance & Operations Manager
CPA with 10+ years experience in startup finance and operations. Former Finance Manager at Andreessen Horowitz. Manages fund operations and supports portfolio companies with financial planning.
World-class advisors providing strategic guidance
AI Research Director, Meta AI
15+ years in ML research with focus on natural language processing. PhD from MIT. Published 40+ papers in NeurIPS and ICML. Advises on technical architecture and research strategy.
Former VP Engineering, Uber AI
Built and scaled AI teams at Uber and Dropbox. Expert in production ML systems and infrastructure. Helps portfolio companies with engineering best practices and hiring.
Chief Data Scientist, Salesforce
Pioneer in enterprise AI applications. Former head of ML at Adobe. Specializes in B2B AI product strategy and go-to-market execution for AI startups.
Partner, Benchmark Capital
Early-stage investor with 12+ years in venture capital. Led investments in 3 unicorn AI companies. Provides fundraising guidance and investor introductions.
Professor of CS, UC Berkeley
Leading researcher in computer vision and robotics. Director of Berkeley AI Research Lab. Connects startups with top PhD candidates and cutting-edge research.
Former CTO, Scale AI
Built data infrastructure serving Fortune 500 companies. Expert in scaling AI operations from 0 to 100M+ users. Advises on product and technical strategy.
We're always looking for exceptional talent to join Seedling AI. If you're passionate about AI and want to help the next generation of founders build transformative companies, we'd love to hear from you.
Investment Team · Full-time · San Francisco / Remote
Platform Team · Part-time · Remote
Investment Team · Full-time · San Francisco
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