About
A second-year MBA candidate at MIT Sloan focused on finance and AI, previously a software engineer at Apple, Slack, LinkedIn and Lyft. She interned at Greylock on consumer and enterprise AI and holds a CS degree from Stanford.
Experience
- GreylockInvestmentcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementResearchercurrent2023 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Kapor CenterVenture Capital: LP Investing (Fund of Funds)2023Oakland, California, United States
- LyftSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2023New York, New York
- BirdSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019Venice, California
- Stanford UniversityCS 106 (Programming Methodology and Abstractions) Section Leader2015 — 2018Stanford, CA
- SlackSoftware Engineering Intern2017San Francisco Bay Area
- LinkedInSoftware Engineering Intern2016San Francisco, California
- AppleSoftware Engineering Intern2016Cupertino, California
Skills & more
Machine LearningProgramming3Software EngineeringWeb Development1ElectronicsElectrical EngineeringEngineeringComputer ScienceMobile ApplicationsAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsGolang
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Go (Programming Language)LeadershipTeamworkJavaMatlabLanguages English · Italian
From Alona's professional profile.
Colleagues at LifeX Ventures
Alba Rubio
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Amol Garg
Founder at LifeX Ventures
Amol Sarva
Founder/GP at LifeX Ventures
Chris Bradbury
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Dennis Michael Kamara
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Fabian Siegel
Venture Partner at LifeX Ventures
Fernando Lopez
Financial Controller at LifeX Ventures
Inaki Berenguer
Managing Partner at LifeX Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alona King?
- A second-year MBA candidate at MIT Sloan focused on finance and AI, previously a software engineer at Apple, Slack, LinkedIn and Lyft. She interned at Greylock on consumer and enterprise AI and holds a CS degree from Stanford.
- Where does Alona King work?
- Alona King is Fellow at LifeX Ventures.
- Where did Alona King go to school?
- Alona King studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Stanford University (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).
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Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management518
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Lyft96
Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldLogan GreenCo-founder of LyftJohn ZimmerCo-founder of LyftDarcy YeeMarketing and Communications at Menlo VenturesPierre-Eric LeiboviciInvestor at DaphniManish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Also worked at Bird15
David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundMarco McCottryInvestor at Nomad Venture Partners, LlcTaylor BolhackAdvisor at Wonder VenturesRobin ChanInvestor at Goat CapitalKevin TalbotCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Relay VenturesChris Nakutis TaylorFounding Partner at Nomad Venture Partners, Llc
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Also worked at Stanford University722
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)
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Also worked at Slack55
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrCal HendersonCo-founder & CTO of SlackDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Neha JewalikarDirector of Communications at Scale Venture Partners
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