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Amr Awadallah

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Cloudera · Founder at ZIR-AI

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedCloudera$5.3BZIR-AI

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Amr Awadallah is a technology entrepreneur who currently serves as a board member at Synapse Analytics. He was the founding CEO of Vectara, where he oversaw development of the company's Trusted Agent Operating System, raised $54 million, and built a team of approximately 50; his earlier roles include VP of Developer Relations at Google Cloud, founder and global CTO of Cloudera, VP of Engineering at Yahoo!, and founder and CTO of Aptivia, which was acquired by Yahoo!. He holds a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford.

Founder at ZIR-AI

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ZIR-AI's investors · 17

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checksBECO CapitalDubaiBrighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checksEssence Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $10M checksFeld VenturesMiamiFPVJackson · $100K – $5M checksFusionPalo Alto · $500K – $1M checksMDSV CAPITALPalo AltoPage One VenturesSilicon ValleyRace CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $2M checksRAED VenturesRiyadhSamsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checksSparkLabs Global VenturesPalo AltoSparkLabs KoreaPalo AltoSparq Capital (SFO)Palo AltoVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Singapore · $500K – $3M checksWVV CapitalChicago

Co-founders at ZIR-AI

TMTallat M. Shafaat
Tallat M. ShafaatFounder
AA
Amin AhmadFounder
TS
Tallat ShafaatFounder

Founder at Cloudera

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Cloudera's investors · 20

AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checks · since 2009Canas CapitalDubaiDag VenturesPalo AltoGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2010GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checksIn-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checksIntel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checks · since 2014Irregular ExpressionsLobby CapitalPalo AltoManhattan Venture PartnersNew YorkNext Play VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksOpen Field CapitalNew YorkRising TidePacificaSilver Lake PartnersMenlo ParkT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2014TOP-Direct IVGenevaUnderscore VCBostonVertex VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checksVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Singapore · $500K – $3M checks

Co-founders at Cloudera

MOMike Olson
Mike OlsonFounder
CB
Christophe BiscigliaFounder
JH
Jeff HammerbacherFounder
OOOwen O'Malley
Owen O'MalleyFounding team member (early Hadoop architect)

Experience

  1. Synapse AnalyticsBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  2. Lucidya | لوسيدياBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  3. VectaraFounder and CEO2022 — 2025Palo Alto, CA
  4. RologyBoard Member2019 — 2023
  5. UnifonicBoard Member2018 — 2021
  6. GoogleVP of Developer Relations, Google Cloud2019 — 2021Sunnyvale, CA
  7. ClouderaFounder and Global CTO2008 — 2019Palo Alto, California, USA
  8. Accel PartnersEntrepreneur in Residence2008Palo Alto, California, United States
  9. Yahoo! Inc.VP Engineering for Product Intelligence2000 — 2008
  10. VivaSmart/AptiviaFounder, System Architect.1999 — 2000
  11. Nortel NetworksSenior Research Intern1998
  12. Hewlett-Packard LaboratoriesResearch Intern1997

Skills & more

Strategic Thinking8Search11Strategy75Leadership22Enterprise AI3Agentic RAG3AI Policy, Governance, and Regulation2Team BuildingHallucination DetectionInformation RetrievalArtificial Intelligence (AI)Hadoop99
+12 moreData AnalysisEngineering ManagementEngineeringSoftware EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentSystem ArchitectureBusiness AcumenInnovatorHiringDistributed SystemsCloud ComputingAnalytics

Languages Arabic · English

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Chris McCannScout
General Partner at Race Capital
Steve ChenScout
Co-Founder at GAA Investments
Steve JangScout
Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures
Ahmed Gomaa
Investor at Egypt Ventures
Asad Khaliq
Founding Partner at Acrew Capital
Brentt Baltimore
Principal at Greycroft
Mark Kraynak
Investor at Aspect Ventures
Matt Mullenweg
Partner at Audrey Capital

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Who is Amr Awadallah?
Amr Awadallah is a technology entrepreneur who currently serves as a board member at Synapse Analytics. He was the founding CEO of Vectara, where he oversaw development of the company's Trusted Agent Operating System, raised $54 million, and built a team of approximately 50; his earlier roles include VP of Developer Relations at Google Cloud, founder and global CTO of Cloudera, VP of Engineering at Yahoo!, and founder and CTO of Aptivia, which was acquired by Yahoo!. He holds a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford.
Where does Amr Awadallah work?
Amr Awadallah is Founder of Cloudera and Founder at ZIR-AI.
What companies did Amr Awadallah found?
Amr Awadallah founded Cloudera, ZIR-AI.
What companies has Amr Awadallah invested in?
Investments tracked here include Corvus Robotics, Firebase, Luciq (formerly Instabug).
Where did Amr Awadallah go to school?
Amr Awadallah studied at Stanford University (PhD, EE); Cairo University (M.Sc., Computer Engineering); Cairo University (B.Sc., Electrical Engineering.).

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