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Andre Esteva, PhD

Unicorn founder

Co-Founder at Cresta · Founder at Artera

Los Altos, California, United States

FoundedCresta$1.6BArtera

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About

Andre Esteva, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of ArteraAI, a medical AI company focused on personalizing cancer therapy, and was previously Head of Medical AI at Salesforce Research, with earlier engineering roles at Google Research, Sandia National Labs, and GE Healthcare. He was named to the 2025 TIME100 Health list and Modern Healthcare's 40 Under 40 for 2025, and has co-founded four companies. He holds a PhD in machine learning and computer vision from Stanford and an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Co-Founder at Cresta

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Cresta's investors · 17

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2024Ballistic VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2024Brilliant Phoenix CapitalVancouver · since 2024Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2024Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2024LG Technology VenturesSanta Clara · since 2024Original CapitalMiami · since 2024Porsche VenturesLuxembourg · since 2024Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks · since 2024Roosh VenturesKiev · since 2024SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo Alto · since 2024Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2024Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2024Vivi Nevosince 2024Workday VenturesSan Francisco · since 2024World Innovation LabPalo Alto · since 2024World Innovation Lab (WiL)Palo Alto · $5M – $30M checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Cresta

STSebastian Thrun
Sebastian ThrunCo-founder
TSTim Shi
Tim ShiCo-Founder
ZEZayd Enam
Zayd EnamCo-founder
SHShan Huang
Shan HuangCo-Founder

Founder at Artera

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Artera's investors · 9

Breyer CapitalAustin · $500K – $10M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksHealth Velocity CapitalSan Francisco · since 2025Jackson Square VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Koch Disruptive TechnologiesSan FranciscoLead Edge CapitalNew York · $50M – $400M checks · since 2025SUMMATION HEALTH VENTURESLong Beach · since 2025TenOneTen VenturesLos Angeles · $500K – $5M checksWalden CatalystSan Francisco · $550K checks

Co-founders at Artera

AEAndre Esteva
Andre EstevaFounder

Founder at Artera

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Artera's investors · 9

Breyer CapitalAustin · $500K – $10M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksHealth Velocity CapitalSan Francisco · since 2025Jackson Square VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Koch Disruptive TechnologiesSan FranciscoLead Edge CapitalNew York · $50M – $400M checks · since 2025SUMMATION HEALTH VENTURESLong Beach · since 2025TenOneTen VenturesLos Angeles · $500K – $5M checksWalden CatalystSan Francisco · $550K checks

Co-founders at Artera

AEAndre Esteva, PhD
Andre Esteva, PhDFounder

Experience

  1. ArteraCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2021 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
  2. YPOMembercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. SalesforceHead of Medical AI2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  4. CrestaCo-Founder2017 — 2019
  5. Stanford UniversityVisiting Scholar, Artificial Intelligence Lab2017
  6. Stanford UniversityPhD Student, Artificial Intelligence Lab2012 — 2017
  7. VentureFellow, Greylock X2017Palo Alto
  8. VentureEntrepreneur-in-residence, Charles River Ventures2017
  9. VentureFellow, Sequoia Capital2017Palo Alto
  10. VentureFellow, Accel Ventures Leadership Program2016 — 2017Palo Alto, California, United States
  11. Google Research / [x]Research Intern, Deep Learning and Computer Vision2015
  12. Sandia National LaboratoriesResearcher, Computational Nuclear Fusion2012Albuquerque, New Mexico
  13. Sandia National LaboratoriesResearcher, Metamaterials2011Albuquerque, New Mexico
  14. CESR - Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de RayonnementIntern, Spacecraft Device Design2010Toulouse Area, France
  15. GE HealthcareIntern, X-ray Image Processing2009Waukesha, WI

Skills & more

Machine Learning23Artificial Intelligence11Computer Science15Entrepreneurship6Computer Vision2Research5Python5Matlab16Python (Programming Language)2

Languages English · French · Spanish

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Who is Andre Esteva, PhD?
Andre Esteva, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of ArteraAI, a medical AI company focused on personalizing cancer therapy, and was previously Head of Medical AI at Salesforce Research, with earlier engineering roles at Google Research, Sandia National Labs, and GE Healthcare. He was named to the 2025 TIME100 Health list and Modern Healthcare's 40 Under 40 for 2025, and has co-founded four companies. He holds a PhD in machine learning and computer vision from Stanford and an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Where does Andre Esteva, PhD work?
Andre Esteva, PhD is Co-Founder of Cresta and Founder at Artera and Founder at Artera.
What companies did Andre Esteva, PhD found?
Andre Esteva, PhD founded Cresta, Artera.
Where did Andre Esteva, PhD go to school?
Andre Esteva, PhD studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Machine Learning and Computer Vision); Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering).

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