About
Bill MacCartney is CTO in Residence at SignalFire. He previously served as VP of Machine Learning at Cohere, where he led a team of 50+ scientists and engineers on large language models, and held roles including Director of Proactive Intelligence at Apple, Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, Managing Director at BlackRock, and Senior Research Scientist at Google.
Invests in
AI & Machine Learning
Experience
- SignalFireCTO in Residencecurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- AI FundFellowcurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- LaurelAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- TuringAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
- ParasailAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
- Civio.aiAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
- OumiAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
- RegrelloAdvisorcurrent2023 — present
- Stanford UniversityConsulting Professor of Computer Science2010 — 2024
- CohereVP of AI and Machine Learning2021 — 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
- AppleDirector, Proactive Intelligence2016 — 2021Cupertino
- BlackRockManaging Director2015 — 2016San Francisco
- GoogleSenior Research Scientist2010 — 2015
- AardvarkSenior Research Scientist2009 — 2010
- Knowledge Systems Lab, Stanford UniversityResearcher2002 — 2003
- SayItCofounder & VP Production1999 — 2000
- The D. E. Shaw GroupQuant/Trader1996 — 1998
Education
- Stanford UniversityPh.D., Computer Science2003 — 2009
- Goethe University FrankfurtPhilosophy
- Princeton UniversityA.B., Philosophy
Skills & more
Natural Language Processing50Machine Learning46Artificial Intelligence41Computational Linguistics21Text Analytics16Information Retrieval14Text Mining12Data Mining13Knowledge Representation8Java6Semantics5Python11
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Pattern RecognitionLinguisticsHadoopLispSearchInformation ExtractionSentiment AnalysisData ScienceBig DataScalabilityUser ModelingPersonalizationLanguages Cantonese · English · French · German
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Bill MacCartney work?
- Bill MacCartney is AI Fund Fellow at AI Fund.
- What does Bill MacCartney invest in?
- Bill MacCartney invests in AI & Machine Learning.
Same school
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; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also attended Goethe University Frankfurt40
Marcel HollerbachInvestor at Cavalry VenturesDaniel von DevivereVenture Scout at Storm VenturesJohannes FruehaufGeneral Partner at Mission BiocapitalLeonard LangAssociate at BlockwallOliver ManojlovicVP Sales at Personio at PICUS CAPITALSaid HaschemiInvestor at HV Capital
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Also attended Princeton University551
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalHoward CoxSpecial Limited Partner at Greylock Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Laurel6
Ajay VasheeInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Miloni Madan PreslerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ding ZhouHead of Content Engineering at Snap, Inc. at SignalFireScott StanfordCo-Founder and Partner at ACME CapitalAlex FayettePartner at ACME CapitalKobie FullerGeneral Partner at Upfront Ventures
Also worked at Parasail4
Also worked at Oumi2
Also worked at Apple456
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at Daphni
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