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Charles Elkan

Investor

Venture Partner at Fellows

Palo Alto, California, United States

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About

Formerly head of AI at Goldman Sachs.

Experience

  1. Poesis AIChief Scientistcurrent2025 — present
  2. Rohati CapitalInvesting Partnercurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  3. Fellows FundVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSunnyvale, California, United States
  4. University of California, San DiegoProfessor of Computer Sciencecurrent1990 — presentGreater San Diego Area
  5. ficc.aiCo-Founder2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
  6. Goldman SachsGlobal Head of Machine Learning and Managing Director2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
  7. AmazonAmazon Fellow2014 — 2018Greater Seattle Area
  8. Harvard UniversityVisiting Associate Professor1998 — 1999

Skills & more

Agentic AI DevelopmentVenture Capital1Quantitative Finance1Amazon Web Services (AWS)1Online AdvertisingUniversity TeachingAcademic AdvisingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Start-up LeadershipEarly Stage InvestmentGenerative AIB2B Software
+12 moreStartupsProduct ManagementMonetizationSoftware DevelopmentSQLEngineeringFinanceResearch and Development (R&D)Cloud ComputingCognitive ScienceDecision TheoryPrivate Equity

Languages French · German

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Nick Chong
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Shiva Rajaraman
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Charles Elkan?
Formerly head of AI at Goldman Sachs.
Where does Charles Elkan work?
Charles Elkan is Venture Partner at Fellows.
Where did Charles Elkan go to school?
Charles Elkan studied at Cornell University (Ph.D., Computer Science); Stanford University (Visiting scholar, Artificial intelligence); University of Cambridge (B.A., Mathematics).

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Also worked at Poesis AI1

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