About
Formerly head of AI at Goldman Sachs.
Experience
- Poesis AIChief Scientistcurrent2025 — present
- Rohati CapitalInvesting Partnercurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- Fellows FundVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSunnyvale, California, United States
- University of California, San DiegoProfessor of Computer Sciencecurrent1990 — presentGreater San Diego Area
- ficc.aiCo-Founder2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- Goldman SachsGlobal Head of Machine Learning and Managing Director2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
- AmazonAmazon Fellow2014 — 2018Greater Seattle Area
- Harvard UniversityVisiting Associate Professor1998 — 1999
Education
- Cornell UniversityPh.D., Computer Science
- Stanford UniversityVisiting scholar, Artificial intelligence
- University of CambridgeB.A., Mathematics
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
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StartupsProduct ManagementMonetizationSoftware DevelopmentSQLEngineeringFinanceResearch and Development (R&D)Cloud ComputingCognitive ScienceDecision TheoryPrivate EquityLanguages French · German
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Colleagues at Fellows
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Charles Elkan work?
- Charles Elkan is Venture Partner at Fellows.
Same school
Also attended Cornell University703
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America
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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; 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 University of Cambridge851
Niko BonatsosInvestment Team at General CatalystGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesLeah von SiemensPartner at Manta Ray VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erik NordlanderInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Shared employers
Also worked at Poesis AI1
Also worked at University of California, San Diego67
Keerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesVignesh RavikumarInvestor at Sierra VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesRachel Tsunemoto Hislop, PhDPrincipal, Director of Research at Two Bear CapitalMaia HightowerInvestor at EPIC VENTURESXuhui ShaoPartner at Foothill Ventures
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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,435
Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General Catalyst
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Also worked at Amazon611
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group
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