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Chris Van Pelt

Unicorn founder

Founder at Weights & Biases

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedWeights & Biases$1B

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43 people in our graph share verified history with Chris — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Rebecca LynnunlockedChris: together at Figure Eight (2013–2017)
×5Chris: together at Figure Eight
×5Chris: together at Powerset
Chris: together at Hope College

Founder at Weights & Biases

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Weights & Biases's investors · 14

AIX VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2023Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2025BONDSan Francisco · since 2021Brighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checks · since 2023Brilliant Phoenix CapitalVancouver · since 2023Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2023Diagram Capitalsince 2023Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2023Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2023Preston-Werner VenturesSan Francisco Bay Area · $500K – $3M checks · since 2023Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks · since 2023Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2023Stellar CapitalNew York · since 2023Trinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Weights & Biases

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Shawn LewisExecutive Officer, Director
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Lukas BiewaldExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Weights & BiasesCo-Founder & CISOcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Figure EightFounder / CAO (Chief Awesome Officer)2008 — 2017
  3. PowersetTechnical Product Manager2007 — 2008
  4. HQ GroupLead Engineer / Community Manager2005 — 2007
  5. NBCProduction Assistant2003 — 2004

Skills & more

SecurityGo (Programming Language)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Chris Van Pelt?
Executive Officer, Director at Weights & Biases
Where does Chris Van Pelt work?
Chris Van Pelt is Founder of Weights & Biases.
What companies did Chris Van Pelt found?
Chris Van Pelt founded Weights & Biases.
Where did Chris Van Pelt go to school?
Chris Van Pelt studied at Hope College (BA, Computer Science, Studio Art).

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