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Dawn Song

Investor

Professor of EECS; Co-founder, Oasis Labs; Faculty Advisor at UC Berkeley Skydeck

United States

Experience

  1. MetaVice President of AI Researchcurrent2026 — present
  2. UC BerkeleyProfessorcurrent2007 — presentBerkeley, CA
  3. Oasis LabsFoundercurrent2018 — present
  4. Virtue AIco-Founder and President2024 — 2026
  5. Carnegie Mellon UniversityProfessor2002 — 2007

Education

  1. University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science1999 — 2002
  2. Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science1997 — 1999

Colleagues at UC Berkeley Skydeck

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
EECS Professor (Strategy Council) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Alec Opdyke
Business Development Manager at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Aleksander Kuczek
Ambassador, EMEA at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Allen Yang
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; Executive Director, FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Amy E. Herr, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering; Faculty Director, Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Anca Dragan
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; Director, Interact Lab (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Armando Fox
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Balu Masti
Ambassador, India at UC Berkeley Skydeck

Network6

Brandon ReevesScout
Partner at Lux Capital
Derick En'WezohScout
Partner at Susa Ventures
Gokul RajaramScout
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital
Lip-Bu TanScout
Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital
Eric Schmidt
Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Grace Isford
Partner at Lux Capital

Investors connected to Dawn in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Dawn Song work?
Dawn Song is Professor of EECS; Co-founder, Oasis Labs; Faculty Advisor at UC Berkeley Skydeck.

Founder mafias

Carnegie Mellon University mafia222

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

William GuttmanDistinguished Service Professor of Economics & Special Advisor to ProvostFounded CurvePoint +3Rodney BrooksResearch ScientistFounded Rethink Robotics +2Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +2Dr. Manu KumarMSFounded Hi Hello +1Blake SchollBSFounded Boom +1Venkat ViswanathanAssociate ProfessorFounded Aionics +1

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UC Berkeley Skydeck mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

David SchafferProfessor of Bioengineering; Co-founder, 4D Molecular and Axent Biosciences; Faculty AdvisorFounded Rewrite Therapeutics +2Michael RapeHHMI Investigator and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology; Faculty AdvisorFounded Lyterian Therapeutics

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University383

Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorVlad LoktevInvestor at Index VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 377 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Meta287

Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureKevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla Ventures

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Also worked at UC Berkeley288

Paul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTechAndrea van ElsasInvestor at Third Rock VenturesMichael PerezDeputy General Counsel at Mucker CapitalFreada Kapor KleinFounding Partner at Kapor CapitalUlili OnovakpuriManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalRoseanneCo-founder at Renegade Partners

+ 282 more

Also worked at Oasis Labs1

Chenxi WangGeneral Partner at Rain Capital

Also worked at Virtue AI7

Marc A. SingerManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersAjay RayasamPrincipal at Osage University PartnersGuru ChahalPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersShankar ChandranPartner at Walden CatalystAbhishek ShuklaManaging Director at Prosperity7 VenturesDaisy GarciaSr. Investment Associate at Prosperity7 Ventures

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