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Hussein Mehanna

Senior VP, Head of AI/ML at Cruise

San Francisco, California, United States

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Senior VP, Head of AI/ML at CruiseYC W14

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Cruise went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) — Hussein is an executive there, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.

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Cruise's investors · 38

11.2 CapitalLas Vegas · $500K – $3M checksAlsop Louie PartnersSan FranciscoAME Cloud VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $10M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksCoelius CapitalSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checksCrystal Towers CapitalMountain ViewDraper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFounder CollectiveCambridgeFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksGreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2025Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2018HomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checksInitialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksJazzya InvestmentsAlcobendasKyber Knight CapitalSan FranciscoM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021Maven VenturesPalo Alto · $1M checksNKM CapitalSan FranciscoParade VenturesSan Francisco · $1M checksPIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERSLas VegasQuiet CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $25M checks · since 2025Quotidian VenturesBrooklyn · $100K – $200K checksSignia Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $2M checksSoftBank GroupTokyoSoftBank Vision FundLondon · since 2018Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksStandard CapitalSan FranciscoSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checksT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2019Threshold VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $20M checksTrucks VCSan FranciscoTuesday CapitalSan FranciscoVenture Investment AssociatesPeapackY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2014ZillionizePalo Alto · $200K checks

Co-founders at Cruise

KVKyle Vogt
Kyle VogtFounder/CEO
DKDaniel Kan
Daniel KanFounder/COO

Experience

  1. Xterra AI, IncFounding CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. MetaVP of Engineering2024 — 2025Menlo Park, California, United States
  3. StealthSenior VP and General Manager of AI2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  4. CruiseSenior VP, Head of AI/ML2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. CruiseVP, Head of AI/ML2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  6. CruiseDirector, Head of AI/ML2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  7. GoogleDirector of Engineering and Product2017 — 2019Sunnyvale, CA
  8. Snap Inc.Director Of Engineering2017Santa Monica, CA
  9. FacebookDirector of Engineering - Core Machine Learning2016 — 2017Menlo Park, CA
  10. FacebookEngineering Manager - Core ML2012 — 2015Menlo Park, CA
  11. MicrosoftSenior Software Engineer2011 — 2012Redmond, WA
  12. MicrosoftSoftware Design Engineer II2008 — 2011Redmond, WA
  13. MicrosoftSoftware Design Engineer2006 — 2008Redmond, WA
  14. Procter and GambleSystem Analyst2004 — 2006Newcastle, UK

Skills & more

Machine Learning3Artificial Intelligence (AI)3Generative AI2Large Scale ML InfrastructureCloud ComputingAutonomous VehiclesMLOpsTechnical RecruitingProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentComputer VisionDeep Learning
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Who is Hussein Mehanna?
Senior VP, Head of AI/ML at GM Cruise Holdings
Where does Hussein Mehanna work?
Hussein Mehanna is Senior VP, Head of AI/ML at Cruise.
Where did Hussein Mehanna go to school?
Hussein Mehanna studied at University of Cambridge (Master of Science (MS), Computer Speech, Text, and Internet Technology); Ain Shams University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science).

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