Irving Hsu
InvestorPrincipal at Mayfield Fund
Menlo Park, California
Writes $1M – $15M checks · typically $7.8M
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About
Irving Hsu invests in early-stage AI and enterprise companies at Mayfield Fund, and has worked on the firm's investments in Inception Labs, Numeral, and Supio, as well as the Mayfield AI Garage. Before joining the firm, he held roles as an ML engineering lead, data scientist, and product manager at Facebook/Instagram, Slack, Airbnb, and Ethos. He holds a BS and MS in Computer Science and an MBA from Stanford, where he was a Terman Award recipient and an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Experience
- Mayfield FundPrincipalcurrent2023 — presentMenlo Park, CA
- InceptionPre-Seed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- EthosProduct and Data Lead, ML/Growth2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- SlackSenior Data Scientist, Growth2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- InstagramMachine Learning Engineer2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersEngineering Fellow2016San Francisco Bay Area
- AirbnbMachine Learning Engineer | Kleiner Perkins Fellow2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityArtificial Intelligence (CS 221) Teaching Assistant2015 — 2016Stanford, CA
- Stanford UniversityProbability and Statistics (CS 109) Teaching Assistant2015 — 2016Stanford, CA
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)Graduate AI Researcher2015 — 2016
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area
- LinkedInSoftware Engineering Intern2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Sandia National LaboratoriesCybersecurity Research Intern2012Livermore, CA
- Stanford University School of MedicineBioinformatics Research Intern2011Stanford, CA
Skills & more
- Retention & Engagement Series — Reforge
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Irving Hsu?
- Irving Hsu invests in early-stage AI and enterprise companies at Mayfield Fund, and has worked on the firm's investments in Inception Labs, Numeral, and Supio, as well as the Mayfield AI Garage. Before joining the firm, he held roles as an ML engineering lead, data scientist, and product manager at Facebook/Instagram, Slack, Airbnb, and Ethos. He holds a BS and MS in Computer Science and an MBA from Stanford, where he was a Terman Award recipient and an Arjay Miller Scholar.
- Where does Irving Hsu work?
- Irving Hsu is Principal at Mayfield Fund.
- What does Irving Hsu invest in?
- Irving Hsu invests in AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software.
- What check size does Irving Hsu write?
- Irving Hsu typically writes checks of $1M – $15M.
- What companies has Irving Hsu invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Inception Labs, Numeral, Supio.
- Where did Irving Hsu go to school?
- Irving Hsu studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science - AI Concentration); Harvard University (Master of Public Administration - MPA).
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