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Jason Droege
Former Venture Partner at Benchmark
San Francisco, California
Writes $1M – $15M checks · typically $8M
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About
Jason Droege is the Interim Chief Executive Officer at Scale AI, which focuses on deploying artificial intelligence in large enterprises. Previously, he held executive roles at Uber Eats as VP, at TASER/AXON as President overseeing the Video & Cloud business unit, and at Gizmo5 as President before its acquisition by Google in 2009. His earlier ventures include co-founding Scour, an audio, video, and image search engine, and founding The Back 9 Golf Co, a sporting goods platform that became a major eBay seller.
Experience
- Scale AIInterim Chief Executive Officercurrent2025 — present
- Scale AIChief Strategy Officercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- BenchmarkVenture Partner2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- UberVP, Uber Eats2014 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- AxonPresident, Evidence.com2008 — 2014Scottsdale, AZ
- Gizmo5 Technologies, Inc. (now Google)President2004 — 2008
- The Back 9 Golf CoPresident2002 — 2004
- ScourVP, Business Development/Co-Founder1997 — 2000
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jason Droege?
- Jason Droege is the Interim Chief Executive Officer at Scale AI, which focuses on deploying artificial intelligence in large enterprises. Previously, he held executive roles at Uber Eats as VP, at TASER/AXON as President overseeing the Video & Cloud business unit, and at Gizmo5 as President before its acquisition by Google in 2009. His earlier ventures include co-founding Scour, an audio, video, and image search engine, and founding The Back 9 Golf Co, a sporting goods platform that became a major eBay seller.
- What check size does Jason Droege write?
- Jason Droege typically writes checks of $1M – $15M.
- Where did Jason Droege go to school?
- Jason Droege studied at UCLA (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science).
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Uber mafia366
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Benchmark mafia26
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Same school
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