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Jonas Schneider

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Advisor (advisors page) at NGP Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Jonas Schneider is the Founder and CEO of Daedalus, a German deep tech startup building AI-driven factories that produce precision parts for defense, medtech, and advanced manufacturing; Daedalus is a portfolio company of NGP Capital. He was previously OpenAI's first engineer, where he served as Technical Lead and co-founded the Robotics team, leading software engineering for combined software, ML, and hardware systems. He holds a Computer Science degree from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and is an active angel investor in the European and US AI ecosystem.

Invests in

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechRobotics

Experience

  1. DaedalusFounder & CEOcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco, CA & Karlsruhe, Germany
  2. Weights & BiasesAngel Investorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. OpenAITech Lead2016 — 2019San Francisco, CA
  4. StripeSoftware Engineering Intern2013San Francisco, CA

Skills & more

Machine LearningSystems DesignSoftware DevelopmentSystems EngineeringReliability Engineering

Languages English · German

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Colleagues at NGP Capital

Ann Rosenberg
Advisor at NGP Capital
Anna Teyssot
Advisor at NGP Capital
Atte Honkasalo
Vice President, Data & Analytics at NGP Capital
Bo Ilsoe
Managing Partner at NGP Capital
Cathy Li
Manager, Post-Investment at NGP Capital
Christian Noske
Partner at NGP Capital
Debjit Mukerji
Partner at NGP Capital
Dennis Rosbäck
Senior Accountant at NGP Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jonas Schneider?
Jonas Schneider is the Founder and CEO of Daedalus, a German deep tech startup building AI-driven factories that produce precision parts for defense, medtech, and advanced manufacturing; Daedalus is a portfolio company of NGP Capital. He was previously OpenAI's first engineer, where he served as Technical Lead and co-founded the Robotics team, leading software engineering for combined software, ML, and hardware systems. He holds a Computer Science degree from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and is an active angel investor in the European and US AI ecosystem.
Where does Jonas Schneider work?
Jonas Schneider is Advisor (advisors page) at NGP Capital.
What does Jonas Schneider invest in?
Jonas Schneider invests in Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Robotics.
Where did Jonas Schneider go to school?
Jonas Schneider studied at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science).

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