Where does Keith Adams work?

Keith Adams is Partner at Pebblebed.

What check size does Keith Adams write?

Keith Adams typically writes checks of $2M – $5M.

Where did Keith Adams go to school?

Keith Adams studied at Brown University (BS, Computer Science).

Keith Adams

Investor

Partner at Pebblebed

San Francisco, California

Writes $2M – $5M checks · typically $2M

About

Keith Adams, an early (~20th) VMware engineer, built Facebook infrastructure, founded Facebook AI Research, served as Slack Chief Architect, and has highly cited research in virtualization, distributed systems and AI.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

k•••@pebblebed.comreveal

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSaaS

Experience

pebblebedFounding Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
ICONIQ CapitalTechnical Advisory Boardcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco, California
krea.aiInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
CedanaInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Resonate HQInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Meliora TherapeuticsInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Luminary CloudInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Grishin RoboticsSenior Advisor2021 — 2022San Francisco, CA, United States
CoinbaseTechnical Advisor2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
Ubiquity VenturesExtended Team Member2018 — 2022
SlackChief Architect2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Scuba AnalyticsTechnical Advisor2015 — 2019Redwood City, CA
Bracket ComputingTechnical Advisor2012 — 2016
FacebookEngineer2009 — 2015
VMwareSenior Staff Engineer2000 — 2009
NetAppIntern Software Engineering1999
Oregon Graduate InstituteResearch Assistant1998 — 1999
SGIIntern Software Engineering1998

Skills & more

Early Stage Investment1Distributed Systems36File Systems3Virtualization19Information Retrieval2Social ComputingKernel12Scalability12Algorithms5Big Data4Cloud Computing4Kernel Programming1

+11 more

Computer ScienceSoftware EngineeringHardware VirtualizationArtificial IntelligenceOperating SystemsPHPHadoopPythonMapReduceLinuxC++

Languages Spanish

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Colleagues at Pebblebed

Kevin Liu

Member of Investment Staff at Pebblebed

Luke Byrne

General Partner at Pebblebed

Pamela Vagata

Founding Partner at Pebblebed

Tammie Siew

General Partner at Pebblebed

Network3

Anna FangScout

Founding Partner at ZhenFund

Dylan ItzikowitzScout

Investment Associate at Expa

Fady YacoubScout

Partner at HOF Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Keith Adams?: Keith Adams, an early (~20th) VMware engineer, built Facebook infrastructure, founded Facebook AI Research, served as Slack Chief Architect, and has highly cited research in virtualization, distributed systems and AI.
Where does Keith Adams work?: Keith Adams is Partner at Pebblebed.
What does Keith Adams invest in?: Keith Adams invests in AI & Machine Learning, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Robotics, SaaS.
What check size does Keith Adams write?: Keith Adams typically writes checks of $2M – $5M.
Where did Keith Adams go to school?: Keith Adams studied at Brown University (BS, Computer Science).