Keith Adams
InvestorPartner at Pebblebed · Advisor; ex-Chief Architect, Slack at Grishin Robotics
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.
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
Education
- Brown UniversityBS, Computer Science1995 — 2000
Skills & more
Early Stage Investment1Distributed Systems36File Systems3Virtualization19Information Retrieval2Social ComputingKernel12Scalability12Algorithms5Big Data4Cloud Computing4Kernel Programming1
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Computer ScienceSoftware EngineeringHardware VirtualizationArtificial IntelligenceOperating SystemsPHPHadoopPythonMapReduceLinuxC++Languages Spanish
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Same school
Also attended Brown University327
Theresia GouwFounding Partner at Acrew CapitalAlexis AbramsPartner, General Counsel at Felicis VenturesJohn KimInvestor Relations at General CatalystAli Fisher SweetInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Shared employers
Also worked at Grishin Robotics25
Daniel HaCofounder at Antigravity CapitalDmitry GrishinFounding Partner at Grishin RoboticsVerdi IsraelyanManaging Partner at Grishin RoboticsSergey NikulinCTO at Grishin RoboticsElias CanPrincipal at Grishin RoboticsSterling CampbellInvestor at Blockchain Capital
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Also worked at Coinbase92
Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalSimon CantInvestor at Reinventure GroupDanny GilliganInvestor at Reinventure Group
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Also worked at Ubiquity Ventures1
Also worked at Slack40
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Neha JewalikarDirector of Communications at Scale Venture PartnersGlenn SolomonInvestor at GGV CapitalJules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Colleagues 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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