Nick Landolfi
InvestorVice President at Unusual Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $1M – $15M checks · typically $6.5M
About
Nick Landolfi is a VP at Unusual Ventures, focusing on founders building in AI, data, and compute infrastructure. He started his first company in high school and has spent about a decade researching and advising startups in healthcare, wellness, and machine learning. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley and holds an MS and PhD in AI and computer science from Stanford University.
Contact· published on Nick's own website
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure
Experience
- Unusual VenturesInvesting Teamcurrent2024 — present
- Stanford UniversityPh.D. and Masters, Computer Science2018 — 2024
- Stanford UniversityTeaching Assistant - Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)2023
- Stanford UniversityTeaching Fellow - Information Systems Lab (ISL)2022Stanford, California, United States
- NateraResearch Scientist2022 — 2023Stanford, California, United States
- clearspaceResearch Scientist2021 — 2022
- University of California, BerkeleyTeaching Assistant - Artificial Intelligence2018Berkeley, California, United States
- University of California, BerkeleyResearch Assistant - Berkeley AI Research (BAIR)2016 — 2018Berkeley, California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2017Sunnyvale, California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2016Mountain View, California, United States
Colleagues at Unusual Ventures
Andy Youn
Director of Finance at Unusual Ventures
Bill Hodak
Investor at Unusual Ventures
Brett Teele
Chief Financial Officer & Partner at Unusual Ventures
Calvin Ling
Founding Principal at Prefix Capital
Calvin Ling
Vice President of Finance at Unusual Ventures
Doug Regner
Investor at Unusual Ventures
Eric Peter
Venture Partner and AI Specialist at Blockchain Builders
Henry Buckingham
Vice President at Unusual Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nick Landolfi?
- Nick Landolfi is a VP at Unusual Ventures, focusing on founders building in AI, data, and compute infrastructure. He started his first company in high school and has spent about a decade researching and advising startups in healthcare, wellness, and machine learning. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley and holds an MS and PhD in AI and computer science from Stanford University.
- Where does Nick Landolfi work?
- Nick Landolfi is Vice President at Unusual Ventures.
- What does Nick Landolfi invest in?
- Nick Landolfi invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure.
- What check size does Nick Landolfi write?
- Nick Landolfi typically writes checks of $1M – $15M.
- Where did Nick Landolfi go to school?
- Nick Landolfi studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence); Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)).
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