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Nick Landolfi

Investor

Vice President at Unusual Ventures

California

Writes $1M – $15M checks · typically $6.5M

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About

Nick Landolfi builds and backs technology companies at Unusual Ventures. Before joining the firm, he studied mathematics and artificial intelligence at Stanford and Berkeley. He is based in California.

Contact· published on Nick's own website

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure

Beyond investing

Education
Studied mathematics and artificial intelligence at Stanford. Studied mathematics and artificial intelligence at Berkeley.
Family
Lives in California with his wife and daughter.

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Experience

  1. Unusual VenturesInvesting Teamcurrent2024 — present
  2. Stanford UniversityPh.D. and Masters, Computer Science2018 — 2024
  3. Stanford UniversityTeaching Assistant - Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)2023
  4. Stanford UniversityTeaching Fellow - Information Systems Lab (ISL)2022Stanford, California, United States
  5. NateraResearch Scientist2022 — 2023Stanford, California, United States
  6. clearspaceResearch Scientist2021 — 2022
  7. University of California, BerkeleyTeaching Assistant - Artificial Intelligence2018Berkeley, California, United States
  8. University of California, BerkeleyResearch Assistant - Berkeley AI Research (BAIR)2016 — 2018Berkeley, California, United States
  9. GoogleSoftware Engineer2017Sunnyvale, California, United States
  10. GoogleSoftware Engineer2016Mountain View, California, United States

Writing

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Nick Landolfi writes about parasocial relationships, defining the term, tracing its history through language, writing, and social media, and explaining how blogging helps him build such connections for his work backing technology companies.

Proactively Parasocial2025-12-23

The author explains parasocial relationships, tracing the concept from Horton and Wohl's 1956 paper through history and the internet, and argues blogging proactively builds such relationships.

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
VP 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
Jared Waxman
Operating Partner at Unusual Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Nick Landolfi?
Nick Landolfi builds and backs technology companies at Unusual Ventures. Before joining the firm, he studied mathematics and artificial intelligence at Stanford and Berkeley. He is based in California.
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)).
What has Nick Landolfi written?
Nick Landolfi has 1 tracked post on nicklandolfi.com, including "Proactively Parasocial".

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