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Nikil Viswanathan

Unicorn founder

Co-Founder and CEO at Alchemy

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedAlchemy$10.2B

About

He previously co-founded and led Down To Lunch, a social app, and earlier founded Fountainhop, with internships in product roles at Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. He also worked as an engineer at Starnik Systems and served as a course and teaching assistant at Stanford University.

Co-Founder and CEO at Alchemy

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Alchemy's investors · 27

3cubed VenturesSan Franciscoa16z cryptoMenlo ParkAdditionNew York · $1M – $500M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksArchetypeNew York · $100K – $10M checksBeacon VCBangkok · $500K – $3M checksBitDAOCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksCoinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checksCommunitas Capital PartnersNew YorkDCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checksDeepTech VenturesPfaffikonDreamers VCEl Segundo · $500K – $5M checksFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksGood FriendsSan Francisco · $250K – $1M checksJames Beshara FundLos AngelesJustin “3LAU” BlauLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksMantis CapitalSanta Monica · $100K – $1M checksMantle NetworkMayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checksNeythri Futures FundLos GatosPantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checksPentos VenturesHong KongRedpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checksSamsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checksSignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks

Co-founders at Alchemy

JLJoe Lau
Joe LauCo-Founder and President

Experience

  1. AlchemyCo-founder and CEOcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco
  2. Down To LunchCo-founder and CEO2016 — 2017San Francisco
  3. Starnik Systems IncEngineer2012
  4. Stanford UniversityCourse / Teaching Assistant2010 — 2012Stanford
  5. FacebookProduct Manager Intern2011Palo Alto
  6. FountainhopFounder and CEO2009 — 2011
  7. GoogleAssociate Product Manager Intern2009Mountain View
  8. MicrosoftProgram Manager Intern2008Redmond

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science
  2. Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science

Skills & more

Motivational Speaking3Leadership2Management2Product Design6Data VisualizationHardware HackingTeam Building6Machine Learning17Artificial Intelligence13Computer Vision4Product Management4Data Mining1
+12 moreSoftware EngineeringManagement ConsultingHuman Computer InteractionAlgorithmsStart-upsEntrepreneurshipFundraisingProduct DevelopmentMobile DevicesProductMarketingiOS

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Nikil Viswanathan founded Alchemy.

Founder mafias

Stanford University mafia854

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded Manas AI +1Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +3Mike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern BreakersSteve JurvetsonBSEEFounded Mojo VisionBalaji SrinivasanLecturer, Departments of Statistics and Computer ScienceFounded Counsyl +1Jess LeeBSFounded Polyvore

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Down To Lunch1

Joseph LauInvestor at Alchemy Ventures

Also worked at Stanford University647

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanEngineer, founder, angel investor, author of The Network State, and founder of Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at Google1,559

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also worked at Microsoft1,062

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures

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