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Paolo Pirjanian

Investor

Vice President, Delivery Automation, Last Mile at Amazon Alexa Fund · Board director at Embodied · Board director at Happiest Baby

Los Angeles, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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90 people in our graph share verified history with Paolo — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Dana SettleunlockedPaolo: together at Happiest Baby (2018–2026)
Paolo: together at Amazon Alexa Fund
×3Paolo: together at Calibrate
×7Paolo: together at Calibrate Ventures

About

Paolo Pirjanian is a former iRobot CTO who helped bring over 20 million Roomba-like robots to market and founded Embodied, creator of Moxie, combining scaled robotics and child-focused social-robotics expertise.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareRobotics

Board director at Embodied

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Embodied's investors · 5

Calibrate VenturesPasadena · $5M checks · since 2022Grishin RoboticsSilicon Valley · $250K – $1M checksIntel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checks · since 2017JAZZ Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $20M checksSony Ventures CorporationTokyo

Co-founders at Embodied

MMMaja Mataric
Maja MataricExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Happiest Baby

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Happiest Baby's investors · 7

Calibrate VenturesPasadena · $5M checks · since 2019DG Daiwa Venturessince 2019GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2019Lauder PartnersLos Altos · since 2019Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2019Maywic Select InvestmentsCincinnati · $500K – $2.5M checks · since 2019Obvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Happiest Baby

HKHarvey Karp
Harvey KarpExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
NMNina Montee Karp
Nina Montee KarpDirector, Promoter

Experience

  1. AmazonVice President, Delivery Automation, Last Milecurrent2025 — present
  2. Happiest Baby, Inc.Board Member2017 — 2026Santa Monica, California
  3. Calibrate VenturesVenture Partner2021 — 2025Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
  4. Embodied, Inc.Founder and Chief Executive Officer2017 — 2025Pasadena, CA
  5. Exyn Technologies IncBoard Member and investor2016 — 2018Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  6. Intuition RoboticsAdvisor and investor2015 — 2017Israel
  7. iRobotChief Technology Officer2012 — 2015Pasadena
  8. Evolution RoboticsCEO (Acquired by iRobot)2005 — 2012
  9. Evolution RoboticsCTO2001 — 2005
  10. University of Southern CaliforniaLecturer1999 — 2003
  11. Jet Propulsion Lab/NASAResearcher1999 — 2001
  12. Aalborg UniversityResearcher/Lecturer1994 — 1998

Skills & more

Management10Leadership2Strategy16Artificial Intelligence85Research46Consumer Electronics33Computer Vision83Robotics99Entrepreneurship57Start-ups20RobotResearch and Development (R&D)5
+12 moreR&DProduct ManagementAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsProduct DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringSimulationsMachine LearningImage ProcessingSignal ProcessingComputer ScienceC

From Paolo's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Happiest BabyBoard seat

via Calibrate Ventures · filed Dec 2019 · $40M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Exyn TechnologiesIntuition Robotics

Sources: the firm's website · SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Amazon Alexa Fund

Abigail Hall
Brand & Creative at Pave Health Ventures
Adam Scharf
University Venture Fellow (Spring 2024) at Rebalance Capital Ventures
Alberto Baratas
Partner at Civeta Investment
Amanda Chan
Founder at OSIMple
Angela Lewis
Venture Associate at Scout Fund
Arvind Vivekanandan
Scout at LvlUp Ventures
Ben Rush
Senior Associate at Pioneer Square Labs
Brendan Weitz
Founder at Journey

Network1

Daniel Murray
Venture Partner at Calibrate Ventures

Investors connected to Paolo in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Paolo Pirjanian?
Paolo Pirjanian is a former iRobot CTO who helped bring over 20 million Roomba-like robots to market and founded Embodied, creator of Moxie, combining scaled robotics and child-focused social-robotics expertise.
Where does Paolo Pirjanian work?
Paolo Pirjanian is Vice President, Delivery Automation, Last Mile at Amazon Alexa Fund and Board director at Embodied and Board director at Happiest Baby.
What does Paolo Pirjanian invest in?
Paolo Pirjanian invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Robotics.
What check size does Paolo Pirjanian write?
Paolo Pirjanian typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What boards does Paolo Pirjanian sit on?
Paolo Pirjanian holds tracked board seats at Exyn Technologies, Happiest Baby, Happiest Baby, Intuition Robotics.
Where did Paolo Pirjanian go to school?
Paolo Pirjanian studied at Aalborg University (PhD, Robotics, Computer Science, Vision).

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