About
Richard Socher is CEO of Recursive and You.com, and Founder and General Partner at AIX Ventures, which has invested in the seed rounds of eight companies that later reached unicorn status. He previously served as Chief Scientist and EVP at Salesforce, founded MetaMind prior to its acquisition by Salesforce, and worked as an adjunct professor at Stanford CS after completing his PhD there. His research contributed to deep learning and NLP techniques, including prompt engineering.
CEO & Founder at You
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AIX VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksBreyer CapitalAustin · $500K – $10M checksChamaeleonSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M checksChiratae VenturesGurugram · $500K – $2M checks · since 2026Day One VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksEvolution VC PartnersNew YorkFusionPalo Alto · $500K – $1M checksInflexor Venturessince 2026Info Edge VenturesGurgaon · $685K – $31M checks · since 2026Kae CapitalBengaluru · $500K – $32M checks · since 2026Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2026Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checksOmega Venture PartnersSilicon ValleyPeak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026Rocketship.vcSunnyvale · $1M – $5M checksSauce.vcNew Delhi · since 2026SMBC Asia Rising Fundsince 2026Socium VenturesAtlanta · $3M – $25M checksSound VenturesSanta MonicaSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2026Titan CapitalScottsdale · $249K – $15M checks · since 2026Untapped VenturesGlendale · $500K – $2M checksV3 VenturesLondon · $1M – $5M checks · since 2026Zeropearl VC$100K – $500K checks · since 2026
Experience
- RecursiveCEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- You.comCEOcurrent2020 — present
- AIX VenturesFoundercurrent2021 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- SalesforceChief Scientist, EVP2016 — 2020Palo Alto
- Stanford UniversityAdjunct Professor2017Stanford
- Stanford UniversityVisiting Lecturer2015 — 2017Stanford
- MetaMindFounder and CEO2014 — 2016Palo Alto
- Stanford UniversityPhD Student2009 — 2014Stanford
- Microsoft ResearchIntern2012
- Siemens Corporate ResearchResearch Assistant2007
Skills & more
Natural Language Processing60Machine Learning66Research7Computational Linguistics7Computer Vision33Artificial Intelligence47Text Mining12Pattern Recognition7Information Retrieval6Computer Science17Data Mining17Algorithms24
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Richard Socher?
- Richard Socher is CEO of Recursive and You.com, and Founder and General Partner at AIX Ventures, which has invested in the seed rounds of eight companies that later reached unicorn status. He previously served as Chief Scientist and EVP at Salesforce, founded MetaMind prior to its acquisition by Salesforce, and worked as an adjunct professor at Stanford CS after completing his PhD there. His research contributed to deep learning and NLP techniques, including prompt engineering.
- Where does Richard Socher work?
- Richard Socher is CEO & Founder of You.
- What companies did Richard Socher found?
- Richard Socher founded You.
- Where did Richard Socher go to school?
- Richard Socher studied at Stanford University (PhD, cs: deep learning, ai, machine learning, nlp, vision).
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