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Rob Bearden

Founder

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sem4ai · Co-founder / product and technology leader at Sem4ai

San Jose, California, United States

FoundedSem4ai

About

Enterprise/open-source software executive leading Sema4.ai.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sem4ai

Intro paths

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In turn, Rob can intro founders to Sem4ai's investors below.

Sem4ai's investors · 9

Artisanal VenturesTiburonBenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2024Canvas VenturesCampbell · $5M – $20M checks · since 2024Koch Disruptive TechnologiesSan FranciscoMayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checksMVP VenturesChicago · since 2025Rocketship.vcSunnyvale · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Snowflake VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025Socium VenturesAtlanta · $3M – $25M checks

Co-founders at Sem4ai

RVRam Venkatesh
Ram VenkateshCo-founder / product and technology leader
PCPaul Codding
Paul CoddingCo-founder
SM
Sudhir MenonCo-founder
AK
Antti KarjalainenCo-founder; Robocorp founder

Co-founder / product and technology leader at Sem4ai

Intro paths

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In turn, Rob can intro founders to Sem4ai's investors below.

Sem4ai's investors · 9

Artisanal VenturesTiburonBenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2024Canvas VenturesCampbell · $5M – $20M checks · since 2024Koch Disruptive TechnologiesSan FranciscoMayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checksMVP VenturesChicago · since 2025Rocketship.vcSunnyvale · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Snowflake VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025Socium VenturesAtlanta · $3M – $25M checks

Co-founders at Sem4ai

RBRob Bearden
Rob BeardenCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer
PCPaul Codding
Paul CoddingCo-founder
SM
Sudhir MenonCo-founder
AK
Antti KarjalainenCo-founder; Robocorp founder

Experience

  1. Sema4.aiCTO, Co-foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. ClouderaChief Technology Officer2021 — 2023San Jose, California, United States
  3. ClouderaCorporate Vice President2021
  4. ClouderaVP Engineering2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  5. HortonworksVP Engineering2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. HortonworksSr Director of Engineering2014 — 2017Santa Clara
  7. S3Edge, Inc.Co-founder and CEO2008 — 2014Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
  8. MicrosoftSoftware Architect2005 — 2008Hyderabad, India
  9. MicrosoftProgram Manager2002 — 2005Redmond
  10. Webridge IncSoftware Engineer2000 — 2002Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
  11. Amazon.comSenior Manager, Inventory Planning Systems1999 — 2000
  12. GemStone SystemsSoftware Engineer1994 — 1999

Education

  1. Oregon Graduate Institute, now part of OHSU and PSUM.S. in Computer Science, Data Intensive Systems
  2. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Skills & more

RFID+4Cloud Computing10Software Development13Programming9Start-ups8Agile Methodologies10Enterprise Software23Databases19Microsoft SQL Server23SaaS6.NET4

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Rob Bearden work?
Rob Bearden is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sem4ai and Co-founder / product and technology leader at Sem4ai.
What companies did Rob Bearden found?
Rob Bearden founded Sem4ai.

Same school

Also attended National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli25

Job SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalSuresh BalasubramanianInvestor at Storm VenturesNachi DasExperts | Global Market Expansion & Growth at 212Anil KurugantiPartner at GP BullhoundSwathi DhamodaranAssociate, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsShub BhattacharyaInvestments at Foundamental

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sema4.ai3

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkNavin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldPaul HsiaoGeneral Partner at Canvas Ventures

Also worked at Cloudera22

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkCack WilhelmInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Cindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesKevin WangCEO, FOSSA Inc. at OSS CapitalScott AronsonOperating Partner at StripesMick HollisonInvestor at EPIC VENTURES

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Also worked at Hortonworks10

Mike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalWei WangInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsBrian MeltonPartner at Tenaya CapitalTim VeilPrincipal at Two Bear CapitalTodd PapaioannouSenior Advisor at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)

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Also worked at Microsoft1,064

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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