Sam Awrabi
InvestorFounder & Solo GP at Banyan Ventures
New York, New York
Writes $250K β $10M checks Β· typically $750K
About
Founder and solo GP of Banyan Ventures, Sam was an early sales/revenue hire at MissingLink.ai (acquired by Samsung) and Comet ML, where he helped scale from seed to Series B. He later founded Awrabi Consulting, advising AI startups, and has advised over 15 AI infrastructure companies over eight years.
Sam @sam_awrabi
China is where 90% of US rare earths and consumers goods are produced, open source might be more of the same!
Jul 24, 2026
Sam @sam_awrabi
Itβs a competition and Chia has done a much better job with open source weights at scale I hope that can shift, but to think AI model weights wonβt mirror nearly all other major consumption markets is near signed China is where hardcore engineering and manufacturing happens
Jul 24, 2026
Sam @sam_awrabi
My view on it? Let the markets decide Companies inside of the @Banyan_Ventures portfolio are doing billions in infrence revenue some on closed source some on open source models @positron_ai @Argentum_AI Trying to make this about America vs China is not the right framing
Jul 24, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Experience
- BanyanFounder & Managing Directorcurrent2024 β present
- Zenbul LabsLead Pre-Seed Investor & Advisory Board Membercurrent2026 β present
- Normal ComputingInvestorcurrent2026 β present
- USD.AIInvestorcurrent2026 β present
- ParasailInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- Autonomous Technologies GroupSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- ExamenSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- FalcommSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- Argentum AILead Pre-Seed Investor & Founding Advisory Board Membercurrent2025 β present
- Positron AISeed, Series A, Series B Investorcurrent2025 β present
- Akash SystemsAdvisory Board Membercurrent2025 β present
- Akash SystemsSeed Investorcurrent2024 β present
- AravoltaSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- SpiNNcloudSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- RecogniInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- LangbasePre-Seed & Seed Investorcurrent2024 β present
- Biological Black Box (BBB), IncPre-Seed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- FinalisAdvisory Board Membercurrent2025 β present
- FinalisSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- MultimodalPre-Seed Investorcurrent2024 β present
Education
- Stony Brook UniversityBachelor of Arts Political Science.
Skills & more
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Go-to-market StrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Salesforce.comLeadershipNegotiationManagementFrom Sam's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stony Brook University38
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Shared employers
Also worked at Parasail4
Also worked at Biological Black Box (BBB), Inc3
Deals Β· 27
Akash SystemsSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
AravoltaSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
FalcommSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
FinalisSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
IRISMEDSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
KnapSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
LexroomSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
ORISolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
Positron AISolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
AI Native Data Center Systems Management PlatformSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
AI Native GPU CloudSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
AI-native radio frequency wireless chipSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
AI-Native Transformer Based Inference ChipSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
AI-Powered Medical Billing AutomationSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
Analog in-memory computing technologySolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
AnalogAISolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
Bbb TechSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
Gen-AI native middle office automationsSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
Instant workflow automationsSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
LangbaseSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
LLM AI App Development PlatformSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
Logarithmic Math Generative AI inference chipSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
MultimodalSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
ParasailSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
RecogniSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
SpinncloudSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
Ultra low latency inference endpointsSolo GP
via Banyan Ventures
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