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Sasha Ostojic

Investor

Venture Partner at Playground Global Β· Venture Partner at Playground Global

Palo Alto

About

Sasha Ostojic is a Venture Partner at Playground Global, where he advises portfolio companies on technology and business strategy. He previously served as CEO and VP of Engineering of Ultimate Technology, spent nearly a decade at Nvidia as Vice President of Software, and led the engineering team at Cruise Automation, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors. Earlier in his career he worked as a software architect at General Electric on IBM's DirectTalk Voice Application platform.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationRoboticsSemiconductors

Experience

  1. Playground GlobalVenture Partnercurrent2022 β€” presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. Playground GlobalOperating Partner2019 β€” 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. Playground GlobalAdvisory Board2018 β€” 2019Palo Alto, California, United States
  4. ZooxAdvisory Boardcurrent2018 β€” presentFoster City, California, United States
  5. Zooxinterim SVP software2021 β€” 2022Foster City, California, United States
  6. Allison TransmissionBoard Membercurrent2022 β€” presentIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
  7. d-MatrixBoard Membercurrent2022 β€” presentSanta Clara, California, United States
  8. Unreasonable LabsBoard Membercurrent2025 β€” present
  9. Anjuna SecurityBoard Membercurrent2025 β€” present
  10. The Institute for Artificial Intelligence of SerbiaAdvisory Board Member2021 β€” 2025Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
  11. Anari AIBoard Member2021 β€” 2024San Francisco Bay Area and Novi Sad, Serbia
  12. Samsung ElectronicsAdvisory Board2019 β€” 2022
  13. Cruise AutomationSenior Vice President, Engineering2016 β€” 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  14. NVIDIAVice President, Software2011 β€” 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  15. NVIDIASenior Director, GeForce Software2010 β€” 2011
  16. NVIDIASenior Director, Notebook Software2007 β€” 2010
  17. Ultimate Technology, Inc.Chief Executive Officer1993 β€” 2007
  18. General ElectricIT & Business Consulting1988 β€” 1993

Education

  1. Santa Clara UniversityMBA

Skills & more

Embedded Systems21Device Drivers34C2C++1Embedded Software6Product Management51Engineering Management14Executive Management10Business Strategy7Technology Leadership2SoC17Cloud Computing11
+12 moreHigh Performance ComputingASICSemiconductorsMobile DevicesSystem ArchitectureGo-to-market StrategySoftware DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringTechnical LeadershipConsumer ElectronicsArchitectureAgile Methodologies

Languages Serbian, Croatian

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Deals Β· 1

Knoxus.AI LtdBoard seat

via Playground Global Β· filed Feb 2026 Β· $12.5M raise

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Colleagues at Playground Global