Tony Liu
InvestorPartner at Costanoa Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $2M β $5M checks Β· typically $3.5M
About
Tony Liu is a Partner at Costanoa Ventures focused on AI, data, and developer infrastructure founders at early stages. His career spans data and AI roles: he worked as an ML engineer on search ranking at Amazon, built Turo's first ID fraud model as the basis of its risk platform, and led product for Workspace at Databricks. He holds a BS/MS from Stanford.
ContactΒ· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Experience
- Costanoa VenturesPartnercurrent2019 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- DatabricksProduct Manager2018 β 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- ExpoProduct Manager2017 β 2018
- TuroData Scientist2016 β 2017
- AmazonSoftware Engineering Intern, Core Search Ranking2015
- Stanford Graduate School of BusinessSports Research Analyst2013 β 2015
- Statistics Department, Stanford UniversityML Research Program2014
- HBOTechnical Consultant2014
Skills & more
Python13R9Java16C++9C4Matlab5SQL5Data Analysis12Programming7Teamwork6Machine Learning4Artificial Intelligence (AI)1
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Big DataProduct ManagementFrom Tony's professional profile.
Colleagues at Costanoa Ventures
Amy Cheetham
Partner at Costanoa Ventures
Andy Huang
Finance Manager at Costanoa Ventures
Arpie Kawmongkolsi
Executive Assistant at Costanoa Ventures
David Cheng
Partner at Costanoa Ventures
Greg Sands
Founder and Managing Partner at Costanoa Ventures
Jared Franklin
Vice President at Costanoa Ventures
Jim Wilson
Partner at Costanoa Ventures
John Cowgill
Partner at Costanoa Ventures
Network1
Investors connected to Tony in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tony Liu?
- Tony Liu is a Partner at Costanoa Ventures focused on AI, data, and developer infrastructure founders at early stages. His career spans data and AI roles: he worked as an ML engineer on search ranking at Amazon, built Turo's first ID fraud model as the basis of its risk platform, and led product for Workspace at Databricks. He holds a BS/MS from Stanford.
- Where does Tony Liu work?
- Tony Liu is Partner at Costanoa Ventures.
- What does Tony Liu invest in?
- Tony Liu invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools.
- What check size does Tony Liu write?
- Tony Liu typically writes checks of $2M β $5M.
- Where did Tony Liu go to school?
- Tony Liu studied at Stanford University (Bachelor of Science, Mathematical and Computational Science); Stanford University (Master of Science (M.S.), Management Science and Engineering - Computational Social Science); King's College, Auckland.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Databricks88
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Also worked at Expo3
Also worked at Amazon645
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Also worked at Stanford Graduate School of Business179
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