Tristan Zajonc
InvestorFormer Venture Partner at F-Prime Capital
San Francisco, California
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $5M
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About
Tristan Zajonc is cofounder and CEO of Continual, an AI agent platform for business. Previously, he cofounded Sense, a data science and machine learning platform acquired by Cloudera in 2016, where he subsequently led the ML engineering team for three years. His earlier career included ten years in applied data science roles with organizations including USAID, the World Bank, and Harvard University's Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and he holds a PhD from Harvard University.
Experience
- ContinualCofounder & CEOcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ClouderaCTO for Machine Learning2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- ClouderaHead of Data Science Platform, Engineering2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Sense, Inc.Cofounder and CEO2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Harvard UniversityVisiting Fellow at Institute for Quantitative Social Science2012 — 2013Cambridge, MA
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tristan Zajonc?
- Tristan Zajonc is cofounder and CEO of Continual, an AI agent platform for business. Previously, he cofounded Sense, a data science and machine learning platform acquired by Cloudera in 2016, where he subsequently led the ML engineering team for three years. His earlier career included ten years in applied data science roles with organizations including USAID, the World Bank, and Harvard University's Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and he holds a PhD from Harvard University.
- What check size does Tristan Zajonc write?
- Tristan Zajonc typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- What companies has Tristan Zajonc invested in?
- Investments tracked here include LanceDB.
- Where did Tristan Zajonc go to school?
- Tristan Zajonc studied at Harvard University (PhD, Public Policy); Harvard Kennedy School (MPA/ID, Public Administration and International Development); Pomona College (BA, Economics, Mathematics (minor)).
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