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About
Vin Sachidananda is a Partner at Radical Ventures, working across the firm's Early and Growth practices and investing in Pre-seed through Series D companies focused on AI, Deeptech, Apps, and Infrastructure. He previously was a Partner at Two Sigma Ventures, where he led investment strategies across AI, Deeptech, and Infrastructure. His technical background includes an NLP PhD from Stanford, research on LLMs and Transformers, and Research Scientist roles at Google, Apple, and Amazon. Earlier in his career he was a founding engineer at MIT and Stanford spinouts including Celect (acquired by Nike) and Clockwork.io.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Was a founding engineer at Celect, an MIT spinout acquired by Nike. Was a founding engineer at Clockwork.io, a Stanford spinout.
- Education
- Earned an NLP PhD from Stanford. Studied at Stanford University (PhD, Electrical Engineering) Studied at University of Maryland (BS, Mechanical Engineering)
- Awards
- Authored papers in top AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML) and NLP conferences (ACL, EMNLP).
- More
- Researched LLMs and Transformers since their inception and their precursors before that.
From Vin's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Investments
Led
CerbyDistributionalEtchedIambic TherapeuticsInception LabsObjectiveSDFZeromatter
Investor
CerbyDistributionalEtchedFreestyleIambic TherapeuticsInception LabsNullifyObjectiveObjective (acq. Upwork - UPWK)OktetoSDFSDF (acq. dbt Labs)Zeromatter
Sources: curated public sources · the firm's website · the investor's own website.
Colleagues at Radical Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vin Sachidananda?
- Vin Sachidananda is a Partner at Radical Ventures, working across the firm's Early and Growth practices and investing in Pre-seed through Series D companies focused on AI, Deeptech, Apps, and Infrastructure. He previously was a Partner at Two Sigma Ventures, where he led investment strategies across AI, Deeptech, and Infrastructure. His technical background includes an NLP PhD from Stanford, research on LLMs and Transformers, and Research Scientist roles at Google, Apple, and Amazon. Earlier in his career he was a founding engineer at MIT and Stanford spinouts including Celect (acquired by Nike) and Clockwork.io.
- Where does Vin Sachidananda work?
- Vin Sachidananda is Partner at Radical Ventures.
- What does Vin Sachidananda invest in?
- Vin Sachidananda invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- What companies has Vin Sachidananda invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Cerby, Distributional, Etched, Iambic Therapeutics, Inception Labs, Objective, SDF, Zeromatter, Cerby, Distributional, Etched, Freestyle, and 9 more.
- What awards has Vin Sachidananda received?
- Authored papers in top AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML) and NLP conferences (ACL, EMNLP).
- Does Vin Sachidananda lead rounds?
- Yes — Vin Sachidananda has led 8 tracked investments.
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