Investing in AI, writing about it, building it, sharing founders’ stories, and making AI education more accessible.
Investing in AI
- Partner at AGI House Ventures. Investing pre-seed and seed AI startups.
- Recent investments include Rome, Develop Health, TenX Semi, Backspace, Fergana Labs, and others in stealth
- AGI House Ventures Portfolio includes Cartesia, Pika Labs, Modal Labs, Enam, and others
- Co-founder and GM of AGI Compile Program, cohort based program for early stage AI founders
- Fundraising for second close of Fund I
Writing about AI
- Writing AGI House AI Newsletter (10k+ subscribers)
- Blogging more thoughts on my substack
Building AI
- Building AI tools to automate my job (Sourcing, diligence, and fund/company ops)
Talking About AI
- Podcast: Interviewing founders on their startup journey for podcast/docuseries (Coming soon). Founder Guests from companies such as Inworld, Modal Labs, Cresta, and Pika Labs
- Panel speaker: 1. Future of AI (Giga Party 3) 2. Frontiers of AGI (Frontier Tech Forum)
AI Education Nonprofit
- Founder of EducAIte, education nonprofit working with schools in LAUSD. Share digital AI education resources and streams to tech hackathons
- Upcoming EducAIte Gala event on November 20, 2025 @ AGI House
Education
- (MS) in MS&E, Stanford University
- (BA) in Economics, Stanford University
- (BS) in Computer Science, Stanford University
More About Me
- Previously an investor at Neuberger Berman, doing early stage venture and later stage asset backed finance + venture debt
- Was a NCAA Beach Volleyball Player at Stanford
- Obsessed with the brain, previously worked in a Neurosurgery Lab
- Love photography and snowboarding (and love combining the two)
Melissa Daniel 