11 months ago
Deedy Das Becomes Partner at Menlo Ventures
Deedy Das, from Kolkata, India, is now a Partner at the venture capital firm Menlo Ventures.
He's known as an 'AI whisperer.'
Before, he worked at Google and Facebook.
He was also part of the founding team at Glean, an AI startup.
Menlo Ventures invests in tech companies and is now focusing on AI.
Deedy has helped launch a $100 million fund for AI.
He has a large online following and is an advisor and investor in various AI companies.
Deedy Das, previously of Google and Facebook, has been promoted to Partner at Menlo Ventures.
Das was a founding team member at Glean, an AI startup.
Menlo Ventures is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
Das co-launched a $100 million AI fund at Menlo Ventures.
He is an advisor to AI companies and has a large online following.
- Who
- Debarghya 'Deedy' Das
- What
- Promoted to Partner at Menlo Ventures
- Where
- Silicon Valley
- When
- Promotion announced after 18 months at Menlo Ventures
- Why
- Recognition of expertise and contributions to AI and venture investing
Key facts
- Name
- Debarghya 'Deedy' Das
- Title
- Partner at Menlo Ventures
- Previous Roles
- Software Engineer at Facebook and Google, Founding Team Member at Glean, Part-time lecturer at IIT Bombay
- Education
- Cornell University (B.S., M.Eng. Computer Science), La Martiniere for Boys
- Investment Focus
- AI/ML, next-generation infrastructure, enterprise software
- Menlo Ventures Founded
- 1976
Quotes
Deedy Das
Kolkata-born technologist and venture capitalist
“After a remarkable 18mos at Menlo Ventures, I'm excited to announce that perhaps against better judgement, they have decided to make me a Partner at the firm.”
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“Investing in AI, SaaS and Infra at Menlo Ventures in San Francisco.”
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