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Fellows.Fund

SUPERVISION + CAPITAL RENDER DREAMS REAL. 

About

Us

Our Story

We formed Fellows Fund in April 2021, to share our hard-won knowledge and positions at leading firms with the next generation of founders who would benefit from our mentorship in bringing their concepts to life.

 

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Who We Are

With operating, research, and academic backgrounds, we have run some of the most dynamic and groundbreaking product lines at the leading technology companies in history.

 

The fund’s day-to-day operations are managed by a team led by Alex Ren - an early AV researcher, investor, and founder of TalentSeer.com, the top AI recruiting firm. 

Our Vision

We believe in sharing what we’ve learned so you can bring AI into mainstream adoption. We believe the time is now and with our help, you can accomplish everything you dreamed of. 

About Us
Fellows List
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Alex Ren

Founding Managing Partner

Angel Investor 

Business and Talent Leader

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Xuedong Huang

Distinguished Fellow

CTO and Fellow at Microsoft Azure AI

Milestone Researcher in AI

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Shiva Rajaraman

Distinguished Fellow

CPO of OpenSea

Former VP of Commerce at Facebook/Meta

Former CTO at WeWork

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Charles Elkan

Distinguished Fellow

CS Professor at UCSD, Founder of Ficc.ai

Former MD of  ML at Goldman Sachs

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Gang Hua

Distinguished Fellow

VP and Chief  Scientist at Convenience Bee

Former Chief  Science Advisor at Microsoft

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Deepak Agarwal

Distinguished Fellow

Sr. Engineering Lead at Pinterest

Fellow of American Statistical Association

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Xinran Wang

Distinguished Fellow

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EVP of Engineering at Obsidian Security

Former SVP of Engineering at Shape Security

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Li Deng

Distinguished Fellow

Chief AI Officer at Vatic

Former Chief AI Officer at Citadel, Fellow at Canadian Academy of Engineering

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Anshul Pande

Distinguished Fellow

SVP of R&D at HealthEdge

Ex-CTO of Stanford Children's Health

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Lijiang Fang

Distinguished Fellow

Director of ML Infra at Meta

Former VP of Bing Ads at Microsoft

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Yi Huang

Product Fellow

Director of Engineering, Privacy at Meta

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Daisy Zhao

Investor Associate​

Web3, AI Investor

Our 
Fellows
 

Each fellow maintains both their ownership in the fund and their position in industry or academia to be maximally helpful to our portfolio.

 

We hold pitch meetings live over video calls, and come to consensus on investments without convening in person. 

 

What’s on offer to you is our network and experience - these are the ideal set of resources as you chart a technical path for your firm, winning both customers and talent when we choose you. 

 

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Vijay Narayanan

General Partner

Distinguished Fellow

Former SVP of Engineering at ServiceNow

Chief AI Officer

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Sanchan Saxena

Distinguished Fellow

VP of Coinbase

Former Head of Product at Airbnb

and Instagram

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Lei Yang

Distinguished Fellow

VP of Engineering at LinkedIn

Former VP of Twitter

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Haixun Wang

Distinguished Fellow

VP of Engineering at Instacart

IEEE Fellow

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Stefano Corazza

Distinguished Fellow

Head of Studio at Roblox

Former VP, Fellow at Adobe

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Yiran Chen

Distinguished Fellow

ECE Professor at Duke University

ACM & IEEE Fellow

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Anshul Pande

Distinguished Fellow

SVP, R&D at HealthEdge

Former CTO at Stanford Children's

Health

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Dragomir Anguelov

Distinguished Fellow

Head of Research at Waymo

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Lijiang Fang

Distinguished Fellow

 Director of ML Infra at Meta

Former VP of Bing Ads at Microsoft

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Praveer Kumar

Product Fellow

President at Guardhat

Cofounder ant CPO at Finxera

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Kyle Bailey

Crypto Fellow

VP of Engineering at dYdX

Former Sr.Director at Block and Airbnb

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Daisy Zhao

Investment Associate

Investment in Web3, Enterprise and AI

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Vijay Narayanan

General Partner

Former SVP of Engineering, Chief AI Officer at ServiceNow

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Jianchang Mao

Distinguished Fellow 

Venture Partner

Former VP of Engineering at Google,

CVP at Microsoft

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Dawn Song

Distinguished Fellow

Prof of UC Berkeley, ACM & IEEE Fellow, Founder of Oasis Network

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Haixun Wang

Distinguished Fellow

VP of Instacart

IEEE Fellow

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Stefano Corazza

Distinguished Fellow

Head of Studio at Roblox

Former VP, Fellow at Adobe

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Yiran Chen

Distinguished Fellow

ECE Professor at Duke University

ACM & IEEE Fellow

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Eric Xing

Distinguished Fellow

President at BZUAI, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University

ACM, AAAI, ASA, IEEE Fellow

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Dragomir Anguelov

Distinguished Fellow

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Head of Research at Waymo

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Jeff Trudeau

Distinguished Fellow

CISO at Chime

Former CISO at Sutter Health and Credit Karma

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Kyle Bailey

Crypto Fellow

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VP of Engineering at dYdX

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Sanj Goyle

Business Fellow

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Co-founder, CEO at Finxera

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Praveer Kumar

Product Fellow

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President at Guardhat

Co-founder, CPO at Finxera

Fellows.Fund structures collaboration between the inventors of modern AI and their legacy - innovators who apply it far and wide.

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."
- Isaac Newton

A venture firm owned and operated by the world's most esteemed technical minds. This is the forum where daring founders meet the makers. 

Why Us

Why

Us

Insight

The development of AI and incorporation into the mainstream has given us experience which we wish to impart to founders to help them avoid mistakes and grow their business successfully. 

Network

Two things every company needs are talent and customers. Our network and current positions help to provide these crucial ingredients to your growth, and we give them freely to our portfolio companies.

Credentials

AI is still misunderstood by many non-technical investors and customers. When we back your company, we signal this is a bankable and salable concept which can be brought into production.

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Our Address

530 Lakeside Drive,

Suite 120, 

Sunnyvale, California, CA 94085

Our Email

alex@fellows.fund

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