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Oren Etzioni

Founder, TrueMedia.org

Seattle, Washington

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Seattle / Portland

Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists

Locations:

Seattle, Washington

Min Investment:
$500,000.00
Max Investment:
$10,000,000.00
Target Investment:
$5,000,000.00

Skills

Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Data Mining

Big Data

Natural Language Processing

Computer Science

Algorithms

Text Mining

Information Retrieval

Entrepreneurship

Pattern Recognition

Text Analytics

Information Extraction

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Carnegie Mellon University
(1986 - 1991)
B.A.
Harvard University
(1982 - 1986)

Investments

Norm AI

Total Funding: $38M

Twelve Labs

Total Funding: $67M

Read AI

Total Funding: $31M

Ozette Technologies

Total Funding: $32M

WhyLabs

Total Funding: $14M

Algorithmia

Total Funding: $50M

Work Experience

2024

Founder
2024

2022

Technical Director
2022

Madrona Venture Group

2000

Venture Partner
2000

University of Washington

1991

Professor (Emeritus as of 2020)
1991

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)

2014 - 2022

CEO
2014 - 2022
Our mission at AI2 is to contribute to humanity through high-impact AI research and engineering. We're hiring top-notch researchers and engineers.

2010 - 2013

Co-Founder and CTO
2010 - 2013
Acquired by eBay.

Farecast

2003 - 2008

Founder
2003 - 2008
Acquired by Microsoft.

1999 - 2000

CTO
1999 - 2000

ClearForest

1997 - 1998

Co-founder
1997 - 1998
Acquired by Thomson Reuters.

Netbot

1996 - 1997

Co-Founder & Chief Visionary Officer
1996 - 1997
Acquired by Excite, Inc.