Andrej Karpathy, Angel Investor

Andrej Karpathy is a leading AI researcher, best known for his role as Senior Director of AI at Tesla, where he led the computer vision team for Autopilot from 2017 to 2022. He was also a founding research scientist at OpenAI, contributing to early breakthroughs in generative models and reinforcement learning. Earlier, he completed his PhD at Stanford, focusing on novel neural networks for vision and language, and created the influential CS231n deep learning course that trained thousands of engineers. As an angel investor, Andrej has backed a wide range of AI and frontier technology startups. His recent investments include Simile, Flapping Airplanes, and Inception, highlighting his interest in ventures pushing boundaries in generative AI, robotics, and next-generation computing.