The Path to AGI Runs Through Software
An original super angel turned multi-stage investor, Aydin has been named on the Forbes Midas List for the past nine years (2014-2022) as well as the New York Times Top 20 Venture Capitalists list for four consecutive years (2016-2019). Before starting Felicis, he was the first product manager at Google and helped launch their first ten international sites. He received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with Honors from Boston University, an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School, and a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Aydin currently sits on the Graduate Board of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jason Warner is the CEO and Co-Founder of poolside, using AI to push the bounds of software creation to unlock humanity’s potential. Before poolside, Jason was Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures and previously had the privilege of leading the world’s most used operating system (Ubuntu), the most beloved developer platform (VP Heroku), and notably, the most popular developer tools (CTO GitHub) where he launched GitHub Actions, Packages, Connect, Codespaces and incubated GitHub Copilot. Additionally, Jason contributes his expertise as a member of the operating board at Bridgewater Associates. Jason graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelors in Computer Science and received a Masters of Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic University.
Kevin Zhang is a partner at Upfront, where he has a focus in healthcare and interactive gaming. Notable investments include Bionaut Labs, Canvas Medical, Pragma, and Seriously (acquired by Playtika). Prior to joining Upfront in 2012, Kevin was at The Boston Consulting Group, where he advised on strategy, M&A and operations for technology, healthcare, and industrial goods clients in the US and Asia. Previously, Kevin worked at Verisk Health (now Cotiviti), a healthcare software startup in Boston, focusing on data analytics product development selling into payers and providers. Kevin studied Biology at Harvard College.