Aatish Nayak is a partner at Kleiner Perkins, focusing on AI founders with vertical expertise. He previously held product roles at Harvey, Scale AI, and Shield AI, and graduated from Carnegie Mellon.
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- Shield AI · early product leader
- Scale AI · early product leader
- Harvey · first PM and VP of Product
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- Shield AI
- Harvey · VP of Product
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Who is Aatish Nayak?
Aatish Nayak is a partner at Kleiner Perkins, focusing on AI founders with vertical expertise. He previously held product roles at Harvey, Scale AI, and Shield AI, and graduated from Carnegie Mellon.
How much does Aatish Nayak invest?
Aatish Nayak invests through Kleiner Perkins, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.
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What did Aatish Nayak do before Kleiner Perkins?
early product leader at Shield AI; early product leader at Scale AI; first PM and VP of Product at Harvey; Shield AI; VP of Product at Harvey.
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