Christopher Manning

Christopher Manning

General Partner atAIX VenturesSan Francisco, CA

Christopher Manning is a General Partner at AIX Ventures. He previously led the Stanford AI Lab and founded the Stanford NLP Group.

What Christopher can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ACan lead the round
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

AIX Ventures writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: AIX Ventures.

Career

  1. Stanford University · Director, Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)
  2. AIX Ventures · Investing Partner
    Now
  3. AIX Ventures · General Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Stanford NLP GroupStanford’s Institute for Human‑Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)AIX Ventures

Investments named in public bios

WisprWorkeraWorkhelixPerplexity

Focus

NLPreasoningmachine learningartificial intelligence

Also at AIX Ventures

Partners like Christopher

At firms with a similar stage, sector and check size.

Alert me when AIX Ventures is active

One email when Christopher's firm raises a fund, adds a partner or shows new activity.

Founders and investors at a Mode VC gathering

Send Mode VC your deck

Raising a pre-seed or seed round? We write $1M to $5M first checks and help founders with distribution. A partner reads every deck.

Send your deck

Questions

Who is Christopher Manning?

Christopher Manning is a General Partner at AIX Ventures. He previously led the Stanford AI Lab and founded the Stanford NLP Group.

How much does Christopher Manning invest?

Christopher Manning invests through AIX Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Christopher Manning?

A warm intro from a founder AIX Ventures backed works best.

What did Christopher Manning do before AIX Ventures?

Director, Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) at Stanford University.

Last updated 2026-10-15. Is this you? Ask for a correction.