Drew Volpe
Drew Volpe is a founding partner at First Star Ventures with experience in ML/AI, NLP, sensors, mobile, computational bio, and decentralized tech. He previously held product development roles at Semantic Machines, Locately, and Endeca Technologies.
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- Endeca Technologies · Director of Product Development
- Locately · Co-founder
- Semantic Machines · Founding VP of Product Development
- Locately · co-founder/CTO
- First Star Ventures · Founding PartnerNow
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Who is Drew Volpe?
Drew Volpe is a founding partner at First Star Ventures with experience in ML/AI, NLP, sensors, mobile, computational bio, and decentralized tech. He previously held product development roles at Semantic Machines, Locately, and Endeca Technologies.
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What did Drew Volpe do before First Star Ventures?
Director of Product Development at Endeca Technologies; Co-founder at Locately; Founding VP of Product Development at Semantic Machines; co-founder/CTO at Locately.
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