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Andrei Kozyrev

Partner at Abstract Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Andrei Kozyrev is currently a Partner at Abstract Ventures in San Francisco, specializing in investing in FinTech and AI startups at the seed and pre-seed stages. With a background in machine learning engineering at Spotify and experience as Chief of Staff at Scale AI, he brings a unique blend of technical expertise and strategic leadership to his role as a venture capitalist.

Work Experience 

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Abstract Ventures

  • Partner

    2024 - Current

    At Abstract, I've had the honor and privilege to lead our investments in: Applied Labs Factory AI Grand Charter Kela Technologies (Israel) Kinetic Santori Sphere Semi Third Dimension Unify GTM and several others in stealth. Abstract is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco with $1.5 billion in assets under management. We are sector-agnostic, focused on seed and early stage founders.

Abstract Ventures is a sector agnostic venture investor in pre-seed, seed, and series A startup companies.

abstract.vc
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Thrive Capital

  • EIR

    2023 - 2023

Thrive Capital is an investment firm that builds and invests in internet, software, and technology-enabled companies.

Raised $120,000,000.00 from Petershill Partners.

thrivecap.com
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Scale AI

  • Chief of Staff, Enterprise AI

    2021 - 2023

    Chief of Staff to Michael Kratsios, Scale's Managing Director and 4th CTO of the United States. Cofounded the Enterprise AI team and built it from from 0 to 1. Learned what hypergrowth means.

Scale AI provides a data-oriented platform that assists in the development of AI applications.

Raised $2,602,620,000.00 from WCM Investment Management, Meta, Wellington Management, Y Combinator, Intel Capital, DFJ Growth, NVIDIA, Nat Friedman, Thrive Capital and Qualcomm Ventures.

scale.com

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