Brian ShinCo Founder

United States - San Francisco, California

VitalStage Managing Partner Brian Shin has over 10 years experience in AI as a venture-backed AI startup founder, co-author of two of AI patents, head of AI for a $8bn public software company, and investor in a number of AI/ML/Data Infrastructure companies. In his 25 years as a technology entrepreneur he has had 5 exits as a co-founder and has been an early investor in paradigm-changing companies including HubSpot, Drift, Lightmatter, HqO, Kayak, Pipefy, Misfit, and many others.

Brian previously co-founded Visible Measures, a leading venture-backed video analytics platform company (acquired in 2017) and Searchable.ai, a venture-backed unified AI search and data platform that pioneered the concept of an "answer engine". He was also an institutional investor as a partner with In-Q-Tel, the strategic investment partner of the US Intelligence Community and as a Managing Director with PSG/Providence Equity Partners. He truly views founders as the heroes of the business world.

AI represents perhaps the most significant opportunity of our lifetimes but also presents challenges that could impact the future of humanity. New tools, capabilities, and approaches are needed to ensure responsible AI innovation in areas ranging from protecting customer data privacy, facilitating seamless AI model & app deployment, and delivering high availability, accurate systems with appropriate governance and ethical AI supply chains.

VitalStage Ventures seeks to enhance societal value by promoting the responsible advancement of AI as human augmentation rather than human replacement. We leverage deep hands-on AI experience with a focused strategy to back paradigm-changing AI Infrastructure + Breakthrough Applied AI startups.

The VitalStage team has backed over 100 technology startups to date. They are supported by a purpose-built AI Advisory Board with AI leaders from Google, Dropbox, and AWS as well as a powerful AI Founder Network.