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    Jon Sakoda

    Jon Sakoda is the Founding Partner of Decibel Partners, an independent venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies. He has a background as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, having previously served as a general partner at New Enterprise Associates, where he led investments in the consumer internet and enterprise software sectors.

    Before his venture capital career, Jon co-founded IMlogic, Inc., where he held the roles of Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Products until its acquisition by Symantec Corporation. He also worked in the private equity group at Goldman Sachs, investing in software, internet, and communications sectors.

    Jon graduated from Harvard College and is known for his commitment to helping startups identify their unique advantages. He is also passionate about spending time with his family and exploring new adventures together.123

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    Oct 18 · twitter

    We hosted our annual AI Pioneers Summit this week to celebrate the technical leaders at the forefront of deploying AI and LLMs in production today! 🚀

    Over 170 notable product and engineering execs from 136 companies gathered to celebrate this year’s award winners:

    Expanding the Frontier of LLMs Olivier Godement (@oliviergodement), Head of Product, API, Open AI

    Innovation in Open Source AI Kari Ann Briski (@karibriski), VP Gen AI Software, Nvidia Sergey Edunov (@edunov), Director of Engineering, Gen AI, Meta Lin Qiao (@lqiao), Founder and CEO, Fireworks AI

    Full Stack AI Innovation Ramine Roane, CVP for AI, AMD Chris Lattner (@clattner_llvm), CEO, Modular AI Vipul Ved Prakash (@vipulved), CEO, Together AI

    Scaling AI Agents Mike Conover (@vagabondjack), Founder and CEO, Brightwave Aatish Nayak (@nayakkayak), Chief Product Officer, Harvey AI Subho Mukherjee (@subho_mpi), Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Hippocratic AI

    Creating ROI in Gen AI T.R. Vishwanath, Founder and CTO, Glean Aparna Chennapragada (@aparnacd), CVP, Microsoft Clara Shih (@clarashih), CEO, Salesforce AI

    Gen AI Exit of the Year Yaron Singer, Founder and CEO, Robust Intelligence (acquired by Cisco) Jeetu Patel (@jpatel41), Chief Product Officer, Cisco DJ Sampath (@djsampath), VP of AI Products, Cisco

    Consumer AI Products of the Year Tony Jebara (@TonyJebara), VP of Engineering and Head of AI/ML, Spotify Uzma Barlaskar (@uzmabarlaskar), Director of Generative AI, WhatsApp

    Founders' Choice Award: Building Our Silicon Brain Drew Houston (@drewhouston), Founder and CEO, Dropbox Hiten Shah (@hnshah), Founder and CEO, Nira (acquired by Dropbox)

    This year we also announced the launch of "Win AI", our community for women pioneers in AI that are paving the way for the next generation of female technologists 🔥

    We look forward to celebrating and expanding this community with @latentspacepod @swyx @FanaHOVA in the years to come!

    We hosted our annual AI Pioneers Summit this week to celebrate the technical leaders at the forefron
    Oct 18 · twitter

    We were excited to host our annual AI Pioneers Summit this week to celebrate the technical leaders at the forefront of deploying AI and LLMs in production today!

    Over 170 notable product and engineering execs from 136 companies came together to celebrate those who made remarkable contributions in this rapidly changing field - a special thank you to this year’s award winners:

    Expanding the Frontier of LLMs Olivier Godement (@oliviergodement), Head of Product, API, Open AI

    Innovation in Open Source AI Kari Ann Briski (@karibriski), VP, Gen AI Software, Nvidia Sergey Edunov (@edunov), Director of Engineering, Gen AI, Meta Lin Qiao (@lqiao), Founder and CEO, Fireworks AI

    Full Stack AI Innovation Ramine Roane, CVP for AI, AMD Chris Lattner (@clattner_llvm), CEO, Modular AI Vipul Ved Prakash (@vipulved), CEO, Together AI

    Scaling AI Agents Mike Conover (@vagabondjack), Founder and CEO, Brightwave Aatish Nayak (@nayakkayak), Chief Product Officer, Harvey AI Subho Mukherjee (@subho_mpi), Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Hippocratic AI

    Creating ROI in Gen AI T.R. Vishwanath, Founder and CTO, Glean Aparna Chennapragada (@aparnacd), CVP, Microsoft Clara Shih (@clarashih), CEO, Salesforce AI

    Gen AI Exit of the Year Yaron Singer, Founder and CEO, Robust Intelligence (acquired by Cisco) Jeetu Patel (@jpatel41), Chief Product Officer, Cisco DJ Sampath (@djsampath), VP of AI Products, Cisco

    Consumer AI Products of the Year Tony Jebara (@TonyJebara), VP of Engineering and Head of AI/ML, Spotify Uzma Barlaskar (@uzmabarlaskar), Director of Generative AI, WhatsApp

    Building Our Silicon Brain in Software Drew Houston (@drewhouston), Founder and CEO, Dropbox Hiten Shah (@hnshah), Founder and CEO, Nira (acquired by Dropbox)

    This year we also announced the launch of "https://t.co/wEsMiU9gt2", our community for women pioneers in AI that are paving the way for the next generation of female technologists.

    Thank you to our @latentspacepod co-hosts @FanaHOVA and @swyx - we look forward to seeing you all next year!

    We were excited to host our annual AI Pioneers Summit this week to celebrate the technical leaders a
    Aug 6 · blackhat.com
    Black Hat USA 2024 | Jon Sakoda
    Apr 21 · youtube.com
    Jon Sakoda, Decibel Partners | AWS Summit SF 2022 - YouTube
    Jon Sakoda, Decibel Partners | AWS Summit SF 2022 - YouTube

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