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Lee Edwards
Professional based in San Francisco
Lee Edwards is a General Partner at Root Ventures, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco that focuses on seed-stage investments in "hard tech." His investment interests primarily revolve around software-related technologies, including developer tools, software infrastructure, applied AI and machine learning, and computer vision. Edwards typically invests between $1-3 million in startups that are led by engineers tackling complex technical challenges.134
Edwards has a strong technical background, having previously served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Teespring and held engineering roles at companies like iRobot and Groupon. He graduated from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering with a degree in Systems Engineering in 2007. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Trustees at Olin College, where he also participates in various committees.235
At Root Ventures, he emphasizes investing in companies where the founders possess technical expertise, mirroring the approach of early Silicon Valley venture firms.14
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The great irony of Wall Street analysts being the ones to encourage widespread investment into AI by signaling their confidence in LLMs.
Only to be the first industry replaced by it.
In 2016, we fell off the golden timeline and convinced ourselves censorship was a virtue. Seems we may find our way back.
America always should have had Facebook’s back against foreign regulators. Looks like that may change.
Hope it’s not too late.