Meet the a16z Forward Deployed Engineer Fellows

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced the inaugural cohort of 65 Forward Deployed Engineer Fellows, an 8-week program for engineers deploying AI in enterprises, with fellows from companies including OpenAI, Mistral, Cognition, HappyRobot, Poetic, and Decagon.

Meet the a16z Forward Deployed Engineer Fellows The 65 fellows we've selected to join the inaugural cohort America https://www.a16z.news/t/america | Tech https://www.a16z.news/t/technology | Opinion https://www.a16z.news/t/opinion | Culture https://www.a16z.news/t/culture | Charts https://www.a16z.news/t/charts We are excited to announce the fellows who will be part of the inaugural a16z Forward Deployed Engineer Fellowship, an 8-week cohort of FDEs and Applied AI leaders at the forefront of deploying AI into real-world enterprises. We received thousands of applications from talented people around the world. Today, we’re thrilled to share more about the inaugural cohort of 65 fellows who are leading FDE at companies like OpenAI, Mistral, Cognition, HappyRobot, Poetic, and Decagon. Many are Palantir alumni who are now founding members of companies pioneering the FDE playbook like Barry McCardel https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrymccardel/ from Hex, Kevin Bai https://www.linkedin.com/in/zkevinbai/ at Anthropic, Isa Gomez https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabel-gomez2/ from OpenAI, Senta Knuth https://www.linkedin.com/in/senta/ from ElevenLabs, and Vinoo Ganesh https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinoo-ganesh from Kepler. Some are FDE architects behind top high-growth startups like Luv Kothari http://www.linkedin.com/in/lkothari from Snowflake, Perry Ha https://www.linkedin.com/in/perryha95/ from Decagon, Bo Sun https://www.linkedin.com/in/bosunnusob/ at Notion, Leo Mehr https://www.linkedin.com/in/leomehr/ at Ramp, Niko Grupen https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikogrupen/ at Harvey, and Anitej Biradir https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitejb/ from ElevenLabs. Others are the next generation of FDE builders already deploying live like Priya Khandelwal https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-khandelwal-86b84018b/ from Nixo, Tom Kimbrell https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-kimbrell-773a6a90/ from Stuut, Lucas Kiefer https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucaskiefer/ from Strala, Kian Fattahy https://www.linkedin.com/in/kianfattahy/ from Saronic, Chelsey Fang https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsey-f/ from Pylon, Amy Jin https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayjin/ from Decagon, Rohan Ramani https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-ramani-066093155/ from Netic, Jakub Hojsan https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubhojsan from Exa, and Mariano Pennini https://linkedin.com/in/mariano-pennini from Spade. Congratulations and welcome, a16z Forward Deployed Engineer Fellows Sign up here to stay in the loop about future fellowships and a16z opportunities. This newsletter is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. Furthermore, this content is not investment advice, nor is it intended for use by any investors or prospective investors in any a16z funds. This newsletter may link to other websites or contain other information obtained from third-party sources - a16z has not independently verified nor makes any representations about the current or enduring accuracy of such information. If this content includes third-party advertisements, a16z has not reviewed such advertisements and does not endorse any advertising content or related companies contained therein. Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z; visit https://a16z.com/investment-list/ for a full list of investments. Other important information can be found at a16z.com/disclosures. You’re receiving this newsletter since you opted in earlier; if you would like to opt out of future newsletters you may unsubscribe immediately.