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Poolside: Frontier research to operational intelligence | Icebreaker

Poolside: Frontier research to operational intelligence

Poolside: Frontier research to operational intelligence

Poolside is a foundation model company bringing intelligence to everywhere work gets done. Our mission is to drive abundance for humanity by creating artificial general intelligence.

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Founding engineer @ poolside / ex-Yandex

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Co-founder & Managing Partner at Frst

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Principal at eBay Ventures (CVC), focused on AI and eCommerce innovation. In addition to investing, I contribute to eBay’s broader AI innovation efforts, connecting internal teams with founders and emerging technologies. I also help shape strategy at eBay, particularly where AI intersects with product, business, and innovation priorities. My background combines a Ph.D. in Computer Science, an MBA, and hands-on experience as a founder. That mix gives me perspective on both technical depth and the realities of building startups. At eBay Ventures, I lead investments end to end: sourcing, due diligence, portfolio support, and board engagement. Before eBay, I invested in Deep Tech, SaaS, and AI-driven marketplaces at Verve Ventures and Lighthouse Ventures in Europe.

Rashmi Gopinath

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Experienced Investing Partner with a demonstrated history of investing in cutting-edge enterprise software startups as well as operating success leading business development and GTM roles for high-growth startups. Unique combination of strong technical skills, GTM acumen and venture investing in areas such as datacenter & cloud infrastructure, data & analytics, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and devops. Recognized by GrowthCap as Top 20 Software Investor for four straight years in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Also recognized by Global Corporate Venturing in 2020 as #5 of top 50 Emerging Leaders in global CVC funds. Nominated by InformationAge and Women in IT for 2018 “Woman of the year” and “Business role model of the year”, and "Business role model of the year 2019" awards. Recognized by Forbes in an article on top female VC leaders.

Liam Boogar-Azoulay

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Building the world's first AI Customer Support Engineer @ Waypoint AI

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Revenue Leader @ poolside | Former GitHub VP | Team Builder

Sergei Laktionov

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MoE @ poolside | RL | UK Global Talent

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Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures

Brian Fitzgerald

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Machine learning engineer, working on generative language and diffusion models.

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Please reach out to connect via a mutual contact. Thank you-- Media: Financial Times (print), Wall Street Journal (print), Bloomberg (US), NY Post (print), 2021 Rising Stars, 40 Under 40 - Venture Capital Journal (US), Fireside with a VC (podcast), TechCrunch, Financial Times (print), Fearless Media (US), AltAssets (UK), Bloomberg (Germany), Masters of Corporate Venture Capital (USA) LA NACIONAL (Argentina), El Financiero/Bloomberg (Mexico), eBizLatam (Argentina), TheDISHDaily (US), CIO Daily (US), Global Corporate Venturing (UK). VC Speaking Engagements: Capital Creation Monaco, Siemer Summit, South Summit Madrid, Red Innova (Buenos Aires), MITA Institute Tech Talks, Global Venture Forum, Innovation Enterprise, Corporate Venturing Summit, NY Venture Summit, IBF Venture Capital & Investing Conference, IBF VC Investing Conference, New York Venture Summit, Corporate Venture and Innovation Partnership 2014, CES, Evernote EC3, Telecom Council TC3, Global Technology Symposium, Mobile Commerce World, Silicon Valley Open Doors, NestGSV. Government Advisory / Speaking Engagements: 10 Downing St VC Advisory panel to UK Prime Minister, Enterprise Ireland: Access Silicon Valley (hosted by Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Gov. Jerry Brown), Portugal Ventures Advisory Panel, California Spain Chamber of Commerce Investor Summit. University Lecturing: Instituto de Empresa Business School Madrid, UCLA Anderson School of Business.