
Norman Winarsky is a Venture Capitalist, Venture Builder, Author, and Angel Investor. He is past President of SRI Ventures, which he founded and which has launched more than 70 companies with a total market value of over $100B. Norman was a co-founder and board member of Siri, which was a startup spun out from SRI in January 2008. Siri has now been incorporated into all Apple iPhones, computers, homepods, and more. He writes a free weekly technology blog for founders of breakthrough ventures (normanwinarsky.substack.com). He is co-author of "If You Really Want to Change the World: A Guide to Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Ventures," published by Harvard Press. He is a regular speaker on technology and ventures, and on the history of Siri. Norman has been a regular Lecturer in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, with a special focus on teaching how to create breakthrough companies. He has a particular interest in natural language, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and mobility systems.(See - http://nyti.ms/90nHFm) He was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford, Chairman of the University of Chicago Visiting Committee for the Physical Sciences, and a member of the National Academy Committee on Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies. He was also a National Science Foundation Fellow, and an invited member of the mathematics department of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. In 2000, Norman and his team received an Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in technological advancement related to HDTV. In addition, he has received RCA's highest honor, the Sarnoff Award. Norman graduated with a B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago and was awarded Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. In addition, he was awarded the Paul J. Cohen Award for the outstanding student in Mathematics. Specialties: Development of ventures and licensing opportunities, from concept through market development, team building, seed funding, identification of investors, and launch.
uchicago.edu
platformstud.io
sri.com
washingtonpost.com
tempo.ai
stanford.edu
Palo Alto, California, United States
Strategic Advisor
The Washington Post
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Mar 2025 - Present
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Strategic Advisor
Elemental Agronomy
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Dec 2023 - Present
Palo Alto, California, United States
Strategic Advisor
Medeloop.ai
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Jun 2022 - Present
President
Winarsky Ventures
Jan 2016 - Present
Palo Alto, California
Strategic Advisor
Kagi
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Jun 2022 - Sep 2024
Lecturer In Management
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Aug 2015 - Jan 2024
Palo Alto, CA
Strategic Advisor
NextSense.io
Nov 2020 - Jul 2023
Board Member
Physical Sciences Division Council, University of Chicago
Jun 2017 - Oct 2020
Chicago, Il
Advisory Board Member
Health2047
Jan 2016 - Oct 2020
San Francisco, CA
Visiting Scholar
Stanford University
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Oct 2011 - Oct 2012
Visiting Scholar
Stanford University
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Jul 2010 - Jul 2011