
AI investor. Former exec, repeat founder.
Yan-David Erlich ("Yanda") is a technology investor, former operator, and repeat founder. He is a General Partner at B Capital where he invests in technology and AI startups from seed-stage to pre-IPO. Most recently, he was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Revenue Officer at Weights & Biases: the AI developer platform. Yanda angel invested in the company, led the Series A representing Coatue, and served as board director. After joining operationally, he built out and oversaw their global sales, customer success, BD & partnerships, strategy, and data science teams. Prior, Yanda was a General Partner at Coatue where he helped launch and manage the enterprise investing practice for the venture funds. He personally led a number of their AI investments. Yanda is a 4x venture-backed founder & CEO. He founded Parsable (acquired by CAI), ChoiceVendor (acquired by LinkedIn), Mogad (acquired by iSkoot/Qualcomm), and Happiness Engines. He’s also an active angel investor including in Thumbtack, MasterClass, Forethought, and Braintrust. He started his career with software engineering and product management roles at both Google and Microsoft. He has a Bachelor of Science in both Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering from Rice University (Phi Beta Kappa) and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
wandb.ai
parsable.com
battery.com
coatue.com
goo.gle
bcapgroup.com
trinityventures.com
San Francisco, California, United States
General Partner
B Capital
• www.linkedin.com/company/b-capital-group
Oct 2024 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
COO & CRO
Weights & Biases
• www.linkedin.com/company/wandb
Jun 2021 - Jul 2024
San Francisco Bay Area
Series A Investor & Board Director
Weights & Biases
• www.linkedin.com/company/wandb
Jan 2019 - Jun 2021
General Partner
Coatue Management
• www.linkedin.com/company/coatue
May 2018 - Jun 2021
SF Bay Area
Founding Managing Partner
Outlier Ventures
• www.linkedin.com/company/outlier-ventures
Jan 2008 - Dec 2018
San Francisco Bay Area
Founder & CEO
Parsable
• www.linkedin.com/company/parsable
May 2013 - Sep 2017
San Francisco Bay Area
Founder & CEO
Happiness Engines
• www.linkedin.com/company/happiness-engines
Jan 2011 - Dec 2013
San Francisco Bay Area