hey there! i'm an early-stage1 venture investor at hashed. i believe2 that:
(-) financial infrastructure and assets will run on programmable, composable, and distributed rails
(-) consumer data, memory, and context economies will exist in a local, decentralized, and private manner
(-) interesting AI scaling and model infrastructure will continue to push frontier intelligence
(-) we can throw frontier models to solve hard problems in life sciences, deployment-ready robotics, and smart defense
investments include: agi inc., conduit
i'm also:
(-) building out euclid labs with my friends kiyan and antoine
(-) learning collaboratively with [rcnyc] to examine compelling frontier r&d ideas
(-) conducting research with prof. christine parlour @ haas school of business
i do some writing about conceptual frameworks in venture investing & technology, niche areas of frontier research i find exciting, and interesting conversations i have with folks in the space.
i also enjoy reading, and i'm currently studying Technological Revolutions & Financial Capital by Prof. Carlota Perez.
prior to joining hashed:
(-) [2024 - 2026] research analyst @ placeholder vc
(-) [2023 - 2024] president @ blockchain at berkeley
(-) [summer '23] fpga research intern @ intel (contributed to interesting research)
(-) [2022 - 2023] managing director @ berkeley blockchain xcelerator
(-) [2021 - 2024] bachelor's in electrical engineering & computer science @ uc berkeley
drop me a line at gurnoor(at)hashed(dot)com. find me on twitter, linkedin, and github.