• First sales hire in the $2B+ experiment & model management market
• Advised 15+ AI infrastructure companies over 8 years
• Helped scale Comet ML from seed to Series B, closing 150+ customers including Uber, Cisco, Etsy, Netflix
• 54% of his advising clients went on to raise Series A, 18% raised Series B
• Built deep expertise at the intersection of AI infrastructure sales and company building

• AI-native infrastructure
• AI-native applications
• Pre-seed and seed stage exclusively
• US-based AI startups

Positron (AI inference chips), Akash (GPU server cooling), Lexroom (Italian AI legal assistant), Examen, and 10+ other AI-native startups.

• Excellent fit — Banyan is an AI-only fund, one of the few sub-$50M funds dedicated exclusively to AI
• His AI infrastructure sales background means he can help with GTM strategy for AI products
• The $750K sweet spot check size is perfect for pre-seed/seed AI agent companies
• His track record of advising AI infra companies (54% went on to raise Series A) shows real value-add
• Small fund = more attention per portfolio company
• Published insights on top AI pre-seed investors, showing he's deeply networked in the AI VC ecosystem