Christopher A.

President & CEO

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 26 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023
Angel investor🌍 United States
7
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Oct 2020
AI-powered automation for every decision. At Palantir, our software powers AI-driven decisions in critical government and commercial enterprises in the West, from the factory floors to the front lines. Our platforms feature advanced tools for data protection, governance, responsible use of AI, and civilian protection capabilities for defense applications. Dominate your most complex problems with Palantir.
Angel Investor
Jan 2011
SalaryShark was created with a basic premise and determined purpose in mind to make people’s lives better. It transforms hourly and commissioned employees to salaried professionals on a large scale. We are completely dedicated to our mission in order to change the narrative that says that you must have a college degree and work in an office in order to be successful. Our students learn how to become full desk executive recruiters in order to work in national corporations around the world. Our course will teach you the foundational structure and all the critical elements of the recruitment process from start to finish. Our goal is to make sure our graduates are able to perform at the highest level of any industry with clear guidance and a straight forward real life Recruitment approach. We want to change the Recruiting landscape of how hiring is done nationwide and across the globe one student at a time.
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Oct 2010
Tesla is accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable abundance. To achieve our mission, were building a world powered by solar, enabled by battery storage and transported by electric vehicles. We’re committed to hiring and developing top talent from around the world for any given discipline. Headquartered in Texas, we operate six huge, vertically integrated factories across three continents. With over 100,000 employees, our teams take a first-principles approach to designing, building, selling and servicing our products in-house. Our world-class teams operate with a non-conventional philosophy of inter-disciplinary collaboration. Each member of the team is expected to challenge and to be challenged, to create, and to innovate. We’re tackling the world’s most difficult and important problems—and we wouldn’t succeed without our shared passion for making the world a better place.
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2023
Investor
Jan 2023
At C3 AI, we put your data to work for you. Get ahead of supply chain delays before they affect your delivery deadlines. Reduce energy costs and track sustainability goals in real time, improving building operations and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Connect disparate health record systems to optimize patient visits and decrease waitlist time. And do it all more efficiently with generative AI. The only generative AI built for the enterprise, C3 Generative AI sits on top of our proven Enterprise AI solutions, including the C3 AI Platform and our portfolio of turnkey applications, that have already transformed the way dozens of complex businesses work. Learn more about how we are reshaping the world with AI: www.c3.ai.
2021
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Jan 2021
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays, experiences and services that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
2020
Investor
Oct 2020
AI-powered automation for every decision. At Palantir, our software powers AI-driven decisions in critical government and commercial enterprises in the West, from the factory floors to the front lines. Our platforms feature advanced tools for data protection, governance, responsible use of AI, and civilian protection capabilities for defense applications. Dominate your most complex problems with Palantir.
2011
Angel Investor
Jan 2011
SalaryShark was created with a basic premise and determined purpose in mind to make people’s lives better. It transforms hourly and commissioned employees to salaried professionals on a large scale. We are completely dedicated to our mission in order to change the narrative that says that you must have a college degree and work in an office in order to be successful. Our students learn how to become full desk executive recruiters in order to work in national corporations around the world. Our course will teach you the foundational structure and all the critical elements of the recruitment process from start to finish. Our goal is to make sure our graduates are able to perform at the highest level of any industry with clear guidance and a straight forward real life Recruitment approach. We want to change the Recruiting landscape of how hiring is done nationwide and across the globe one student at a time.
2010
Investor
Oct 2010
Tesla is accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable abundance. To achieve our mission, were building a world powered by solar, enabled by battery storage and transported by electric vehicles. We’re committed to hiring and developing top talent from around the world for any given discipline. Headquartered in Texas, we operate six huge, vertically integrated factories across three continents. With over 100,000 employees, our teams take a first-principles approach to designing, building, selling and servicing our products in-house. Our world-class teams operate with a non-conventional philosophy of inter-disciplinary collaboration. Each member of the team is expected to challenge and to be challenged, to create, and to innovate. We’re tackling the world’s most difficult and important problems—and we wouldn’t succeed without our shared passion for making the world a better place.
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