Derik Pridmore

Co Founder, CEO at Osaro

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2014
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Dec 2014
Clarifai is an independent artificial intelligence company that specializes in computer vision, natural language processing, and audio recognition. One of the first deep learning platforms having been founded in 2013, Clarifai provides an AI platform for unstructured image, video, text, and audio data. Its platform supports the full AI lifecycle for data exploration, data labeling, model training, evaluation, and inference around images, video, text, and audio data. Headquartered in Washington DC, Clarifai uses machine learning and deep neural networks to identify and analyze images, videos, text, and audio automatically. Clarifai enables users to implement AI technology into their products via API, Mobile SDK, and/or on-premise solutions.
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Apr 2011
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2015
Co Founder
2015
OSARO delivers best-in-class robotic piece-picking solutions for e-commerce where key challenges include high SKU inventories, complex packaging, and fragile items. In the rapidly evolving world of logistics technology, OSARO offers smarter automation, low-risk business plans, and its signature Hypercare support from exploration to installation. OSARO’s intelligent robots enable goods-to-robot (G2R) use cases, where the greatest gains are yet to be made on the automated warehouse floor. Its AI-driven, machine-learning vision and control software provides the foundation for all its products. OSARO employs a diverse & talented team of experts in the specialized field of machine and deep learning. Our core values are integrity, responsibility, focus on continuous learning, speed and determination, and kirei, a Japanese term meaning brilliant. Our team is dedicated to building these core values into our products.
2014
Investor
Dec 2014
Clarifai is an independent artificial intelligence company that specializes in computer vision, natural language processing, and audio recognition. One of the first deep learning platforms having been founded in 2013, Clarifai provides an AI platform for unstructured image, video, text, and audio data. Its platform supports the full AI lifecycle for data exploration, data labeling, model training, evaluation, and inference around images, video, text, and audio data. Headquartered in Washington DC, Clarifai uses machine learning and deep neural networks to identify and analyze images, videos, text, and audio automatically. Clarifai enables users to implement AI technology into their products via API, Mobile SDK, and/or on-premise solutions.
Advisor
Aug 2014
Sliced Investing is online platform that provides access to top private investments for financial advisors and accredited investors. Sliced automates all of the previously manual processes associated with making an alternative investment, facilitating electronic signing of subscription documents and streamlined reporting. Sliceds Advisor workstation allows financial advisors a one stop shop for their alternative investments and integrates seamlessly with leading custodians, reporting platforms and file storage systems.
2012
Co-Founder, Partner
2012
Arda Capital Management is a SEC registered quantitative equity long/short hedge fund formed in February 2012 in San Francisco. Arda's founders are experienced in quantitative investments and have proven track record in developing and operating start-up funds. We launched our initial fund, Arda Asia Pacific Alpha fund, in Q3 of 2012 with $100 Million AUM seeded by Billionaire technology investor and hedge fund manager Peter Thiel. For additional information, please contact info@ardacapital.com.
2011
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