Richard Socher — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as CEO at you.com since 2020, an AI chat assistant that provides answers.
Founder and General Partner at AIX Ventures since 2021, investing in startups.
Founded MetaMind, an AI company that was acquired by Salesforce in 2016.
Served as Chief Scientist (EVP) at Salesforce from 2016 to 2020, leading teams in fundamental and applied AI research, product incubation, and a cross-product AI platform.
Holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University (2014), specializing in deep learning, AI, machine learning, natural language processing, and vision.

Biography

Richard Socher is the CEO of you.com, an AI chat assistant launched in 2020 that aims to provide comprehensive answers. Concurrently, he is the Founder and General Partner at AIX Ventures, a firm he established in 2021 to invest in startups.

Prior to his current roles, Socher was the Chief Scientist (EVP) at Salesforce from 2016 to 2020.