Our diverse team of studio partners brings a wealth of management, execution, and innovation experience across all sectors that will be impacted by AI.
Chee-We Ng
Founding Partner OakSeed Ventures
Chee-We is the founding managing partner of Oakseed Ventures. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Masters and Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. He’s built high security encryption devices and performed research in Artificial Intelligence and focuses on AI & Cybersecurity investments at Oakseed.
Anoop Nannra
Co-Founding Venture Studio Partner
Anoop brings +30 years of innovation experience to Oakseed Venture Studio having been on both the buy and sell side of the technology journey. A recognized Cybersecurity, AI, and Blockchain leader, Anoop has led transformation and strategic initiatives spanning telecommunications, enterprise, media, sustainability, and finance industries. and advices a number of VC’s and startups
Chris Stark
Co-Founding Venture Studio Partner
Chris was the Chairman and co-founder of the CBRS Alliance, and previously Chief Business Development Officer for Nokia Networks in North America. As the Chairman of the CBRS Alliance, Chris oversaw the launch of OnGo® shared spectrum technology and its ecosystem designed to create innovative wireless opportunities for enterprise, industrial, and consumer users. Chris has interacted with the US Government on numerous issues ranging from spectrum policy, antitrust issues, and the 5g Task Force.
Advisors
At Oakseed Venture Studio, we’ve curated a group of the best advisors the industries of cybersecurity and AI has to offer. Our advisors are here to help venture founders with everything from ideation, technology selection, architecture, funding, go-to-market, and more.
Erik Larson
Artificial Intelligence Advisor
Erik is a computer scientist, philosopher, linguist, and tech entrepreneur who has written for The Atlantic, Wired, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Hedgehog Review, American Affairs Journal, and many professional publications for research on natural language processing. Erik has also authored a best selling book on the topic of AI, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do (Harvard Belknap Press, 2021). Erik is a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Cultire at the University of Virginia, and a Visiting Researcher at the Santa Fe Institute. The found of 2 DARPA funded companies, Erik also bring innovation and leadership insights to OVS.
Todd C. Hughes
Public Sector and Innovation Advisor
Dr. Todd C. Hughes is a valued advisor to OVS, providing expertise in cutting-edge technologies and strategic growth in artificial intelligence. He has a distinguished career in the tech industry, holding positions such as Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Scientific Systems, Senior Vice President of Technology at BigBear.ai, and Chief Technology Officer at Next Century Corporation. Dr. Hughes has a proven track record of establishing successful business lines and has made significant contributions to analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. He has also served at DARPA, Lockheed Martin, and Cycorp, and holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.