Adam Cheyer
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Adam Cheyer is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Video and Software. Adam Cheyer is currently VP or AI Experience at Airbnb, coming through the acquisition of GamePlanner.ai, where Adam was co-founder and CEO. Previously, Adam was co-founder and VP Engineering at Viv Labs, a company that simplifies the world by providing an intelligent interface to everything. Viv Labs was acquired by Samsung in 2016.Previously, Adam was co-founder and vice president of engineering of Siri Inc., and, after Apple acquired the company, a director of engineering in Apple’s iOS group. Adam was also a a member of the founding team at Change.org, an international community of more than 500 million members who fight for what’s right locally, nationally, and globally. Adam also co-founded Sentient Technologies (formerly Genetic Finance), which distributes machine learning algorithms across a massive distributed cluster to discover novel solutions to complex problems.As a researcher in Artificial Intelligence at SRI International, Adam authored more than 60 publications and 39 patents. He was Chief Architect of CALO, the largest AI project in US history. Adam graduated with highest honors from Brandeis University and received the “Outstanding Masters Student” from UCLA’s School of Engineering.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Adam Cheyer invests in
Stages Adam Cheyer invests in
Countries Adam Cheyer invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Video 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
- Computer Vision 1 (50%)
- Machine Learning 1 (50%)
- Speech Recognition 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Brilliant Labs is a web for technology-based data transformation that offers services for digital and physical use. Brilliant Labs is building an ecosystem to catalyze the development of the emerging web. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.It was founded in 2019 and is located in Hong Kong,Hong Kong Island. | $3M / Seed / Jun 27, 2023 | ||
| Disruptel is a visually-aware artificial intelligence that understands image and video content. It enables people to ask questions about what they're watching and purchasing products that appear on-screen. Disruptel partners with streaming services, device manufacturers, and operating systems. The company was founded in 2017 and isheadquartered in St Louis, Missouri. | $1.8M / Seed / Mar 12, 2021 |
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FAQ
What does Adam Cheyer invest in?
Adam Cheyer invests primarily in Video, Software and Computer Vision startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Adam Cheyer invest in?
Adam Cheyer typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$3M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Adam Cheyer's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Adam Cheyer took part in.
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When did Adam Cheyer last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Adam Cheyer closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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