# Addy Osmani

> Addy Osmani is a Series A investor at Google (Mountain View) backing Software and Open Source. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Google](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google)
- Location: Mountain View, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/addyosmani
- Website: https://x.com/addyosmani
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/addyosmaniofficial

Addy Osmani is a Series A investor at Google in Mountain View focused on Software and Open Source. Addy Osmani Is The Senior Staff Engineering Manager at Google.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Open Source | 1 | 100% |
| Generative AI | 1 | 100% |
| Software Engineering | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cline | Cline is a developer of an open‑source AI coding agent that automates software creation tasks within integrated development environments. It supports planning, file editing, terminal operations, and web browsing, all under user supervision. Cline integrates with multiple AI models and uses client-side architecture so code and API usage stay underuser control. The product includes Plan Mode and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, enabling exploration of codebases, defining project‑specific rules, and accessing external systems. It also offers team features like shared credits, admin controls, usage analytics, and audit logging, built on top of the same transparent, open‑source core. | $27M | Series A | Jul 31, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cox Exponential](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cox-exponential) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emergence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergence-capital-095d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emergence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergence-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Essence VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/essence-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pace Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pace-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Google

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Google provides the Android operating system, the Chrome web browser, and a search engine to support global connectivity. Its software suite includes productivity tools such as Gmail, Docs, and Calendar, alongside media platforms like YouTube and Google Play. The firm designs hardware, including the Pixel line of smartphones, tablets, and wearabledevices integrated with Wear OS. Through its research divisions, the company creates generative models and tools such as Gemini 3.1 and Veo 3.1 for image creation, video generation, and conversational assistance. Current features include Agentic Vision for visual reasoning and Personal Intelligence, which utilizes Google Photos for contextual content creation.

5 contacts available at Google.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aashima Gupta | Global Head - Healthcare Solutions, Google Cloud Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aashima-gupta |
| Addy Osmani | Senior Staff Software Engineer (Manager) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addy-osmani |
| Alex Okosi | Managing Director, Africa | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-okosi |
| Andrew Golding | Senior research scientist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-golding-2 |
| Andy Volk | Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Ecosystem | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-volk |

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## FAQ

### What does Addy Osmani invest in?

Addy Osmani invests primarily in Software, Open Source and Generative AI startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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