# Daniela Rus

> Daniela Rus is a seed investor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology backing Robotics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massachusetts-institute-of-technology-mit)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniela-rus-220b3
- Website: https://danielarus.csail.mit.edu/

Daniela Rus is a seed investor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston focused on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Daniela Rus is the Director of CSAIL at MIT. At MIT, she also serves as the Deputy Dean of Research at the Schwarzman College of Computing and Director of the Toyota-CSAIL Joint Research Center. She is a senior visiting fellow at Mitre and a member of several board. Rus' research interests are in robotics and artificial intelligence. Rus is aClass of 2002 MacArthur Fellow, a fellow of ACM, AAAI and IEEE, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the recipient of the 2017 Engelberger Robotics Award from the Robotics Industries Association. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Genesis AI | Genesis AI operates as a physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company. | $105M | Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Drysdale Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drysdale-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HorizenNet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horizennet-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HSG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hsg-cap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Massachusetts Institute of Technology

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a research university that conducts research and offers educational courses in science, technology, and engineering. Its five schools and one college encompass numerous academic departments, divisions, and degree-granting programs as well as interdisciplinary centers, laboratories, and programs.Degrees earned at MIT include bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate.Students from MIT are regularly named Fulbright Fellows, Marshall Scholars, Rhodes Scholars, Truman Scholars, and Gates Scholars.The faculty of MIT has won numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize, Medal of Science, John Bates Clark Medal, Fields Medal, PECASE awards, MacArthur ’genius’ grants, and more. Many faculty members are of the AAAS, IEEE, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and other prestigious societies.

5 contacts available at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniela Rus | Professor of EECS | — |
| David DesJardins | Member of the Corporation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-desjardins |
| James DiCarlo | Head, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences | — |
| Mick Mountz | Dean's Advisory Committee, School of Engineering | — |
| Paula T. Hammond | Head, Department of Chemical Engineering | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniela Rus invest in?

Daniela Rus invests primarily in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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