# Hemal Shah

> Hemal Shah is a seed investor at OpenAI (San Francisco Bay Area) backing B2C and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OpenAI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/openai)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemaljshah
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hemal
- Website: http://hem.al

Hemal Shah is a seed investor at OpenAI in San Francisco Bay Area focused on B2C and Software. Hemal Shah is based out of San Francisco, California, and currently works as a product team of OpenAI.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2C | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Twine AI | Twine AI create an operating system for modern go-to-market and product teams. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About OpenAI

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that conducts research and develops machine learning technologies. OpenAI works on projects that involve autonomous learning and task performance. It serves industries such as technology, healthcare, and education.

5 contacts available at OpenAI.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hemal Shah | Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hemal-shah |
| Hessam Bagherinezhad | Member of Technical Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hessam-bagherinezhad-b28a |
| Sarah Friar | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-friar |
| Scott Gray | Member of Technical Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-gray-4 |
| Venkat Venkataramani | VP of Platform Infrastructure | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venkat-venkataramani |

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## FAQ

### What does Hemal Shah invest in?

Hemal Shah invests primarily in B2C, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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