Tony

Liu

Partner

Constanoa
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AI & Data Infrastructure

Business Insider Rising Star
Product Mgmt at Databricks
Former Amazon & Turo
Kiwi / Taiwanese
BS/MS from Stanford
Superpower: Connecting dots 
between new tech and product

I invest when a founder shows me something obvious that nobody else noticed or believed possible.

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My Philosophy: 

I invest in data, AI, and developer infrastructure founders who challenge my assumptions and make me rethink what's possible.

There's nothing like partnering with founders at the earliest stages. Our firm brings deep operational expertise in recruiting, go-to-market, and scaling. But I see my most critical job as being the thought partner who helps founders see around corners—spotting the opportunities and risks that are hard to see when you're deep in execution.

Experience:

My career has taken me from practitioner to product management to investing, all in data and AI. I was an ML engineer at Amazon working on search ranking, then built Turo's first ID fraud model that drastically reduced stolen cars and became the foundation of their risk platform. At Databricks, I led product for Workspace, where data teams access and interact with their data. Now I invest in the tools and infrastructure I've worked with as both builder and user.

A Little More About Me: 

Born in Taiwan and raised in New Zealand, I moved to the Bay Area for college and have stuck around ever since. You can find me doing stroller runs through the Presidio with my daughter on weekends, followed by a homemade cappuccino.

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