We bring a wealth of experience as founders, investors, and operators. Our team includes some of the best execution machines in the business—all passionate about solving hard problems and helping to build your company.

Technical Advisory Board (TAB)

The Pacific Northwest (PNW) boasts some of the best technical talent in the world. We are thrilled to unite the exceptional leaders who have been the heart of our technical community for decades. As founders tackle hard problems in this transformational time, the PSL TAB exists to support them with their unique expertise, experience, and relationships.

Ali Farhadi

CEO @ Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Bharat Shah

Former CVP of Microsoft Azure Cloud Security & Microsoft for Startups

Diego Oppenheimer

Partner @ Factory, Formerly CEO/Founder (Acquired by DataRobot)

Ed Lazowska

PSL TAB Chair: Ed Lazowska, Professor, and Bill & Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus, UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Jesse Rothstein

Co-founder, board director, and former CEO / CTO of ExtraHop

Joe Beda

Founder of Kubernetes, Founder & Former CTO of Heptio (acquired by VMware)

Lili Cheng

CVP Microsoft, AI & Research

Shwetak Patel

Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Department of Engineering Electrical & Computer, Head of Health Technologies at Google

Yejin Choi

UW Wissner-Slivka Chair of Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and Senior Research Director at AI2