Shahin Farshchi, Ph.D.

Shahin empowers entrepreneurs aiming to accelerate humanity towards a fantastic future through feats of engineering.  His recent investments at Lux Capital include Nervana, the deep learning company recently acquired by Intel; Planet Labs, which is launching the world's largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites; Plethora, which is rolling out a fleet of robotic machine shops; Flex Logix, making chips that can reprogram themselves; Relativity Space, launching 3D-printed rockets; Mythic, bringing powerful deep learning to edge devices, and Zoox, what comes after the automobile.