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Anna Patterson

Founder and Managing Partner, Gradient VenturesGradient VenturesSan Francisco, CA

Current Firm

Gradient Ventures

Focus

AI, Enterprise

About Anna Patterson

Anna Patterson brings unusually deep technical credibility to venture capital as Google's former VP of Engineering in AI who architected major parts of the company's search serving systems and co-founded multiple search companies including Cuil before becoming an investor. She focuses on AI infrastructure and tooling rather than applications, backing technical founding teams building foundational technologies with a long-term platform mindset shaped by her hands-on experience scaling complex AI systems.

Focus Areas

AIEnterpriseFintechDevToolsSaaS

Investment Stage

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+