Building conviction
at the intersection of
AI & capital.
I've shipped software at Facebook and the Federal Reserve, advised Fortune 500s at McKinsey, and now invest in AI applications at Scale Venture Partners.
About
From shipping
products to
backing founders.
Originally from Romania and raised in Northern Virginia, I caught the engineering bug early — learning to code in middle school through video games. I studied Computer Science and Business at Rice University, then shipped code at Facebook and the Federal Reserve before advising Fortune 500 clients at McKinsey across energy, tech, and consumer sectors.
Now as a Senior Associate at Scale Venture Partners, I focus on AI applications — evaluating not just product-market fit, but founder-market fit. My engineering background lets me read code, assess technical architecture, and understand what it truly takes to ship. I led the build of Scale Studio, our internal data and benchmarking platform, before moving to the investment team.
Writing
Recent thinking.
Announcing Our Investment in GC AI
Scale Venture Partners led a $60M Series B for GC AI, a legal technology platform built specifically for in-house legal teams to automate research, contract review, and policy drafting.
Should You Tip Your AI Agent? How Software Pricing Is Changing
How outcome-based pricing is replacing seat-based subscriptions as AI agents take on more work — and what it means for the next generation of software companies.
The Path from Zero to IPO: Revisiting the Mendoza Line
What it takes for early-stage SaaS founders to reach IPO scale — updated benchmarks on growth rates, timelines, and the minimum bar at each revenue stage.
Projects
Things I've built.
Portfolio
Selected investments.
Let's build something
worth building.
I invest in AI applications at Scale Venture Partners. If you're a founder building in AI - I'd love to hear your story.