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Tim Tully taught himself to code at age 6 and still codes daily. Here's how computer science took him from startups to AI investing at Menlo Ventures.
- Tim Tully, a partner at Menlo Ventures, began writing code and making video games when he was six on his Apple II computer. He has a data center in his basement and writes code for some of his startup investments in his portfolio. Tully invested in generative AI startups at Menlo Ventures, including vector database Pinecone, LLM developer Anthropic, enterprise data cleaner Unstructured, conversational AI system Neon, and automated data cleanup program Cleanlab. Menlo Ventures closed a $1.35 billion fund last year to invest in AI startups. Tully's computer science background has been helpful in evaluating potential AI investments. Before being a VC, Tully worked at Dot-com era companies iScale and Pillar Data Systems, and at Yahoo for 14 years, where he worked his way up to lead engineering. He then spent 2017 at data analytics company, Splunk. Tully joined Menlo Ventures as a partner in 2021 and has been investing in various vertical AI categories, including legaltech, marketing, and automation, and is excited for AI coding assistants.
- Tim Tully is a partner at VC firm Menlo Ventures, adamant advocate of generative AI & former programmer and CTO.
- Tully taught himself to code at the age of six using Applesoft BASIC on an Apple 2 computer.
- He invested in generative AI startups Pinecone, Anthropic, Unstructured, Neon and Cleanlab at Menlo Ventures. He is also currently writing code for some of his portfolio companies.
- Before Menlo Ventures, Tim Tully worked at startups and Yahoo and was chief technology officer at data analytics company, Splunk in 2017. He has technical expertise operating software.
- Menlo Ventures closed a new $1.35bn fund last year to invest specifically in fledgling AI startups, and Tully invested in startups like Pinecone and Neon.
- Tully's background in computer science is helpful when it comes to evaluating potential AI investments as well as connecting with technical founders.
- Tully invested in nine startups since he joined Menlo Ventures in 2021. Tully has invested in legaltech, marketing, and automation, and is excited about opportunities in AI coding assistants.
- Tully's portfolio company, AI quality management software startup True Era was acquired by Snowflake earlier this year.
- Tully wants to invest in AI startups at the application layer testing various vertical AI categories and expedite his productivity by AI coding assistants.
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