Adam Piasecki
Senior Associate, Vertical AI
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Bio
Professional summary
Brian Schechter is Partner, Infrastructure at Primary Venture Partners. His official profile describes his thesis as focused on AI demand, semiconductor constraints, and first-principles founders building compute infrastructure for superintelligence. He is a two-time founder and former teacher, and his profile highlights hands-on work with infrastructure teams. Primary says he led the seed round and joined the board of Etched in 2023 and led the seed round for Atero in 2024.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
seedpre-seedSeries ASeries B
Sector
infrastructureAI infrastructuresemiconductorsdeveloper toolscybersecurity
Thesis
compute infrastructure for AIfirst-principles technical foundershard infrastructure problems
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
EtchedAteroCakeHaiquPluralTabsTeleskopeArk Biotech
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with the technical inevitability of the infrastructure shift and why your team has the rare insight to solve it. He appears most relevant for deeply technical founders building AI compute, data, developer, or infrastructure layers where a seed investor can help shape strategy, hiring, and enterprise adoption.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his compute-infrastructure thesis around AI demand and semiconductor limits.
- 2Connect to his work with Etched if the company touches AI inference or specialized compute.
- 3Mention his founder-to-investor path when framing founder empathy and operational needs.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Led the 2023 seed round for Etched and joined the board, according to his official Primary profile.
Led the 2024 seed round for Atero, a GPU cluster memory orchestration software company later acquired by Crusoe.
Appeared in a July 2025 VC Insights interview discussing AI investing, specialist VC strategies, and value-added founder support.
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