Professional summary
Peter Deng is a General Partner at Felicis. His official profile describes his investment focus as companies unlocking new possibilities for consumers and businesses with AI, with interest up and down the AI stack and across verticals. Before Felicis, he held senior product leadership roles including VP at OpenAI leading the team behind ChatGPT, Chief Product Officer at Airtable, Head of Rider at Uber, and product leadership roles at Meta, Facebook, Messenger, News Feed, and Instagram. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford in Symbolic Systems and Human-Computer Interaction.
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Framing and angles for outreach
Strong fit for AI-native founders who can benefit from a senior product operator’s perspective on scaling consumer or business products.
What the partner has said or done recently
Official Felicis profile lists recent investment posts for Arena, Simular, Periodic Labs, Evertune, Paraform, Operand, and Extra.
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