Toni Schneider

San Francisco, California, United States

Bio

Professional summary

Toni Schneider is a Partner at True Ventures and, as of March 2026, is serving as interim CEO of Bluesky while remaining active at True. He was founding CEO of Automattic from 2006 to 2014, previously held leadership roles at Yahoo!, Oddpost, Uplister, and Aureal Semiconductor, and began as a software engineer building NASA virtual-reality simulators. Public bios and board profiles list board or portfolio involvement including Automattic, Bandcamp, Bigscreen, Handshake, Hatch, Fitbit, Peloton, Ring.com, Duo, and HashiCorp.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

BlueskyAutomatticBandcampBigscreenHandshakeHatch

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

BlueskyInterim CEO2026 – Present
True VenturesPartner2005 – Present
AutomatticFounding CEO2006 – 2014
Yahoo!VP, Yahoo! Developer Network2004 – 2006
OddpostCEO
UplisterCEO
Aureal SemiconductorVP Technology
Crystal River EngineeringSoftware Engineer

Education

Stanford UniversityBS in Computer Science
Santa Barbara City College

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