Kevin Niechen
Investment Team·8VC
Bio
Professional summary
Kevin Niechen is a member of 8VC's investment team focused on enterprise software. Before 8VC, he researched systems architecture at the University of Maryland, worked on applied research in large-scale ML models at Airbnb AI Labs, and was an early engineer at Neeva, where he worked on ranking and built its first indexing pipeline.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- 8VCInvestment TeamPresent
- Airbnb AI LabsApplied Research
- NeevaEarly Engineer
- University of MarylandSystems Architecture Researcher
Education
- University of MarylandDegree not specified
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