Richard Socher
Richard is the Managing Partner and Founder of AIX Ventures and CEO/Founder of you.com. Richard previously served as the Chief Scientist and EVP at Salesforce, where he lead teams working on fundamental research, applied research, product incubation, search, customer service automation and a cross-product AI platform for unstructured and structured data. Before that, Richard was the CEO/CTO of AI startup MetaMind, acquired by Salesforce in 2016. Richard received his Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford University in 2014 and later served as an adjunct professor in the CS department at Stanford. Outside of work, Richard enjoys paramotor adventures and photography.
AIX Ventures and You.com
Senior Leadership AIxBioPharma Luncheon - Inflection Points: Lessons from Computing and Cloud to Catalyze AI in Bio
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This invite-only luncheon brings together a curated group of senior leaders driving the convergence of AI and BioPharma. Hosted at SynBioBeta 2025, the event is primarily a unique opportunity to network with C-level executives, investors, and researchers shaping the future of AIxBIO. In addition to high-level networking, the luncheon will feature a panel conversation titled Inflection Points: Lessons from Computing and Cloud to Catalyze AI in Bio. Moderated by Celestine Schnugg, Founding Partner at Boom Capital, the session will explore how decades of innovation in computing and cloud infrastructure can inform the next wave of breakthroughs in biology. Joining the conversation are Sandy Pentland, a pioneer in data science and professor at MIT; Richard Socher, CEO of You.com and former Chief Scientist at Salesforce; Simon Kohl, Co-Founder and CEO of Latent Labs; and Nabiha Saklayen, Co-Founder and CEO of Cellino. Together, they will examine how lessons from past technological inflection points can be applied—and adapted—to the emerging era of AI-driven biology. https://lu.ma/a8odlz08
