hi — i'm shan
now
- investor @ true ventures → ai infra, devtools, open source, consumer‑ai applications & decentralized science
- building internal AI tools + Raycast workflows for the True team
- perfecting pourovers with custom gear & too many V60 experiments ☕
- eldest of three brothers
previously
- first product / eng hire @ Cometeer (seed → series C)
- sequoia scout → tumeke • marriage pact see /portfolio
- symbolic systems @ stanford; co-organized treehacks & the vc club
- built embedded tools in C at a dev shop in Białystok, Poland
- desci‑product research fellow @ flipside crypto
side quests
- cooked stations at Aziza, State Bird Provisions, The Anchovy Bar & Ramen Shop → now fermenting kimchi & slow‑cooking rendang
- educational equity → Promise Village Academy (helping establish K‑12 schooling for Maasai children)
- reading widely: recently lit‑fic off man booker longlists, 20th century history syllabi, and systems‑thinking stacks see /books
elsewhere
- email → shan@trueventures.com
- x / gh → @rshanreddy / @rshanreddy