
Person profile
Naveen Rao
CEO, Unconventional AI
- Founded
- Unconventional AI, MosaicML, Nervana Systems
- Backed
- Unconventional AI, Volantis, Topos Bio +1 more
- Education
- Stanford University, Duke University, Brown University
Investments 4
Companies backed, as recorded by Dealroom. Highest company valuations first.

Unconventional AI
$4.5B valuation (2025)Unicorn
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Volantis
$528M valuation (2026)

Topos Bio
$63M valuation (2026)
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Sphinx
$57M valuation (2025)
Companies founded
Currently
Active roles, board seats and partnerships.

Databricks
$190B valuation (2026)Centacorn
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Neureality
$175M valuation (2024)
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Allen Institute for Brain Science

Allen Institute for Cell Science

Beacon Biosignals
$430M valuation (2026)
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Work history
Past roles by Dealroom records.

Luminous Computing
$630M valuation (2022)
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Square
$49.7B valuation (2026)

Intel
$332B valuation (2026)
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Digital Fountain
$120M valuation (2001)
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Qualcomm
$190B valuation (2026)
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Brown University

Investment Technology Group
$1B valuation (2018)
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W&W Communications
$19.3M valuation (2008)

Sun Microsystems
$7.4B valuation (2009)

IBM
$231B valuation (2026)
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Education

Stanford University

Duke University

Brown University
Talks 1
Interviews and talks Dealroom has written up, with the key moments.


