
Anna Patterson
Current Firm
Gradient Ventures
Investments
2+ companies
Focus
AI, Enterprise
About Anna Patterson
Anna Patterson brings unusually deep technical credibility to venture capital as Google's former VP of Engineering in AI who architected major parts of the company's search serving systems and co-founded multiple search companies including Cuil before becoming an investor. She focuses on AI infrastructure and tooling rather than applications, backing technical founding teams building foundational technologies with a long-term platform mindset shaped by her hands-on experience scaling complex AI systems.
Focus Areas
AIEnterpriseFintechDevToolsSaaS
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Notable Investments
Darian Shirazi
Zach Bratun-Glennon