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EPISODE · Sep 5, 2025 · 58 MIN

Lauri Moore, Bessemer Partner: Early-Stage AI, Data & Dev Tools VC

from Venture with Grace · host Grace Gong

Lauri Moore is a Partner at Bessemer’s Silicon Valley office, where she focuses on early-stage opportunities in data, AI, developer tools, and related infrastructure. With a unique background spanning research, data science, product management, and investing, Lauri is a passionate ally and coach for entrepreneurs, collaborating with them to tackle the inevitable challenges of company building. Before joining Bessemer, Lauri was a Partner at Foundation Capital. She also co-founded a company that automated top-of-funnel screening using voice AI, leveraging one of the earliest (and ultimately not good enough) externalized BERT models in 2018. Lauri has held product leadership roles at LinkedIn and worked in data science and product across several startups. Her career began at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Research & Statistics Group, although her first job was as a figure skating coach. Lauri graduated from Columbia College, Columbia University, where she studied Mathematics, Economics, and History. She also holds an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where she was an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow.Topics: The Future of Developer ToolsThe New AI Stack in Data ML and InfrastructureData as the New Code#VentureCapital #AI #DataInfrastructure #DeveloperTools #Startups

Lauri Moore is a Partner at Bessemer’s Silicon Valley office, where she focuses on early-stage opportunities in data, AI, developer tools, and related infrastructure. With a unique background spanning research, data science, product management, and investing, Lauri is a passionate ally and coach for entrepreneurs, collaborating with them to tackle the inevitable challenges of company building. Before joining Bessemer, Lauri was a Partner at Foundation Capital. She also co-founded a company that automated top-of-funnel screening using voice AI, leveraging one of the earliest (and ultimately not good enough) externalized BERT models in 2018. Lauri has held product leadership roles at LinkedIn and worked in data science and product across several startups. Her career began at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Research & Statistics Group, although her first job was as a figure skating coach. Lauri graduated from Columbia College, Columbia University, where she studied Mathematics, Economics, and History. She also holds an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where she was an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow.Topics: The Future of Developer ToolsThe New AI Stack in Data ML and InfrastructureData as the New Code#VentureCapital #AI #DataInfrastructure #DeveloperTools #Startups

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