Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and Innovation Endeavors co-founder, focuses on funding what he calls super evolution—backing founders who combine scientific breakthroughs with massive computational power to accelerate how industrial and scientific systems evolve. He brings a distinctive national capability lens to venture investing, connecting his work with the need for stronger technology ecosystems and leveraging his government advisory background to take a more geo-strategic approach than typical VCs. Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and Innovation Endeavors co-founder, focuses on funding what he calls super evolution—backing founders who combine scientific breakthroughs with massive computational power to accelerate how industrial and scientific systems evolve. He brings a distinctive national capability lens to venture investing, connecting his work with the need for stronger technology ecosystems and leveraging his government advisory background to take a more geo-strategic approach than typical VCs.