Russ Wilcox founded and led E Ink from MIT lab concept to a half-billion-dollar exit, personally overseeing deep materials science, patent strategy, factory scale-up, and global device adoption including the Kindle, giving him unusually hands-on experience commercializing platform hardware from raw science through mass manufacturing. As a serial deep-tech founder turned VC at Pillar VC, he continues to actively found companies like his recent startup Trellis Air while leveraging his network of Boston unicorn founders from Wayfair, DraftKings, and Ginkgo Bioworks as co-investors and hands-on advisors for his portfolio companies. Russ Wilcox founded and led E Ink from MIT lab concept to a half-billion-dollar exit, personally overseeing deep materials science, patent strategy, factory scale-up, and global device adoption including the Kindle, giving him unusually hands-on experience commercializing platform hardware from raw science through mass manufacturing. As a serial deep-tech founder turned VC at Pillar VC, he continues to actively found companies like his recent startup Trellis Air while leveraging his network of Boston unicorn founders from Wayfair, DraftKings, and Ginkgo Bioworks as co-investors and hands-on advisors for his portfolio companies.