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Sanjay Rao

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tau Ventures

About

Sanjay Rao brings an unusual combination of deep technical expertise from MIT and Microsoft engineering experience with enterprise strategy background from McKinsey, allowing him to understand both how AI products are built and how large organizations actually adopt them. He focuses specifically on enterprise AI and automation deals at Tau Ventures while actively writing detailed playbooks for AI services companies and multi-LLM enterprise architectures, positioning him as a thought partner for founders selling complex AI systems to corporations rather than a typical generalist investor. Sanjay Rao brings an unusual combination of deep technical expertise from MIT and Microsoft engineering experience with enterprise strategy background from McKinsey, allowing him to understand both how AI products are built and how large organizations actually adopt them. He focuses specifically on enterprise AI and automation deals at Tau Ventures while actively writing detailed playbooks for AI services companies and multi-LLM enterprise architectures, positioning him as a thought partner for founders selling complex AI systems to corporations rather than a typical generalist investor.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Sectors
Health
AI
Enterprise
Cybersecurity
BioTech

Investment details

Avg check size$500K
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA