🧠 Thinking about how we can align technology with human prosperity.
If anything piques interest, drop me a note. You can also find me on Twitter.
🌐 About
Backed founders at Chapter One. Built products at Meta. Told stories about AI at Google. Wrote about US military innovation. Read Presidential speeches and studied political rhetoric, among other things.
Greek by blood. Eating Mexican tacos in childhood, walking in Central Park through adolescence, simulating deal negotiations in Huntsman Hall in Philadelphia, and hauling carbon up Hawk Hill in San Francisco. When duty calls tending to Greek island waves.
⏳ Currently
- Running experiments at the intersection of technology & national security.
- Investing and advising early stage companies on product and growth.
- Building the next generation of technical leaders to Expand the West and contribute to American National Prosperity through Archimedes Labs.
- Learning and thinking about questions worth pondering.
- Studying and stealing from legendary, exceptional humans.
🕊️ Experiences
Menelaos Mazarakis is currently building a startup in the national security and defense space. Previously he was the first hire and Partner at Chapter One, an early stage venture fund focused on investing in transformational web3 companies. Menelaos has always found his interest at the intersection of emerging technologies and policy.
Earlier in his career, Menelaos was the PM for civic products at Instagram, focused on the US2020 election. He led product development for civic defense and offense products at Instagram, including misinformation, election interference, and voter registration. He began at Facebook on the crypto team building out the digital wallet and currency Libra. He is on the far left side of the tech adopter’s curve as an early adopter, especially across consumer products.
Menelaos worked at Google AI during college where we helped draft Google's AI Principles that guide how research is designed and applied. This inspired his thesis at Penn (Huntsman Program) on the relationship between Silicon Valley and the US military on AI innovation and policy under the mentorship of Professor Michael Horowitz.
Last updated: Mar 24, 2024