# Davis Treybig

> Davis Treybig is General Partner at Innovation Endeavors, a deep tech venture firm in Palo Alto co-founded by Eric Schmidt. After graduating valedictorian from Duke's engineering school and spending three years as a Product Manager at Google working on Chrome, Google Assistant, and Pixel, he joined Innovation Endeavors and rose from Associate to General Partner in six years. His investment focus spans software and computing infrastructure, AI/ML tools, developer tooling, cybersecurity, and data systems. A prolific writer on Substack and Medium, he is known for research-driven due diligence - spending months in a space before writing a check - and for being the first call many founders make when sparring a new idea.

- **Role:** General Partner at Innovation Endeavors
- **Organizations:** Innovation Endeavors, Earthly Technologies, Bauplan, Dosu, Mesa
- **From:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (double major), Duke University, High School Diploma (Valedictorian), St. Stephens Episcopal High School
- **Known for:** Valedictorian of Duke University's engineering school (2016) with a perfect 4.0 GPA, High school valedictorian at St. Stephens Episcopal High School, Received the George Sherrerd III Memorial Award and Walter J. Seeley Scholastic Award at Duke

## Career timeline

- **2015** — APM Intern at Google, working on Chrome performance and internal tooling
- **2016** — Graduated Duke University as engineering school valedictorian with perfect 4.0 GPA; joined Google as Associate Product Manager on Actions on Google (Google Assistant developer platform)
- **2017** — Moved to Google Pixel software team as Associate Product Manager
- **2018** — Promoted to Product Manager on Google Pixel Software
- **2019** — Left Google; co-authored 'The Product Diploma: Breaking Into Product Management Out of College' with Alan Ni; joined Innovation Endeavors as Associate
- **2022** — Co-hosted MLOps Coffee Sessions podcast episode on investing in MLOps; promoted to Principal at Innovation Endeavors
- **2023** — Promoted to Partner at Innovation Endeavors; led investment in Earthly Technologies ($7M seed round); published 'A Foundation Model Primer'
- **2024** — Led Eppo Series B ($28M); paneled at TEDAI San Francisco; launched Substack focused on computing infrastructure
- **2025** — Promoted to General Partner at Innovation Endeavors (May); led Extend Series A ($17M) and Capsule Series A ($12M); published 'State of Foundation Models 2025'

## Achievements

- Valedictorian of Duke University's engineering school (2016) with a perfect 4.0 GPA
- High school valedictorian at St. Stephens Episcopal High School
- Received the George Sherrerd III Memorial Award and Walter J. Seeley Scholastic Award at Duke
- Co-authored 'The Product Diploma: Breaking Into Product Management Out of College' (2019)
- Founded CollegeProductManager.com to help graduates break into APM roles
- Rose from Associate to General Partner at Innovation Endeavors in six years
- Board member at Earthly Technologies, Bauplan, Dosu, and Mesa
- Published 100+ slide 'State of Foundation Models 2025' research report
- Panelist at TEDAI San Francisco (2024) on computing infrastructure and ML applications

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Promoted to General Partner at Innovation Endeavors after six years with the firm
- **2025-06** — Published 'State of Foundation Models 2025' - a 100+ slide comprehensive analysis of the foundation model market
- **2025-04** — Led Series A investments in Extend ($17M toward $92M total) and Capsule ($12M toward $20M total)
- **2024-08** — Led Eppo Series B funding round of $28M (toward $48M total) alongside Icon Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and Amplify Partners
- **2024-10** — Participated as panelist at TEDAI San Francisco on topics including computing infrastructure and ML applications
- **2024-07** — Published 'UX Design for Agentic Systems' on Substack

## Links

- Website: https://www.davistreybig.com/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davistreybig
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TreybigDavis
- GitHub: https://github.com/DavisTrey

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Last updated: 2026-05-19