# Shreya Shekhar

> Shreya Shekhar is a Partner at Greylock Partners - one of Silicon Valley's most storied venture firms - making her one of the youngest partners at a top-tier VC at age 23. A UC Berkeley M.E.T. graduate with dual degrees in EECS and Business Administration, she brings rare operator credibility to investing, having served as founding engineer at three Greylock portfolio companies (Rockset, Abnormal Security, Bedrock Security) before crossing the table. She focuses on early-stage AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and developer tooling, backed by a foundation in code, a passion for autonomous systems, and an early obsession with AI that started with reading Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence in high school.

- **Role:** Partner at Greylock Partners
- **Organizations:** Greylock Partners, Bedrock Security, Abnormal Security, Rockset, Glean, Meta
- **From:** San Jose, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science + B.S. Business Administration (M.E.T. Program), UC Berkeley, High School, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
- **Known for:** Became a Partner at Greylock Partners at age 23 - one of the youngest partners at a top-tier VC firm, Graduated UC Berkeley M.E.T. dual-degree program in 3.5 years (EECS + Business Administration), Selected for Accel Scholars program (Silicon Valley mentorship and access)

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Reads Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence at 16; signs open letter against autonomous weapons
- **2019** — Enrolls in UC Berkeley's M.E.T. dual-degree program (EECS + Business)
- **2020-2021** — Co-founds Good Neighbor, a pandemic-era discounted food delivery startup; dissolves after 18 months
- **2021-2022** — Selected for Accel Scholars and Kleiner Perkins Fellows programs
- **2022** — Interns at Rockset (Greylock portfolio), Glean, Abnormal Security, and Meta
- **2023** — Graduates from UC Berkeley M.E.T. program in 3.5 years
- **2023** — Joins Bedrock Security as founding engineer; builds distributed crawler and leads AI agent development for vulnerability remediation
- **2023-2025** — Angel invests in Mercor and Composite while at Bedrock; writes articles on AI automation in security
- **2025** — Joins Greylock Partners as Partner, focusing on AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and developer tooling
- **2025** — Backs Tenzai, an AI-native cybersecurity firm using autonomous AI hackers

## Achievements

- Became a Partner at Greylock Partners at age 23 - one of the youngest partners at a top-tier VC firm
- Graduated UC Berkeley M.E.T. dual-degree program in 3.5 years (EECS + Business Administration)
- Selected for Accel Scholars program (Silicon Valley mentorship and access)
- Selected for Kleiner Perkins Fellows program
- Founding engineer at Bedrock Security, building distributed crawlers and AI vulnerability remediation agents
- Won startup competitions while at UC Berkeley
- Received grants from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and Berkeley SkyDeck
- Angel investor in Mercor and Composite
- One of few women holding a partner-level decision-making role in Silicon Valley VC

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Joined Greylock Partners as Partner, announced via Twitter/X and LinkedIn
- **2025-05** — Backed Tenzai, an AI-native cybersecurity company building autonomous AI hackers for enterprise vulnerability remediation
- **2026-05** — Featured in UC Berkeley Haas Magazine Spring 2026 issue

## Links

- Website: https://greylock.com/team/shreya-shekhar/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreya-shekhar
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/_shreya_s

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Last updated: 2026-05-08