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Berkeley SkyDeck teams with Mayfield to support AI-focused student entrepreneurs


Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Berkeley SkyDeck, the global hub for entrepreneurship and accelerator, along with UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), announced a partnership with Mayfield. The aims is to support AI-focused, student entrepreneurs with unparalleled access to venture capital […]

Our EIR program has been the launchpad for numerous successful companies, and we are bringing this proven model to UC Berkeley, providing the same high-touch support and resources to student founders. “I’ve been investing for over two decades and noticed something fascinating: the most transformative companies often come from young founders who approach problems with a “beginner’s mind,” he said in a message to GamesBeat. Chaddha said, “Silicon Valley has numerous accelerators and incubators that provide capital and resources in exchange for equity, but we’ve structured the Mayfield AI Garage at Berkeley program differently.

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