Alex Balkanski brings a rare combination of deep technical founder experience, having built pioneering video compression semiconductor companies C-Cube and DiviCom that helped establish the MPEG standard, and ongoing CEO experience at scientific instruments company Picarro while serving as a General Partner at Benchmark. His multicultural engineering background from France with Moroccan and Bulgarian roots, combined with recognition as a brilliant mathematician and businessman in Congressional materials, gives him a distinctive perspective when working with globally oriented technical founders across multiple waves of deep tech innovation.