Brendan Baker started out as an engineer and has spent his career building systems for how venture investing gets done, from managing thousands of early deals at AngelList to building data-driven investing processes at Greylock, all while advising more than 1,000 founders on fundraising. He focuses on unglamorous but massive industries like supply chain, manufacturing, and logistics, favoring founders with deep industry experience over flashy technical pedigree, and even his interest in AI centers on practical industrial use rather than trends around the latest models.