Erik Nordlander is a general partner at GV who combines deep technical expertise from his MIT computer science background and graduate research in data extraction with extensive experience as a Google engineer and tech lead. He leads GV's New York office and focuses on developer tools, cloud infrastructure, and AI infrastructure, actively hosting technical founder communities and backing frontier companies working on challenging engineering problems like optical AI chips and next-generation geothermal systems.

• A deep commitment to developer experience and productivity tools that modernize foundational workflows. He consistently highlights startups that rethink legacy environments, such as his long-term support for Warp as they reconstruct the command line interface to be collaborative and AI-ready for engineers.
• Focus on how artificial intelligence is reshaping software development and the infrastructure required to support it. He points out that while AI accelerates code generation, the underlying systems must also evolve, evident in his enthusiasm for Blacksmith’s approach to speeding up the continuous integration process to match the pace of AI coding.
• Enthusiasm for hard tech and physical infrastructure innovation, particularly in the climate and energy sectors. He frequently celebrates milestones for companies like Dandelion Energy that are deploying tangible hardware to make geothermal heating more efficient and widely available compared to traditional methods.
• Interest in advanced computing architecture and data manipulation tools. He looks for startups pushing beyond current hardware limits, such as Lightmatter’s use of light-powered chips to handle heavy AI processing loads, and software like Quadratic that simplifies analyzing massive datasets.