Sanjay Rao

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tau Ventures
Sanjay Rao combines MIT technical depth, Microsoft engineering and McKinsey enterprise strategy as thought partner for enterprise AI and automation founders, writing playbooks for AI services and multi-LLM architectures.
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About Sanjay Rao

Sanjay Rao brings an unusual combination of deep technical expertise from MIT and Microsoft engineering experience with enterprise strategy background from McKinsey, allowing him to understand both how AI products are built and how large organizations actually adopt them. He focuses specifically on enterprise AI and automation deals at Tau Ventures while actively writing detailed playbooks for AI services companies and multi-LLM enterprise architectures, positioning him as a thought partner for founders selling complex AI systems to corporations rather than a typical generalist investor.

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Tau Ventures is an AI-first, seed-first fund ($85M+ AUM) co-founded by Amit Garg, whose background spans engineering at Nokia/Microsoft, health tech operations at Samsung Next, and hands-on angel investing, making it a practitioner-led fund that writes modest initial checks (~$500k) and focuses on AI companies transforming workflows in digital health, enterprise infrastructure, and automation rather than generic AI tooling. The fund operates with unusual transparency through public investment memos and podcast appearances that detail their exact investment logic, while maintaining an "AI-realistic" approach that emphasizes capital efficiency and measurable ROI over speculative narratives, particularly targeting companies that shift healthcare from reactive treatment to proactive, data-driven care delivery.

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