Office Hours with Felicis

​Tony Shi, Partner at Felicis, is visiting Pittsburgh from 9/14–9/16 and hosting 1:1 office hours for CMU researchers and students. Tony brings firsthand operator DNA to his partnerships, having previously scaled his own startup, Abolos, from an overdrafted credit card to a top-category brand across major national retailers. He has a deep track record of helping technical teams navigate the journey from ideation to market-defining companies.

About Felicis: Felicis is a top early-stage venture firm that has backed 65+ companies founded by teams with PhD and deep research backgrounds, including Skild AI, Runway, and Weights & Biases. They specialize in partnering with ambitious founders turning frontier ideas into category-defining companies across AI, robotics, and data infrastructure.