Saman Farid

Saman Farid is a Partner at US Baidu Ventures. Saman has also worked as the Managing Partner and Founder at Comet Labs, and the Director of Silicon Valley office at Legend Star.

Saman has always been interested in technology and its potential to change the world. At Comet Labs, they were able to invest in many cutting-edge companies, such as Airmap, Ripcord, Abundant Robotics, 3scan, Cobalt Robotics, Matternet, IronOx, Shaper Tools, RBC Signals, Point One Navigation, Simbe Robotics, IAM Robotics, Prenav, Arch, Percolata, Deep Vision, Momentum Machines, Syntouch, Pluto.AI, OtoSense, DotDashPay, Alces. Saman is excited to continue working with innovative companies as a partner at Baidu Ventures.

Saman Farid has a Master of Business Administration from both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University. Saman also has a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Saman Farid reports to Wei Liu, CEO. They are on a team with Yujie Qi - Partner, Bob Ren - Principal, and Sandy Li - Principal, Head of Biotech Investments.