Adrien Gaidon

Adrien Gaidon is a partner at Calibrate Ventures, specializing in investments and advisory for early-stage deep tech AI and robotics startups since February 2024. As an adjunct professor at Stanford University, Gaidon co-teaches the Computer Vision Foundations and Applications course. Previously, Gaidon served as Director of Machine Learning at the Toyota Research Institute from January 2017 to February 2024, where responsibilities included strategy, research, and the application of machine learning across various physical domains. Gaidon's extensive experience also includes roles as Senior Manager and Manager in Machine Learning at Toyota Research Institute, Research Scientist at Xerox, and a doctoral researcher at Microsoft Research - INRIA, with a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Université Grenoble Alpes.