Maryanna Saenko

Maryanna Saenko currently serves as Co-Founder and Partner at Future Ventures, a firm she launched with Steve Jurvetson focused on disruptive technology such as commercial space exploration, deep learning, quantum computing, robotics, AI, blockchain, sustainable transportation, synthetic biology and clean meat. Previously she was a Principal at Khosla Ventures, and prior to that a Senior Associate at DFJ, where she worked with Steve to focus on frontier technology investments. She was also an investment partner at Airbus Ventures, the early-stage investment group of Airbus, where she led a series of venture investments strategically aligned with Airbus’ future-of-aerospace initiatives. She started her career as a research engineer at Cabot Corporation. Maryanna is a frequent industry speaker on the future of automation and has appeared at Robobusiness, Unmanned Systems Institute, and CES. Maryanna graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and a BS and MS in Materials Science and Engineering.