Mike Abbott
Partner at Ascolta Ventures
Atherton, California
Overview
Work Experience
Adjunct Lecturer
2023 - Current
teaching undergrad and graduate courses on cloud computing (CS349d) and security (CS153) covering topics from confidential computing to ai safety to the challenges of scaling AI compute infrastructures.
Senior Advisor to the CEO
2024
Focused on Software Defined Vehicle Efforts, AI Strategy and Cruise
Executive Vice President, Software
2023 - 2024
Organized and led GM's first dedicated software organization of 19k+ employees. Team included the CIO, all software in/outside of car, Key AI initiatives, OnStar business, served as an observer on the Cruise board and an officer of the company. Unfortunately, had to leave role due to health reasons.
General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Raised $6,508,505,310.00 from US Department of Energy, US Department of Energy, Fannie Mae, NYSERDA and NYSERDA.
Engineering Advisory Board
2023
Collaborate with Deans of the College of Engineering to develop 5-year plan and respond to critical needs of students
Advisor - AI Committee
2024
Innovaccer provides a data activation platform that aggregates, analyzes, and leverages healthcare data to deliver actionable insights.
Raised $379,100,000.00 from B Capital, Tiger Global Management, Whale Rock Capital Management, Avidity Partners, Mubadala Capital Ventures, Steadview Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, OMERS Growth Equity and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors.
Board Member
2024
Board Observer
2023
Board Member
2013
University Lecturer
2013 - 2013
Co-taught Art and Adventure of the Startup
Board Member
2015
Founder/Partner
2011
www.ascoltavc.com focused on helping engineers start companies. either with time, money or sometimes both.
Ascolta invests in people who are creating cutting edge technology and defining new marketplaces.
Advisor/Investor to many companies on engineering, product and scaling.
2006
Current: HTEC, Innovaccer, Astroblox, Tenet, Afresh, BaseTen, Plix, Code Registry Past: Cloudera (Public), Puppet Labs (acquired by Perforce), Blue Lithium (acquired by Yahoo), Brightroll (acquired by Yahoo), Ubiquity6(acquired by Discord), SayNow (acquired by Google), Toytalk/Pullstring (acquired by Apple), Locu(acquired by GoDaddy), Quova (acquired by Neustar), Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever), Singularity Network (acquired by Cisco), Samooha (acquired by Snowflake), Apcera (acquired by Ericcson), CoreOS (acquired by Red Hat) Jawbone, Nuro, Hearsay Systems (acquired by Yext), Stripe, Groq