Eric Vishria

General Partner, Benchmark

Benchmark GP focused on AI and infrastructure

San Francisco Bay Area, USA$1M–$15M checks7 notable investments

SeedSeries ASeries B+

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Background

Eric Vishria is a General Partner at Benchmark, which he joined in 2014 as the firm's first new partner addition in over six years. He graduated from Stanford University at age 19 with a B.S. in mathematical and computational science. Before venture, he co-founded RockMelt, a social browser acquired by Yahoo in 2013, and was VP of Marketing at Opsware when HP acquired it for $1.65 billion in 2007. At Benchmark he focuses on early-stage AI, infrastructure, and enterprise software, and has led investments including Confluent, Amplitude, Cerebras Systems, and Benchling.

Investment Thesis

Backs structural shifts over incremental improvements; focuses on AI infrastructure, developer tooling, and enterprise software where AI is fundamentally rewriting the cost of software production.