# Geoffrey Hinton, Professor

> Geoffrey Hinton, Professor. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/geoffrey-hinton (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Angel

# Geoffrey Hinton

Professor

Latest rounds

- **Etched** Series C · $300M Jun 2026

Backs *AI* *Hardware & Electronics* *Semiconductors*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Jun 2026
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- **On filings** No filing names them
- **Linked to a firm** No firm on record
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date.

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## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $300M
- **Active:** 2026

2026

- [Etched](https://millionrounds.com/company/etched) *Series C* **$300M** *US* Jun 2026 Joined · +18 investors

By stage

- Series C **1**

What they backed

AI **1** Hardware & Electronics **1** Semiconductors **1**

Alongside

- [Andreessen Horowitz *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)
- [Andrej Karpathy *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrej-karpathy)
- [Argo *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/argo)
- [Arthur Mensch *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arthur-mensch)
- [Diffusion *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/diffusion)
- [Fei-Fei Li *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fei-fei-li)
- [Hudson River Trading *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hudson-river-trading)
- [Hummingbird Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummingbird-ventures)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Hear them before you pitch them

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Geoffrey Hinton in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 1 Sept 2025 · 1h 8m 20VC: Cohere Founder on How Cohere Compete with OpenAI and Anthropic $BNs | Why Counties Should Fund Their Own Models & the Need for Model Sovereignty | How Sam Altman Has Done a Disservice to AI with Nick Frosst Mentions [Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Geoffrey Hinton](https://millionrounds.com/person/geoffrey-hinton) About this episode Nick Frosst is a Canadian AI researcher and entrepreneur, best known as co-founder of Cohere, the enterprise-focused LLM. Cohere has raised over $900 million, most recently a $500 million round, bringing its valuation to $6.8 billion. Under his leadership, Cohere hit $100M in ARR. Prior to founding… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The BetaKit Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/betakit) · 23 Feb 2025 · 41 min How is Canadian tech responding to the trade war? Mentions [University of Toronto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-toro-2)[Geoffrey Hinton](https://millionrounds.com/person/geoffrey-hinton) About this episode "Once you've cornered that beaver, look out. We are a vicious beast." Rob and Douglas review the latest dispatches in Canada's impending trade war with the United States, specifically how Canadian tech is responding. Did someone poke the beaver and unleash Canada's quiet patriotism? A 3-2 overtime… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 19 Aug 2024 · 59 min 20VC: Chips, Models or Applications; Where is the Value in AI | Is Compute the Answer to All Model Performance Questions | Why Open AI Shelved AGI & Is There Any Value in Models with OpenAI Price Dumping with Aidan, Gomez, Co-Founder @ Cohere Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Jeff Dean](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-dean)[Aidan Gomez](https://millionrounds.com/person/aidan-gomez)[Geoffrey Hinton](https://millionrounds.com/person/geoffrey-hinton) About this episode Aidan Gomez is the Co-founder & CEO at Cohere, the leading AI platform for enterprise, having raised over $1BN from some of the best with their last round pricing the company at a whopping $5.5BN. Prior to Cohere, Aidan co-authored the paper "Attention is All You Need," which introduced the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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