Ross Pantone
Operator-In-Residence (OIR) Semiconductors
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRoss Pantone is a product-driven engineer and operator with nine years of experience building AI infrastructure and semiconductor strategy from the trenches of Silicon Valley. As a founding engineer and Head of Product at Rain, he helped shape an advanced AI platform backed by Sam Altman, Daniel Gross, and Y Combinator, pairing deep technical chops with customer-focused product vision. Now Operator-In-Residence for Semiconductors at Primary Venture Partners, he bridges hardware strategy and software productization to accelerate capital-efficient chip and systems startups. Trained in computer science, mathematics, and statistics at the University of Florida, Ross blends rigorous quantitative thinking with hands-on engineering and early-stage scaling experience. He’s comfortable moving between prototyping and GTM, and has a track record of turning research-grade ideas into investor-backed, production-ready platforms.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School Computer Science, High School Computer Science at Suncoast Community High SchoolB.S. (Honors Program) Computer Science Mathematics and Statistics, B.S. (Honors Program) Computer Science Mathematics and Statistics at University of Florida
Github Skills (1)
git-workflow5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dsiufl/Python-Workshops
Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:24 commits, 24 pushes in 3 months
rpantone/CEN3031_Assignment1
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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