Timothy Chen founded Essence VC in 2019 to back technical founders building infrastructure companies. His operating background includes engineering leadership at Cosmos, co-founding Hyperpilot and early roles at Mesosphere and Cloud Foundry.

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Timothy Chen founded Essence VC in 2019 to back technical founders building infrastructure companies. His operating background includes engineering leadership at Cosmos, co-founding Hyperpilot and early roles at Mesosphere and Cloud Foundry.

Career

Managing Partner at Essence VC until Present
Co-founder & CEO at Hyperpilot from 2016 to 2018

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CYOA: AI-generated interactive stories

Open-source project built with Ivan Leo and other contributors that combines branching stories, image generation and narration with durable workflows.

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From infrastructure engineer to investor

Tim describes how operating experience shapes his support for technical founders and the infrastructure opportunities that interest him.

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