Shaun Johnson
Shaun Johnson is a technology executive and investor who co-founded AIX VenturesAIX VenturesAIX Ventures is an early-stage AI venture firm co-founded by Richard Socher and Shaun Johnson in 2021, combining AI research, entrepreneurial and investment experience.Open the full entry and previously held product, design and engineering leadership roles at Lilt and NimbleRx. He left AIX in December 2025.
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Education: Engineering and business
Johnson studied at the University of Texas at Austin, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityStanford University is a research university in California founded by Leland and Jane Stanford in 1885 and opened in 1891.Open the full entry and the University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is a campus of the University of California system; the University of California was founded in 1868 through a merger of two institutions and moved to Berkeley, California, in 1873.Open the full entry, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and an MBA.[1]
Career: Product, design and engineering
He served as vice president of product and design at NimbleRx and vice president of engineering, product and design at Lilt.[1]
2021Co-founding AIX Ventures
Johnson co-founded AIX Ventures with Richard SocherRichard SocherRichard Socher is an AI researcher, entrepreneur and investor. He is co-founder and CEO of Recursive, founder and CEO of You.com, and co-founder and managing partner of AIX Ventures. A Stanford computer science PhD, he contributed to the Stanford Sentiment Treebank and GloVe, founded MetaMind, and served as chief scientist at Salesforce.Open the full entry in 2021, combining technical practitioners’ experience with early-stage AI investing.[2][3]
2023Public discussion of AI investing
In a 2023 Raging Capital interview, he reflected on moving from low-level engineering into product leadership and investing, and discussed language models, generative AI and GPUs in emerging businesses.[4]
December 2025Leaving AIX
A January 2026 report confirmed that Johnson had left AIX the previous month. Neither he nor the firm publicly explained the reasons.[2]