Cemil Shah is a founder and partner at Haystack. Mr. Shah is a member of the board of directors of Nubix. He has served as a venture partner at GGV Capital. He is also a board member and advisor at BirdEye. He is a venture partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He serves on the advisory boards of The Alpha Network and StrictlyVC. He is also a former advisor to several venture capital firms, including General Catalyst, Trinity Ventures, GGV Capital and others. Among his notable AI investments are AirMap, an airspace services provider that focuses on providing accurate airspace information to build drones, drones and applications; Iris Automation, which helps industrial drones avoid collisions; and SkySafe, which provides solutions for drone protection and airspace control. Semil holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's degree from Harvard University.