Richard Son

Richard Son is a Partner at 8VC based in San Francisco, California, where he leads investments in enterprise software and artificial intelligence infrastructure. He previously served as an investor at Founders Fund and worked in product management at Palantir Technologies after earning his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. At 8VC, a venture capital firm which manages over $10 billion in assets, Son recently joined the expanded investment committee in January 2026 and co-led a $200 million Series D funding round for Shield AI. His broader venture portfolio includes early-stage investments in prominent technology companies such as the defense unicorn Anduril and the software delivery platform Harness. Son leverages his technical expertise in scalable systems to actively support founders building complex enterprise solutions across the cybersecurity, machine learning, and frontier technology sectors.