Josh Cohen

Investor @ Innovation Endeavors. Focus: software infrastructure and applied AI. ⭐ Direct init.inc thesis match.

Snapshot

Email: jcohen@innovationendeavors.com
Firm: Innovation Endeavors (Eric Schmidt’s firm)
Role: Investor (Investment Team)
Education: Stanford MBA + Stanford BS in Computer Science — engineering-trained investor

Innovation Endeavors (current) — Investor; focus on software infrastructure + applied AI.
Raptor Maps — led an engineering team at the early-stage solar-software startup. Built out their solar software platform; deployed software across 42 countries and millions of solar panels. (Vertical-AI-for-physical-infrastructure operator experience.)
Instagram — Senior Software Engineer. Launched core functionality for Instagram Stories, Reels, and Feed. (Consumer-scale product engineering at the highest tier.)

Engineer-investor with applied-AI + infra mandate = perfect fit for init’s AI-MSP wedge. He’ll dig on the technical architecture — be ready for system-design depth.
Raptor Maps experience = he understands shipping software-as-the-product-experience for a non-trivial vertical (energy/utilities), which parallels init’s “shipping AI services into the IT vertical” model.
Instagram product-engineering background = he respects velocity + craft.
Stanford MBA = potential alumni network overlap with Sazzad.
Deal-team pairing with Harpi Singh: Josh was on the 5/7 Harpi meeting + the 5/18 follow-up. He’s likely the working-lead doing the diligence; Harpi is the senior decision-maker (same Max/Utkarsh pattern at GC).

2026-05-07 11:30am — first meeting w/ Harpi + Josh (Zoom)
2026-05-18 1:30pm — follow-up meeting w/ Harpi + Josh (Zoom — went “surface-level fine but ambiguous” per earlier wiki)
Re-touch route: if Harpi cools, Josh is a viable re-entry path — the technical-AI-infra angle is his. Send him a sharp technical update + ask for his read.