Shayan Shafii
Shayan Shafii is a technologist and former enterprise-infrastructure investor who joined Cognition (makers of Devin) in Deployed Engineering in December 2025, after investing roles at Chemistry VC and Scale Venture Partners and an early product-management career at Rubrik.
Background
- Cognition (Dec 2025–present) — Deployed Engineering at Cognition, the applied-AI lab behind Devin, the AI software-engineering teammate. Also lists himself as an Angel Investor from Dec 2025. ^[single-source]
- Chemistry VC (May–Dec 2025) — Joined as an investor; introduced alongside Ivory Tang as one of Chemistry’s “newest investing team members.” Focus areas: cybersecurity, infrastructure, developer tools, and AI.
- Scale Venture Partners (Jul 2022–May 2025) — Investor focused on cybersecurity, infrastructure, developer tools, and AI; authored published insights on infrastructure and security.
- Rubrik (May 2018–Jul 2022) — Early member of the Product Management team (Rubrik agent, database protection, SaaS data protection); helped drive growth through the company’s IPO.
- Education — Dual degree in Computer Science and Business, University of Michigan. Based in San Francisco.
Redpoint connection (correction)
The init.inc context flagged Shayan Shafii as a “Partner at Redpoint Ventures.” This is not supported by the sources: he does not appear on Redpoint’s official team page, and his documented career runs Rubrik → Scale Venture Partners → Chemistry VC → Cognition. The only factual Redpoint tie is indirect — while at Chemistry VC, he was on the team that co-invested in Serval’s $47M Series A (Oct 2025), a round led by Redpoint Ventures. ^[single-source]
Related
- redpoint-ventures — led the Serval Series A that Chemistry (Shayan’s firm at the time) co-invested in.