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Rob Toews
Rob Toews is a Partner at Radical Ventures, where he leads the firm's Bay Area office. He also writes a regular column in Forbes about the big picture of artificial intelligence. Prior to Radical, Rob was a VC at Highland Capital, where he led Highland's AI investment efforts. Previously, he spent several years in the world of autonomous vehicles, including leading the Strategy team at Zoox (acquired by Amazon for $1.3 billion) and working on autonomous vehicle policy in the White House under President Obama. He started his career in management consulting at Bain & Company. Rob holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a JD from Harvard Law School and an undergraduate degree from Stanford.