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Rob Toews

Director at Generalist AI. Also a partner, radical ventures; founding investor, emerald AI and director at Emerald AI and a director at Writer.

DirectorRoles at 3 startups
Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Aug 24, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Rob Toews

Rob Toews is a director at Generalist AI.

Form D filings also name Rob Toews as a partner, radical ventures; founding investor, emerald AI and director at Emerald AI and a director at Writer.

Rob Toews first appears on SEC filings in 2024.

Experience

This experience comes from Rob Toews's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Rob Toews in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Generalist AI, Inc. Current
Investor & Board Director
2026 – Present · San Francisco, CA
AI models that help robots perform physical tasks for robot operators.
Crusoe Current
Investor
2025 – Present
Ricursive Intelligence Current
Investor
2025 – Present
Emerald AI, Inc. Current
Partner, Radical Ventures; Founding Investor, Emerald AI and director
Founding Investor & Board Director (2024 – Present)
2024 – Present · Washington, DC
Software that helps AI data centers adjust their electricity use to grid conditions.
Writer, Inc. Current
Investor & Board Director
2024 – Present · San Francisco, CA
DatologyAI Current
Investor & Board Observer
2023 – Present
Nabla Bio Current
Investor & Board Director
2023 – Present
Muon Space Current
Investor & Board Director
2022 – Present
Hebbia Current
Investor
2022 – Present
Radical Ventures Current
Partner
2021 – Present
TwelveLabs Current
Investor & Board Director
2021 – Present
Forbes Current
AI Columnist
2019 – Present
Highland Capital Partners
Principal
2019 – 2021
Zoox
Strategy
2017 – 2019
The White House
Staffer, National Economic Council
2015
Bain & Company
Associate Consultant / Senior Associate Consultant
2011 – 2014

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Rob Toews works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Generalist AI, Inc. · Form D, Aug 24, 2026
AZ
Andy Zeng
Executive officer and director
AB
Andrew Barry
Executive officer and director
EC
Ellen Chisa
Director
PF
Peter Florence
Chief Executive Officer and director
FK
Emerald AI, Inc. · Form D, Aug 3, 2026
Markus Specks
Markus Specks
Co-Founder & CEO, Aventurine Partner, director
Varun Sivaram
Varun Sivaram
CEO and Founder, director
Writer, Inc. · Form D, Nov 21, 2024
WB
SP
WA
Waseem Alshikh
Executive officer and director
MH
May Habib
CEO and director
JS
J Stein
Director
DP
Doug Pepper
Director

Sources

  1. SECGeneralist AI, Inc. Form D, filed Aug 24, 2026
  2. SECEmerald AI, Inc. Form D, filed Aug 3, 2026
  3. SECWriter, Inc. Form D, filed Nov 21, 2024