Stephen Trusheim

Commissioner

2025

I'm organizing an incredible group of optimists to host the 2035 Worlds' Fair — the kind of World's Fair that we only read about in history textbooks. Even before San Francisco hosted the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, our fair city has been the Frontier — the place where dreams become reality. In 1915, the SF Exposition introduced the world to modern marvels like the telephone, the car, and the airplane. Since then, we've created the Internet, smartphones, movies, reusable rockets, self-driving cars, and mRNA vaccines. The Worlds' Fair 2035, San Francisco, will celebrate our shared progress, and introduce the world to what's next. We'll also celebrate: the 90th Anniversary of the U.N., on the stage where it was created; the 100th Anniversary of the Social Security Act, at America's finest public university; the 65th Anniversary of the Summer of Love, at the amphitheater where it started; the 1st Public Demonstration of the U.S.S. Enterprise, America's most advanced nuclear vessel, at Starfleet HQ; and more. With the support of our donors, we will construct the Next Great American Monument, right in the middle of San Francisco Bay. We will construct a new "Statue of Liberty of the West," a new monument honoring American values. The San Francisco Worlds' Fair Company is a publicly-held California non-profit corporation. Right now, we're competing for the 2035 International Exposition bid against Shenzhen, China (and nobody else.) You should vote for us, because we guarantee a Worlds' Fair worthy of the World's Fairs of old. The 2035 Worlds' Fair will celebrate the scientific, artistic, technologic, and societal progress that humanity has created on Earth in the last 120 years, and it will showcase the world of the future. If you've ever seen pictures of those glorious World's Fairs, like in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, and Vienna: that's what we're building. Join us. Read more: 2035expo.com

Venture Partner

2022

Partner & Head of Operations

2015 - 2022

SignalFire is what happens when AI nerds run a VC firm. We've built unique technology to identify and empower exceptional founders in ways that a traditional VCs still can't imagine. My review, as a founder: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As the first Associate, then a Principal, then Partner, I invested in the next generation of AI technology, augmented AI systems, legaltech, and fintech (incl. blockchain & digital assets) As Head of Operations, I built and ran the back office of our SEC-Registered Investment Adviser from $0 to $3B+ AUM. I executed 650+ investments (60%+ as the lead investor), raised 35 funds, and managed finance, audit, legal & fundraising to get us from 0->1. Today, we're much bigger, and we're one of only ~20 US VC firms to be a fully ILPA-compliant RIA — and we're still the only firm that's AI-native. Read more: signalfire.com

Cofounder & CEO

2022 - 2025

Tome solves contract problems for VCs and VC-backed companies. We use generative AI to decode contract "legalese" into simple, actionable insights, so you can negotiate with confidence. In 2025, we were acquired by AngelList. Find our insights powering the next generation of investors & founders on the world's largest investment management platform.

Engineering

2014 - 2014

Engineered an API-first platform to (try to) make banking better. No dice. Acq, Silicon Valley Bank.

COO

2010 - 2014

Led ops & built full-stack fintech products at a $20M nonprofit financial services organization. Co-founded Cardinal Fund, the country's largest undergraduate endowment management program.

Engineering, Intel Architecture Group

2012 - 2013

Developed low-power, always-on sensor analytics integrated into Ultrabooks.

Principal

2010 - 2012

Employee #3, batches #1-4. Mentored entrepreneurs at the world's best student startup accelerator.

Software Engineer

2007 - 2009

Reduced healthcare-acquired infections with AI-targeted interventions, saving lives and money. Automated genetic testing with computer vision.