Paulina Szyzdek is a Principal at E12 Ventures, an early-stage fund investing in AI, robotics, and industrial technology, with portfolio companies including First Resonance, Telo Trucks, and unspun. She writes HardTech Reads and HardTech Deep Dives, newsletters on physical AI and robotics with thousands of subscribers. Before E12, she worked in venture and corporate investing at Bosch Ventures, and earlier spent seven years in banking and consulting at State Street, Deutsche Bank, and Chatham Financial. She holds master's degrees in finance and disruptive innovation plus an MBA.