Nahari Leaves DNX for Palo Alto Startup
Eva Nahari is leaving her role at DNX Ventures to join Palo Alto-based AI startup Vectara as chief product officer. The move marks her return to the startup world after four years in venture capital.
“Yes, I’m joining a startup again—but this isn’t just any startup. This is a huge market opportunity. Generative AI is going to change how we work and how companies can finally offload repetitive tasks,” Eva Nahari writes on her Substack
Nahari made a name for herself in Silicon Valley tech as a product leader at Cloudera, where she was part of the company’s journey from startup to listed company (and then private again). Vectara, founded in 2020 by former Cloudera co-founder and CTO Amr Awadallah, along with Amin Ahmad and Tallat M Shafaat, specializes in building a platform for AI-assist and AI-agentic applications that makes it easy for enterprises to build and roll out GenAI applications themselves.
At Vectara, Nahari’s focus will not only be on making Gen AI applications easier for companies to build and scale but also on being able to deliver safe Gen AI that you can trust.
“A lot of businesses are struggling to see real ROI from AI,” she says. “They need solutions that are safe, trustworthy, and easy to roll out. I want to help crack that problem and make DIY GenAI accessible and reliable.”
Vectara is located on Page Mill Road in Palo Alto. The startup aims to set itself apart in the crowded AI market by focusing on enterprise-grade solutions that prioritize safety and accuracy and above all do it over their data in their environment.