# Adam Menges > Obsessed with Machine Learning, Engineering, and Design (ex: Apple, Microsoft, Niantic) Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/adammenges "To be a good designer you must be a good engineer in every sense: curious, inquisitive." — Charles Eames ## Work Experience ### Scout @ Andreessen Horowitz Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Co-Founder @ Visual Electric (Acquired by Perplexity) Jan 2023 – Present | Marin County, California, United States Grew company to millions in revenue. Sold to Perplexity. Investment lead by Sequoia. ### Founding Designer // Head of Design @ Lowkey (Acquired by Niantic) Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Tokyo, Japan Your camera while you game. Investment lead by a16z. ### Co-Founder @ Lobe (Acquired by Microsoft) Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | Cupertino, California, United States Co-Founded with Mike Matas and Markus Beissinger. Designer // Engineer // Manager (~30 people, UI and ML teams) Lobe helped more people build intelligence into their apps by making it simple and understandable. ### Machine Learning Engineer @ Apple Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 Mindful Bicycles. ### Machine Learning Engineer & Intern @ SendGrid Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco & Anaheim, CA; Boulder & Denver, CO Early employee. Started our SF office. Acquired by Twilio. ### Summer Intern @ Return Path Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Denver, CO Acquired by ProofPoint. ### Designer @ CHEC Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 High school intern. ## Education ### MIT CSAIL Human-Computer Interaction for User Experience Design Massachusetts Institute of Technology ### Design IDEO University ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science Colorado State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/adammenges - Website: http://adammenges.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/adammenges JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/adammenges/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05