Josh Wolfe
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Josh Wolfe | |
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| Born | c. 1978 (age 47–48) |
| Education | Cornell University |
| Occupation | Venture capitalist |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Known for | Co-founder of Lux Capital |
| Spouse | Lauren Wolfe (née Taylor) |
| Children | 3 |
Josh Wolfe is an American venture capitalist who is the founder of Lux Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in emerging technologies.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Wolfe was raised in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, by a single mother who worked as a public school teacher.[4] Wolfe graduated from the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University in 1999 with a BS in finance.[5] He is Jewish, and had his bar mitzvah in Jerusalem.[6]
Career
[edit]Wolfe co-founded Lux Capital in 2000 with Peter Hébert and Robert Paull.[7]
In January 2025, following the launch of Chinese large language model DeepSeek, Wolfe called for increased investment in American artificial intelligence.[8]
In 2025, following the Second Trump Administration's cuts to research funding, Wolfe announced Lux Capital would invest a minimum of $100 million in biotech and artificial intelligence.[9]
On September 29, 2025, Wolfe met with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu along with other technology investors to discuss the use of artificial intelligence to boost Israel's military and economy.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Gormley, Brian (2025-05-22). "Lux Capital Digs Deeper Into Academia for Technological Gems". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ Garfinkle, Allie (2024-11-01). "Lux's Josh Wolfe on launching Lux Labs and making science fiction reality". Fortune. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ Russell, Emily (2025-09-06). "Lux Capital's Josh Wolfe on How the Venture-Capital Firm Is Turning Sci-Fi Into 'Sci-Fact'". barrons. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ "Written Testimony Before the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party U.S. House of Representatives - Hearing on Commanding Heights: Ensuring U.S. Leadership in the Critical and Emerging Technologies of the 21st Century - Josh Wolfe Co-Founder and Managing Partner Lux Capital" (PDF).
- ↑ Copman, Linda (2022-10-25). "Josh Wolfe '99 invests in human ambition". Cornell University. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ Shulman, Sophie (2025-05-26). ""Despite disgusting descriptions of the IDF, the world still wants Israeli tech": Lux's Josh Wolfe on global demand for defense innovation". Calcalistech. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ Alloway, Tracy; Weisenthal, Joe (2025-09-08). "Josh Wolfe on AI and the breaking of silicon valley's social contract". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
- ↑ Chapman, Lizette (2025-01-31). "Venter Vapitalist Wolfe calls for more investment to combat deepseek threat". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ↑ Primack, Dan (2025-06-05). "Amid Trump cuts to Harvard, Columbia, and more, VC could fill funding gap". Axios. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ Hordern, Annmarie; Ludlow, Edward (2025-09-25). "Netanyahu discusses AI in private meeting with tech investors". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2025-10-23.