Tala Al Jabri is the Managing Partner at Wyld VC, an AI-native venture capital fund focused on investing in category-leading founders, the first early-stage AI fund from the Middle East region that invests in both the Bay Area and the region. Tala has been active investor for nearly a decade, having backed 15+ companies. She has advised some of the leading VCs, including a16z. Previously, she was a Partner at HOF Capital and an investor at SoftBank Vision Fund. Tala was named Arabian Business' Woman of the Year in Finance in 2022 in KSA. She serves as a board member of many organizations and an advisory council member at the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Business and Government and the Middle East VC Association. She obtained her MBA from The Wharton School and MPA from Harvard University. She completed her finance and women’s studies undergraduate degree at McGill University.