Peter Barrett

Investment Partner

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner
Investor Stage
Early stage Venture,Seed

Peter Barrett is a Founder, General Partner, and CTO of Playground Global. Peter believes the computing revolution—and arguably even the industrial revolution—haven’t happened yet. He is drawn to the toughest challenges at the boundaries of deep tech and hard science.
Peter has been writing software since he was a teenager. At 19, his first security program caught the attention of the NSA. From his first company, Rocket Science Games, he’s had an adventurous career in technology from creating the first widely used video codec in the early 90s, building the world’s most popular IPTV platform at Microsoft, cloud intelligence for automotive at CloudCar and now quantum and optical computing, robotics and artificial intelligence at Playground. He holds over 100 patents.

At Playground, Peter delights in the opportunity to deeply collaborate with entrepreneurs and help create transformative companies with multigenerational impact. He thrives on technologies that lie somewhere between improbable and impossible and companies whose success will help move civilization forward.

Peter lives in Palo Alto with his wife, two children, a surly cat, and a friendly dog.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Peter Barrett has 1 current jobs including Board of Directors at Universal Hydrogen , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Universal Hydrogen Board of Directors Detail