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Carson Kahn

Founder of Spindle AI (spindle.ai)

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Carson Kahn is the Founder and Chief Product Officer at Spindle AI, a role in which he has successfully built and led the development of innovative AI products. With a background in engineering and a track record as a Goldman Sachs 100 Entrepreneur, Carson has demonstrated expertise in machine learning, product management, and entrepreneurship, contributing significantly to the success of startups and advising on machine learning for counterintelligence at Stanford University. Carson's career highlights include founding successful startups like Volley AI and Brainspace, which was acquired by Reveal, showcasing his ability to drive growth and innovation in the tech industry. His role as an Angel Investor at Techstars and experience as Head of Product at Keystone Learning Systems further demonstrate his expertise in product development and growth strategies.

Work Experience 

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Spindle AI (spindle.ai)

  • Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer, Chief Data Scientist

    2021 - Current

    The world’s most capable AI agent for business analytics & scenario modeling. Try the demo & sandbox: spindle.ai Investors include VCs & executives from Accel, Sequoia, Goldman Sachs, Palantir, JPMorgan, Workday, Salesforce, and beyond. Learn about our company & team: spindle.ai/team Customers include Strategic Finance, FP&A, RevOps, and Data/Analytics teams at leading firms like 1Password, IBM Apptio, and NewsCorp. Check out the case studies: https://spindle.ai/case-studies Open roles include engineers (ML, agents, full-stack, operations research, product), solutions architects, and UX designers. Apply at spindle.ai/careers or email me your résumé: carson@spindle.ai

Spindle AI’s “generative analytics” platform helps Strategic Finance teams answer 10x more “What-If” questions than their competitors.

spindle.ai
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Stanford University

  • Stanford AII Advisory Board

    2020

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Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism

  • Senior Advisor, Machine Learning for Counterintelligence

    2019

CTEC is an in-depth research center for terrorism, extremism, and counter-terrorism.

middlebury.edu
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Techstars

  • Angel Investor

    2014

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

techstars.com
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Brainspace 🔸Acquired by Reveal (Q4’20)

  • President

    2020 - 2020

Brainspace is a pioneer in creating software that derives meaning from human communication, intelligently connecting people and knowledge.

Raised $215,040,000.00 from K1 Investment Management.

brainspace.revealdata.com
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Volley ML – In Residence at JPMorgan

  • CTO & Founder (In Residence at JPMorgan)

    2014 - 2019

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Keystone Learning Systems

  • Head of Product (Acquired)

    2011 - 2014

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Vetica Interactive Inc (now Chalk.com)

  • Product & Growth, Draftboard (Acquired)

    2010 - 2012

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Google

  • Externship

    2009 - 2010

    (via Digital Currents Fellowship, ATLAS Institute)

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

google.com

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