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Drake Austin Rehfeld

Chief Operating Officer at Symbolica AI

Dallas, Texas

Overview 

Drake Austin Rehfeld is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Symbolica AI, where he leverages his expertise in start-ups and business strategy. With a background that includes roles at Snap Inc. and as a Cofounder/CEO at Demeanor.co, Rehfeld has made significant contributions to the growth and success of various companies throughout his career.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2024 - Current

Symbolica AI operates as a research-focused company.

Raised $33,000,000.00 from Khosla Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Day One Ventures, Abstract and General Catalyst.

  • Operating Partner

    2024

  • Principal

    2020 - 2024

    Investing and leading fund finance & operations.

Day One Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs customer-obsessed companies and spearheads their communications.

  • Member

    2024

    The Operators Guild is an invite-only network of top finance, operations, and tech leaders who scale high-growth companies.

Operators Guild is a safe space for exclusive talent to conjure, question, and create.

  • Director of Product

    2019 - 2020

NTWRK is the definitive live streaming video commerce platform developed specifically for Gen-Z and Millennials.

Raised $60,000,000.00 from LionTree, Tenere Capital, Kering and Goldman Sachs.

  • Cofounder / CEO

    2017 - 2019

    Formerly known as Splish. Y Combinator S18. Now part of NTWRK.

Demeanor.co offers a social application designed for sharing looping videos with friends.

Raised $120,000.00 from Y Combinator.

  • Head of Engineering

    2017 - 2018

Team 10 is an organization for social media influencers.

  • Research Engineering

    2016 - 2017

Snap is a technology company that offers the products Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji.

Raised $5,553,527,880.00 from Alwaleed Bin Talal and Tencent.

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