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Jesse Leimgruber

Founder of OpenHome

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Jesse Leimgruber is a successful entrepreneur and founder of multiple companies, including OpenHome and NeoReach, with a strong background in SEO, influencer marketing, and web development. Notable career highlights include being selected as a Thiel Fellow and recognized in the 30u30 list, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and start-ups.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder - CTO

    2024 - Current

    AI Smart Speaker SDK. Like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Siri, but actually smart! Bringing AI Voice to all hardware.

  • Chairman & Founder

    2014

    Leading Influencer Platform. $50+ Million in revenue from Fortune 500's. In 2017, we led the U.S. launch of TikTok. NeoReach joined TikTok's U.S. launch team to recruit influencers and transition from Musical.ly to TikTok.

  • Partner / Startup Advisor

    2017

AWS Healthcare is a global healthcare accelerator.

  • Founder

    2017 - 2023

    Acquired in 2024. Developer SDK - Bloom solves the problem of companies selling your data. Secured a deal with a national government in Asia to rebuild their national ID system.

Bloom is an end-to-end protocol for decentralized identity issuance, identity verification, and anti-fraud.

  • Thiel Fellow

    2016 - 2018

    Founded by technology entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel in 2011, the Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who want to build new things. Thiel Fellows skip or stop out of college to receive a $100,000 grant and support from the Thiel Foundation’s network of founders, investors, and scientists.

Thiel Capital focuses on investments in various industries such as artificial intelligence, drones, and healthcare.

  • Founder

    2011 - 2015

    I built RageHats in highschool. We sold over 100,000 neon hats and scaled to $50k/month in revenue when I was still 16

  • Founder

    2012 - 2015

    Consulted for Nissan, Phillips, and dozens of small businesses. Started in highschool and ran throughout Stanford. At one point employed a full time team of 20 while I was still a college freshman.

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