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60th percentile
Serial founder and CEO building SUN, an a16z Speedrun-backed AI audio learning app
Credibility
Operator · 82th percentile
- Current Co-Founder and CEO of SUN, an AI audio learning app founded in 2025 and backed by a16z Speedrun.
- Featured in a Substack profile article about how he got into a16z Speedrun (0.3% acceptance rate), highlighting his founder journey across three companies.
- Past co-founder of Onollo, an AI social commerce tool, and Tech Eyes, an e-commerce startup.
- SUN was co-founded with at least one other co-founder, as evidenced by the a16z Speedrun profile and YC interview post referencing a co-founder.
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Founder score
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)7,005 LinkedIn followers — broad professional reach.
- 92%Probability of being accurate (92%)Current Co-Founder and CEO of SUN, an AI audio learning app founded in 2025 and backed by a16z Speedrun.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Member of the Forbes Technology Council, contributing articles on AI and product design.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Harvard University Extension School student in Computer Science, with coursework in Deep Learning, AI, Data Science, and Computer Vision.
- 82%Probability of being accurate (82%)Past co-founder of Onollo, an AI social commerce tool, and Tech Eyes, an e-commerce startup.
- 78%Probability of being accurate (78%)Featured in a Substack profile article about how he got into a16z Speedrun.
- 75%Probability of being accurate (75%)SUN was co-founded with at least one other co-founder, as evidenced by the a16z Speedrun profile and YC interview post referencing a co-founder.
What you likely need
You're an early-stage AI founder who just went through a16z Speedrun and are actively building SUN in the competitive audio/AI learning space. Your immediate priorities are likely fundraising your first institutional round, finding early traction, and hiring key technical talent. Events that connect you with other a16z-backed founders, AI product builders, and seed-stage investors would be most valuable right now.
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- fundraisingAn a16z Speedrun alumni dinner with other SR cohort founders to share early traction metrics and warm intros to seed-stage AI investors.
- positioningA roundtable with founders building in AI-powered edtech and audio learning to pressure-test SUN's differentiation against NotebookLM and Spotify.
- fundraisingA seed-stage investor office hours session with AI-focused funds (e.g. Pear VC, Hustle Fund) to pitch SUN ahead of a formal seed round.
- hiringA San Francisco AI founder hiring night to recruit a founding engineer or ML researcher for SUN's audio generation pipeline.
- introsA Forbes Technology Council member happy hour to build press and distribution relationships for SUN's consumer launch.
- tacticalA tactical workshop on consumer AI product growth loops with other founders building mobile-first AI apps in the Bay Area.
- positioningA YC application prep dinner with other a16z Speedrun and accelerator alumni to sharpen SUN's narrative for a potential YC application.