On a lifelong mission to build software that augments human cognition, I’m currently Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder of Spindle AI (spindle.ai), a Generative Business Analytics company backed by Accel Partners (Atlassian/Qualtrics/UiPath), Caffeinated Capital (Airtable/RevOps/Brex), and diverse Fortune 500 executives. Previously, I served as President of Brainspace AI (acquired by Reveal with $200 million from K1 Capital), an industry-leading natural language analytics engine incubated by the CIA.Named a Goldman Sachs 100 Entrepreneur for “first-principles innovation across generative AI & Natural Language Processing”, my work has been covered in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Harvard Business Review, and elsewhere; and I have been tapped for expertise in ML/NLP, cybersecurity, and cross-border venture capital by the National Economic Council (NEC); Congressional Caucus on AI; and Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC), where I today serve as a Senior Advisor for Machine Learning in Counterintelligence.Formerly, I served as CTO & Founder of JPMorgan In–Residence business Volley ML, saving Fortune 500 firms millions in labor annually with the first autonomous Natural Language Generation (NLG) technology for highly regulated industries (HIG). We designed, engineered, and commercialized Volley’s GPT-like platform for training & enablement use cases with a world-class team from Google, the NSA & CIA, Stanford, and the Fortune 500—with backing from JPMorgan, Silicon Valley Bank, Goldman Sachs leaders, and Zuckerberg Ventures—before I was recruited to lead & restructure Brainspace AI ahead of its acquisition. Formerly, on the heels of a stint at Google (via the ATLAS Institute), I spanned product functions & technical marketing on the Founding Team at Vetica.com (acquired), today one of the top 3 learning analytics platforms in North America.I’m honored to sit on the Board of Advisors at the School of Computer Science at the University of Colorado; Stanford University AII; and UCSC Center for Excellence in Data Science Research; and formally advise DeepTech startups in ML/NLP, GTM, and product marketing as an angel investor & Techstars/First Round Mentor. I invest as a Venture Partner with Thiel-backed VC firm SI Capital, the Enterprise AI Fund, and Transpire Ventures.A Black Belt in Karate & casual sportsman, I can sometimes be found on the (literal) floor of a racquetball court near my home in SF; or else writing jazz piano tunes to the (general) delight of my wife, Seda.📧 carson@carsonkahn.com 📱 +1 (303) 808-5874
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