Jens Christensen

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Co-Founder at Ginormous AI @ Ginormous
Jens Christensen's Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States, United States
Jens Christensen's Contact Details
About Jens Christensen

AI focused founder and tech exec.Co-founder of Ginormous - AI generated industry insights.Co-founder of SweetRain — using AI to make better predictions.Prior to that, co-founder and CEO of Jaunt, the leading cinematic VR company. Led Jaunt for three years (2013-2016) of rapid growth to 100+ employees in Palo Alto and LA, and three rounds of financing totaling $100 million from top investors including Disney and Google. Jaunt was named Fast Company's most innovative VR/AR company in 2016.Before Jaunt, was an EIR at Redpoint Ventures.Before that, was a co-founder and CEO of Ellerdale, an AI startup focused on real-time semantic analysis. Ellerdale was one of the first companies to process the full Twitter stream, enabling it to identify and organize trending topics in real time. Flipboard acquired Ellerdale in 2010. Earlier, was a co-founder and CEO of PostModern, a middleware company that developed a Java ORB and merged with Visigenic; continued on as CTO and board member through an IPO and subsequent acquisition by Borland. PhD in CS (AI) from Stanford and a BA in CS from Columbia.

Jens Christensen's Current Company Details
Ginormous

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Co-Founder at Ginormous AI
Jens Christensen Work Experience Details
  • Ginormous
    Co-Founder
    Ginormous Sep 2023 - Present
  • Sweetrain
    Founder
    Sweetrain 2017 - Present
    Menlo Park, Ca, Us
    Predict Better.
  • Google
    Advisor
    Google 2017 - 2018
    Mountain View, Ca, Us
    Doing EIR-type things at Area 120.
  • Boost Vc
    Mentor
    Boost Vc 2015 - 2018
    San Mateo, Ca, Us
    Mentoring of Boost VC early-stage startups.
  • Angel Investor
    Investor & Advisor
    Angel Investor 2010 - 2018
    Managing private angel investment portfolio.Investments include Ayla Networks, HOOKED, Mira, Caspar.AI, Gabi (acquired by Experian), Cast Iron (acquired by IBM), SayNow (acquired by Google).
  • Jaunt Xr
    Ceo And Founder
    Jaunt Xr 2013 - 2016
    San Mateo, Ca, Us
    Jaunt pioneered creative storytelling through cinematic virtual reality. Founded in 2013, it was the leading developer of the hardware, software, tools and applications to enable cinematic VR and put the power of virtual reality in the hands of the best content creators. In addition, Jaunt worked with leading creatives – from brands to artists to filmmakers – to create cutting-edge content through its studio arm, Jaunt Studios in Los Angeles. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Jaunt produced branded and original VR content for audiences worldwide. Important Jaunt-produced pieces include Paul McCartney's Live and Let Die (2014) and the Emmy-award winning Collisions (Lynette Wallworth, Sundance 2016)Led the company through rapid growth to 100+ employees in Palo Alto and LA, and three rounds of financing totaling $100 million from top investors including Disney, Google, Redpoint, and Highland. Jaunt was named Fast Company's most innovative VR/AR company in 2016 and selected as one the 2016 Disruptor 50 companies by CNBC.
  • Redpoint Ventures
    Entrepreneur In Residence
    Redpoint Ventures 2012 - 2013
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Redpoint Ventures is a leading Silicon Valley VC firm with $3 billion under management. As EIR, investigated new emerging technologies, explored new ideas, and wrote code, resulting in the creation of Jaunt.
  • The Ellerdale Project
    Ceo And Founder
    The Ellerdale Project 2007 - 2010
    Built the original prototype for what became a comprehensive Artificial Intelligence Platform that was the first to semantically process the Twitter firehose. It was able to analyze over 2 million real-time messages an hour. Assembled a world-class team and raised seed financing from prominent investors, including Ron Conway. Negotiated Ellerdale's sale to Flipboard that was completed in July, 2010.
  • Angel Investor
    Investor & Advisor
    Angel Investor 2001 - 2007
    London, Gb
    Managed a private angel investment portfolio.
  • Webswap
    Founding Ceo
    Webswap 1999 - 2000
    WebSwap empowered users to swap and sell their music, books and collectibles. Built company to 70 employees, raised $13 million series A, launched the service, and recruited new CEO in 2000.
  • Borland Software
    Chief Scientist
    Borland Software 1998 - 1998
    Newbury, Berkshire, Gb
    Borland acquired Visigenic and continued to market VisiBroker.
  • Visigenic
    Cto, Board Member
    Visigenic 1996 - 1998
    PostModern's ORB middleware, renamed VisiBroker, became Visigenic's flagship product with more than 30 million deployed licenses.As CTO, was responsible for the technical vision of the company. Helped take Visigenic public in August of 1996 and continued to serve on the Board of Directors.
  • Postmodern Computing
    Ceo And Founder
    Postmodern Computing 1991 - 1996
    PostModern developed the first Java Object Request Broker (ORB). PostModern was profitable and entirely self-funded. Negotiated PostModern's sale to Visigenic in April of 1996. Continued on as CTO and Board Member of Visigenic and helped take Visigenic public later that year.

Jens Christensen Skills

Entrepreneurship Start Ups Venture Capital Strategic Partnerships Angel Investing Cloud Computing Leadership Strategy Mobile Applications Management Java Mobile Devices Business Development Artificial Intelligence Corporate Development Software Agile Methodologies Product Management Business Strategy Analytics

Jens Christensen Education Details

  • Stanford University
    Stanford University
    Computer Science
  • Columbia University
    Columbia University
    Computer Science
  • University Of Michigan
    University Of Michigan
    Honors Program
  • United Nations International School
    United Nations International School
    Physics

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