I’m a dad and co-parent with (Dr.) Tory to 3 humans, 3 dogs, and Sundays.

Privileged to be doing great work with great people. Trying to put a dent in the universe.

If you want the absolute best food for your dog, but actually have a life, try Sundays. It’s air-dried, human-grade dog food, designed for parents.

We live in Cleveland, OH, my favorite place in the world, where I grew up. I spent my 20s and early 30s in New York City, which ain’t a bad place, either. I’m back regularly. Being a lifelong Cleveland sports fan gave me unflinching and, at times, delusional optimism, which I find useful as a startup founder.

Previously, I started a group dating app called Grouper. Despite enjoying some early traction, getting funded by Y Combinator, and having a brilliant co-founder (who went on to invent ChatGPT and co-found Anthropic, no big deal), users preferred the swiping apps when they launched a couple years after we did. Grouper is the way I wish the world was, Tinder is the way the world is.

Before that, I dropped out of and then came back to and graduated from Yale. In between, I started a language learning startup and got to work with another group of amazing people in San Francisco, including Nate, our lead engineer, who afterwards started some air mattress company, which I hear has done pretty well.

I’ve played the drums since I was 5. I dabbled in a Led Zeppelin cover band. I picked up the piano mainly for the purpose of live karaoke. I’m writing a musical.

I discovered tennis as an adult and try to play 3 times a week, often with my dad, who played in college, and probably wished I played as a kid. Whatever it is, it’s never too late to start.

I appreciate thoughtfully crafted products, including: single-origin coffees and creative ways to brew them, most devices designed by Apple in California, and vintage objects from the great mid-century German designers.

I’m a proud and practicing Jew.

I have a brother, Adam, who is a product designer at SeatGeek, and a sister, Jen, who is an accomplished horseback rider, and recent entrant to the startup world, as well.

I’m a techno-optimist and unapologetic accelerationist. I feel so lucky to be alive at the same time as LLMs, self-driving cars, mRNA platforms, GLP-1 agonists, reusable Starships, CRISPR Cas9, spatial computing, and, most of all, memes.