Palantir for Strategic Finance

Palantir for Strategic Finance

Palantir for Strategic Finance

A lifelong mission to build AI that augments human cognition

A lifelong mission to build AI that augments human cognition

We’re business analytics innovators, machine learning experts, Excel fans, and StratFin leaders teaching LLM‑based agents to help people make better decisions with multidimensional data & numbers.

We’re machine learning experts, Excel fans, StratFin leaders, and analytics innovators teaching LLM‑based agents to help people make better decisions with multidimensional data & numbers.

Generative Business Analytics
A new category for a new era

Generative Business Analytics
A new category for a new era

User asking a natural language query of the AI agent to intelligently remodel the multidimensional data model
User asking a natural language query of the AI agent to intelligently remodel the multidimensional data model
User asking a natural language query of the AI agent to intelligently remodel the multidimensional data model
User asking a natural language query of the AI agent to intelligently remodel the multidimensional data model

Machines, LLMs, and people are each great at different things. From unseen opportunities to unimagined business models, the future unfolds as we unlock each to do what they're best at.

By combining proprietary advances in neurosymbolic AI agents with multidimensional databases and novel scenario modeling algorithms, Spindle does for enterprises what 2D spreadsheets, read-only BI tools, and rigid planning platforms will never be able to: answer business questions at the speed of thought.  Watch Demo ›

Backed by top-percentile funding from Accel Partners (Atlassian, Qualtrics, UiPath, Slack), Caffeinated Capital (Airtable, Notion, Brex, RevOps), and Fortune 100 executives including the former CFO of Goldman Sachs and CBO of Salesforce, we’re just getting started. Build the future of decision science with us, only here at Spindle AI.

Spindle AI by the numbers

Top 10

AI Tools in Finance (2024, 2025)

Top 10

AI Tools in Finance (2024, 2025)

Top 10

AI Tools in Finance (2024, 2025)

Top 10

AI Tools in Finance (2024, 2025)

F500

Customers & Investors

F500

Customers & Investors

F500

Customers & Investors

F500

Customers & Investors

400,000

Lines of Code (Rust, Go, Cython)

400,000

Lines of Code (Rust, Go, Cython)

400k

Lines of Code (Rust, Go, Cython)

400,000

Lines of Code (Rust, Go, Cython)

Top 5%

Funding Profile

Top 5%

Funding Profile

Top 5%

Funding Profile

Top 5%

Funding Profile

SF

Based in San Francisco & Palo Alto

SF

Based in San Francisco & Palo Alto

SF

Based in San Francisco & Palo Alto

SF

Based in San Francisco & Palo Alto

Q3’25

Launching publicly

Q3’25

Launching publicly

Q3’25

Launching publicly

Q3’25

Launching publicly

300

Cumulative years of experience

300

Cumulative years of experience

300

Cumulative years of experience

300

Cumulative years of experience

14

Languages spoken by the team

14

Languages spoken by the team

14

Languages spoken by the team

14

Languages spoken by the team

Meet the Team

Meet the Team

Meet the Team

From the experts behind Tableau AI, GPT‑2, Anaplan, and beyond

Ryan Atallah (CEO, Spindle AI)

Ryan Atallah

CEO & Co-Founder

Ryan formerly co-founded intelligent analytics query engine ClearGraph, acquired by Tableau (Salesforce). The only member of the Forbes Finance Council trained in Computer Science at Stanford University, he’s fiercely passionate about how the intersection of AI, analytics, and Strategic Finance will fundamentally reshape how businesses & governments make decisions with their data.

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Ryan Atallah (CEO, Spindle AI)

Ryan Atallah

CEO & Co-Founder

Ryan formerly co-founded intelligent analytics query engine ClearGraph, acquired by Tableau (Salesforce). The only member of the Forbes Finance Council trained in Computer Science at Stanford University, he’s fiercely passionate about how the intersection of AI, analytics, and Strategic Finance will fundamentally reshape how businesses & governments make decisions with their data.

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Ryan Atallah (CEO, Spindle AI)

Ryan Atallah

CEO & Co-Founder

Ryan formerly co-founded intelligent analytics query engine ClearGraph, acquired by Tableau (Salesforce). The only member of the Forbes Finance Council trained in Computer Science at Stanford University, he’s fiercely passionate about how the intersection of AI, analytics, and Strategic Finance will fundamentally reshape how businesses & governments make decisions with their data.

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Ryan Atallah (CEO, Spindle AI)

Ryan Atallah

CEO & Co-Founder

Ryan formerly co-founded intelligent analytics query engine ClearGraph, acquired by Tableau (Salesforce). The only member of the Forbes Finance Council trained in Computer Science at Stanford University, he’s fiercely passionate about how the intersection of AI, analytics, and Strategic Finance will fundamentally reshape how businesses & governments make decisions with their data.

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Carson Kahn (CPO & Founder, Spindle AI) – carsonkahn.com

Carson Kahn

CPO & Co-Founder

Named a Goldman Sachs 100 Innovator for “first principles advancements in generative AI and Natural Language Processing", Carson is a product leader, scientist-engineer, designer, and investor at the intersection of ML & finance. He formerly served as founding CTO of JPMorgan In–Residence platform Volley AI & President of CIA-backed analytics engine Brainspace, acquired by Reveal.

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Carson Kahn (CPO & Founder, Spindle AI) – carsonkahn.com

Carson Kahn

CPO & Co-Founder

Named a Goldman Sachs 100 Innovator for “first principles advancements in generative AI and Natural Language Processing", Carson is a product leader, scientist-engineer, designer, and investor at the intersection of ML & finance. He formerly served as founding CTO of JPMorgan In–Residence platform Volley AI & President of CIA-backed analytics engine Brainspace, acquired by Reveal.

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Carson Kahn (CPO & Founder, Spindle AI) – carsonkahn.com

Carson Kahn

CPO & Co-Founder

Named a Goldman Sachs 100 Innovator for “first principles advancements in generative AI and Natural Language Processing", Carson is a product leader, scientist-engineer, designer, and investor at the intersection of ML & finance. He formerly served as founding CTO of JPMorgan In–Residence platform Volley AI & President of CIA-backed analytics engine Brainspace, acquired by Reveal.

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Carson Kahn (CPO & Founder, Spindle AI) – carsonkahn.com

Carson Kahn

CPO & Co-Founder

Named a Goldman Sachs 100 Innovator for “first principles advancements in generative AI and Natural Language Processing", Carson is a product leader, scientist-engineer, designer, and investor at the intersection of ML & finance. He formerly served as founding CTO of JPMorgan In–Residence platform Volley AI & President of CIA-backed analytics engine Brainspace, acquired by Reveal.

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Alissa "Apolune" Pajer, Tech Lead for Mathematical Computing, Spindle AI

Alissa “Apolune” Pajer

Mathematical Computing Lead

Formerly CTO & co-founder of AI-powered ELT startup Precog, Alissa has spent the last 13 years as a mathematician-turned-engineer representing & transforming complex data structures. Today the steward of Spindle’s multidimensional computation engine, she has previously served as a VP of Engineering, independent researcher, and speaker on functional programming.

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Alissa "Apolune" Pajer, Tech Lead for Mathematical Computing, Spindle AI

Alissa “Apolune” Pajer

Mathematical Computing Lead

Formerly CTO & co-founder of AI-powered ELT startup Precog, Alissa has spent the last 13 years as a mathematician-turned-engineer representing & transforming complex data structures. Today the steward of Spindle’s multidimensional computation engine, she has previously served as a VP of Engineering, independent researcher, and speaker on functional programming.

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Alissa "Apolune" Pajer, Tech Lead for Mathematical Computing, Spindle AI

Alissa “Apolune” Pajer

Mathematical Computing Lead

Formerly CTO & co-founder of AI-powered ELT startup Precog, Alissa has spent the last 13 years as a mathematician-turned-engineer representing & transforming complex data structures. Today the steward of Spindle’s multidimensional computation engine, she has previously served as a VP of Engineering, independent researcher, and speaker on functional programming.

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Alissa "Apolune" Pajer, Tech Lead for Mathematical Computing, Spindle AI

Alissa “Apolune” Pajer

Mathematical Computing Lead

Formerly CTO & co-founder of AI-powered ELT startup Precog, Alissa has spent the last 13 years as a mathematician-turned-engineer representing & transforming complex data structures. Today the steward of Spindle’s multidimensional computation engine, she has previously served as a VP of Engineering, independent researcher, and speaker on functional programming.

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Angad Nadkarni, AI & Algorithmic Computing Engineer, Spindle AI

Angad Nadkarni

AI & Agentic Systems Engineer

Most recently Principal Engineer at Lightning AI (Pytorch Lightning)—building distributed GPU environments for Deep Learning—Angad formerly invented the Computation Engine for Spindle’s downmarket counterpart & sister company Causal, acquired by Lucanet. He formerly served as CTO & Co-Founder of AI voice engine Hullo, whose Fortune 500 customers included Pillpack (Amazon) and RGA.

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Angad Nadkarni, AI & Algorithmic Computing Engineer, Spindle AI

Angad Nadkarni

AI & Agentic Systems Engineer

Most recently Principal Engineer at Lightning AI (Pytorch Lightning)—building distributed GPU environments for Deep Learning—Angad formerly invented the Computation Engine for Spindle’s downmarket counterpart & sister company Causal, acquired by Lucanet. He formerly served as CTO & Co-Founder of AI voice engine Hullo, whose Fortune 500 customers included Pillpack (Amazon) and RGA.

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Angad Nadkarni, AI & Algorithmic Computing Engineer, Spindle AI

Angad Nadkarni

AI & Agentic Systems Engineer

Most recently Principal Engineer at Lightning AI (Pytorch Lightning)—building distributed GPU environments for Deep Learning—Angad formerly invented the Computation Engine for Spindle’s downmarket counterpart & sister company Causal, acquired by Lucanet. He formerly served as CTO & Co-Founder of AI voice engine Hullo, whose Fortune 500 customers included Pillpack (Amazon) and RGA.

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Angad Nadkarni, AI & Algorithmic Computing Engineer, Spindle AI

Angad Nadkarni

AI & Agentic Systems Engineer

Most recently Principal Engineer at Lightning AI (Pytorch Lightning)—building distributed GPU environments for Deep Learning—Angad formerly invented the Computation Engine for Spindle’s downmarket counterpart & sister company Causal, acquired by Lucanet. He formerly served as CTO & Co-Founder of AI voice engine Hullo, whose Fortune 500 customers included Pillpack (Amazon) and RGA.

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Raghuveer Krishnamurthy, Strategic Finance Solutions Lead, Spindle AI

Raghuveer Krishnamurthy, CFA

Strategic Finance Solutions Engineer

From his leadership of Strategic Finance teams at CaptivateIQ, Rippling, and Twilio, to his advanced degrees in Computer Science (sp. AI), Operations Engineering, and Management Science & Engineering (Stanford), Raghuveer combines his unique skillsets with AI to help customers automate complex analytics in Spindle. He is both an ML enthusiast and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

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Raghuveer Krishnamurthy, Strategic Finance Solutions Lead, Spindle AI

Raghuveer Krishnamurthy, CFA

Strategic Finance Solutions Engineer

From his leadership of Strategic Finance teams at CaptivateIQ, Rippling, and Twilio, to his advanced degrees in Computer Science (sp. AI), Operations Engineering, and Management Science & Engineering (Stanford), Raghuveer combines his unique skillsets with AI to help customers automate complex analytics in Spindle. He is both an ML enthusiast and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

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Raghuveer Krishnamurthy, Strategic Finance Solutions Lead, Spindle AI

Raghuveer Krishnamurthy, CFA

Strategic Finance Solutions Engineer

From his leadership of Strategic Finance teams at CaptivateIQ, Rippling, and Twilio, to his advanced degrees in Computer Science (sp. AI), Operations Engineering, and Management Science & Engineering (Stanford), Raghuveer combines his unique skillsets with AI to help customers automate complex analytics in Spindle. He is both an ML enthusiast and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

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Raghuveer Krishnamurthy, Strategic Finance Solutions Lead, Spindle AI

Raghuveer Krishnamurthy, CFA

Strategic Finance Solutions Engineer

From his leadership of Strategic Finance teams at CaptivateIQ, Rippling, and Twilio, to his advanced degrees in Computer Science (sp. AI), Operations Engineering, and Management Science & Engineering (Stanford), Raghuveer combines his unique skillsets with AI to help customers automate complex analytics in Spindle. He is both an ML enthusiast and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

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Yukiko Añonuevo, UX Designer, Spindle AI

Yukiko Añonuevo

UX Designer & Prototype Engineer

A “Fast Company” Innovation by Design Awards honoree, Yukiko was formerly the Lead UX Designer for Tableau’s Natural Language Querying (NLQ) interfaces. She is among the few developers-turned-designers in the country with the technical acumen, HCI expertise, and data model understanding required to design Spindle AI’s deceptively simple & intelligent interactions. Previously, she served as a design & coding educator at AAU.

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Yukiko Añonuevo, UX Designer, Spindle AI

Yukiko Añonuevo

UX Designer & Prototype Engineer

A “Fast Company” Innovation by Design Awards honoree, Yukiko was formerly the Lead UX Designer for Tableau’s Natural Language Querying (NLQ) interfaces. She is among the few developers-turned-designers in the country with the technical acumen, HCI expertise, and data model understanding required to design Spindle AI’s deceptively simple & intelligent interactions. Previously, she served as a design & coding educator at AAU.

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Yukiko Añonuevo, UX Designer, Spindle AI

Yukiko Añonuevo

UX Designer & Prototype Engineer

A “Fast Company” Innovation by Design Awards honoree, Yukiko was formerly the Lead UX Designer for Tableau’s Natural Language Querying (NLQ) interfaces. She is among the few developers-turned-designers in the country with the technical acumen, HCI expertise, and data model understanding required to design Spindle AI’s deceptively simple & intelligent interactions. Previously, she served as a design & coding educator at AAU.

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Yukiko Añonuevo, UX Designer, Spindle AI

Yukiko Añonuevo

UX Designer & Prototype Engineer

A “Fast Company” Innovation by Design Awards honoree, Yukiko was formerly the Lead UX Designer for Tableau’s Natural Language Querying (NLQ) interfaces. She is among the few developers-turned-designers in the country with the technical acumen, HCI expertise, and data model understanding required to design Spindle AI’s deceptively simple & intelligent interactions. Previously, she served as a design & coding educator at AAU.

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Brett Johnson, Lead Interactive Engineer, Spindle AI

Brett Johnson

Tech Lead, Interactive Analytics

An international expert in high-performance data visualization & reactive programming, Brett leads the development of performant, AI-native frontends at Spindle. He previously spearheaded technical implementations for Google, Microsoft, Novartis, and other blue-chip firms as a Tech Lead for data visualization pioneer Periscopic, after which he served as a Lead Engineer on Tableau’s world-renowned Prototyping Team.

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Brett Johnson, Lead Interactive Engineer, Spindle AI

Brett Johnson

Tech Lead, Interactive Analytics

An international expert in high-performance data visualization & reactive programming, Brett leads the development of performant, AI-native frontends at Spindle. He previously spearheaded technical implementations for Google, Microsoft, Novartis, and other blue-chip firms as a Tech Lead for data visualization pioneer Periscopic, after which he served as a Lead Engineer on Tableau’s world-renowned Prototyping Team.

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Brett Johnson, Lead Interactive Engineer, Spindle AI

Brett Johnson

Tech Lead, Interactive Analytics

An international expert in high-performance data visualization & reactive programming, Brett leads the development of performant, AI-native frontends at Spindle. He previously spearheaded technical implementations for Google, Microsoft, Novartis, and other blue-chip firms as a Tech Lead for data visualization pioneer Periscopic, after which he served as a Lead Engineer on Tableau’s world-renowned Prototyping Team.

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Brett Johnson, Lead Interactive Engineer, Spindle AI

Brett Johnson

Tech Lead, Interactive Analytics

An international expert in high-performance data visualization & reactive programming, Brett leads the development of performant, AI-native frontends at Spindle. He previously spearheaded technical implementations for Google, Microsoft, Novartis, and other blue-chip firms as a Tech Lead for data visualization pioneer Periscopic, after which he served as a Lead Engineer on Tableau’s world-renowned Prototyping Team.

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Lu Han, Product & Data Engineer, Spindle AI

Lu Han

Sr. Engineer, Enterprise Readiness

For over a decade, Lu Han has specialized in secure, high-throughput data pipelines & massively-scalable system architectures. Her work enables Spindle AI to securely, quickly analyze hundreds of millions of rows of data, break down complex data with AI, and more. An accomplished product engineer, she formerly served as Tech Lead of a 30-dev team in Tableau’s Augmented Analytics Group, generating insights with AI.

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Lu Han, Product & Data Engineer, Spindle AI

Lu Han

Sr. Engineer, Enterprise Readiness

For over a decade, Lu Han has specialized in secure, high-throughput data pipelines & massively-scalable system architectures. Her work enables Spindle AI to securely, quickly analyze hundreds of millions of rows of data, break down complex data with AI, and more. An accomplished product engineer, she formerly served as Tech Lead of a 30-dev team in Tableau’s Augmented Analytics Group, generating insights with AI.

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Lu Han, Product & Data Engineer, Spindle AI

Lu Han

Sr. Engineer, Enterprise Readiness

For over a decade, Lu Han has specialized in secure, high-throughput data pipelines & massively-scalable system architectures. Her work enables Spindle AI to securely, quickly analyze hundreds of millions of rows of data, break down complex data with AI, and more. An accomplished product engineer, she formerly served as Tech Lead of a 30-dev team in Tableau’s Augmented Analytics Group, generating insights with AI.

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Lu Han, Product & Data Engineer, Spindle AI

Lu Han

Sr. Engineer, Enterprise Readiness

For over a decade, Lu Han has specialized in secure, high-throughput data pipelines & massively-scalable system architectures. Her work enables Spindle AI to securely, quickly analyze hundreds of millions of rows of data, break down complex data with AI, and more. An accomplished product engineer, she formerly served as Tech Lead of a 30-dev team in Tableau’s Augmented Analytics Group, generating insights with AI.

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Jake Ballinger, Content & Product Marketing, Spindle AI

Jake Ballinger

Product Marketer & Content Lead

A software engineer-turned-marketer formerly at Spindle’s FP&A competitor Cube Planning, Jake blends FinTech marketing and startup growth experience to help craft Spindle AI’s messaging, positioning, and voice. Spanning from web development to content strategy to demand generation, Jake’s expertise lays a foundation for Spindle’s growth in a world where enterprise buyers want help separating AI signal from AI noise.

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Jake Ballinger, Content & Product Marketing, Spindle AI

Jake Ballinger

Product Marketer & Content Lead

A software engineer-turned-marketer formerly at Spindle’s FP&A competitor Cube Planning, Jake blends FinTech marketing and startup growth experience to help craft Spindle AI’s messaging, positioning, and voice. Spanning from web development to content strategy to demand generation, Jake’s expertise lays a foundation for Spindle’s growth in a world where enterprise buyers want help separating AI signal from AI noise.

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Jake Ballinger, Content & Product Marketing, Spindle AI

Jake Ballinger

Product Marketer & Content Lead

A software engineer-turned-marketer formerly at Spindle’s FP&A competitor Cube Planning, Jake blends FinTech marketing and startup growth experience to help craft Spindle AI’s messaging, positioning, and voice. Spanning from web development to content strategy to demand generation, Jake’s expertise lays a foundation for Spindle’s growth in a world where enterprise buyers want help separating AI signal from AI noise.

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Jake Ballinger, Content & Product Marketing, Spindle AI

Jake Ballinger

Product Marketer & Content Lead

A software engineer-turned-marketer formerly at Spindle’s FP&A competitor Cube Planning, Jake blends FinTech marketing and startup growth experience to help craft Spindle AI’s messaging, positioning, and voice. Spanning from web development to content strategy to demand generation, Jake’s expertise lays a foundation for Spindle’s growth in a world where enterprise buyers want help separating AI signal from AI noise.

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Estphania "Steph" Stopani, Talent Partner at Spindle AI

Estephania Stopani, MBA

Talent Partner, DeepTech

Steph is a DeepTech talent partner & technical recruiter passionate about AI & Agents. She formerly served as an Executive Recruiter for Engineering Ops at autonomous driving leader Waymo, before spearheading Global Talent at AI firm Applied Intuition & Special Technologies Talent at Facebook/Meta. Among others, she secured the most challenging hire at Spindle AI that any of Spindle’s current Board Members has ever seen.

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Estphania "Steph" Stopani, Talent Partner at Spindle AI

Estephania Stopani, MBA

Talent Partner, DeepTech

Steph is a DeepTech talent partner & technical recruiter passionate about AI & Agents. She formerly served as an Executive Recruiter for Engineering Ops at autonomous driving leader Waymo, before spearheading Global Talent at AI firm Applied Intuition & Special Technologies Talent at Facebook/Meta. Among others, she secured the most challenging hire at Spindle AI that any of Spindle’s current Board Members has ever seen.

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Estphania "Steph" Stopani, Talent Partner at Spindle AI

Estephania Stopani, MBA

Talent Partner, DeepTech

Steph is a DeepTech talent partner & technical recruiter passionate about AI & Agents. She formerly served as an Executive Recruiter for Engineering Ops at autonomous driving leader Waymo, before spearheading Global Talent at AI firm Applied Intuition & Special Technologies Talent at Facebook/Meta. Among others, she secured the most challenging hire at Spindle AI that any of Spindle’s current Board Members has ever seen.

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Estphania "Steph" Stopani, Talent Partner at Spindle AI

Estephania Stopani, MBA

Talent Partner, DeepTech

Steph is a DeepTech talent partner & technical recruiter passionate about AI & Agents. She formerly served as an Executive Recruiter for Engineering Ops at autonomous driving leader Waymo, before spearheading Global Talent at AI firm Applied Intuition & Special Technologies Talent at Facebook/Meta. Among others, she secured the most challenging hire at Spindle AI that any of Spindle’s current Board Members has ever seen.

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Advisory Board

Dr. Paul Walker (fmr. CTO, Goldman Sachs) - Spindle AI

Dr. Paul Walker

Ex-CTO, Goldman Sachs

Dr. Paul Walker is a Board Member and lifelong engineer, technology executive, and advisor best known as the former CTO of Goldman Sachs. Today, he serves on the Motive Global Advisory Council (GAC), whose members also include Microsoft Chairman John W. Thompson and Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. In parallel, Dr. Walker advises companies & investors on Artificial Intelligence, providing organizations with guidance in business, technology, people, and product strategy. His deep expertise spans machine learning, finance, and governance. Paul formerly worked as a gravitational physics researcher and holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

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Dr. Paul Walker (fmr. CTO, Goldman Sachs) - Spindle AI

Dr. Paul Walker

Ex-CTO, Goldman Sachs

Dr. Paul Walker is a Board Member and lifelong engineer, technology executive, and advisor best known as the former CTO of Goldman Sachs. Today, he serves on the Motive Global Advisory Council (GAC), whose members also include Microsoft Chairman John W. Thompson and Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. In parallel, Dr. Walker advises companies & investors on Artificial Intelligence, providing organizations with guidance in business, technology, people, and product strategy. His deep expertise spans machine learning, finance, and governance. Paul formerly worked as a gravitational physics researcher and holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

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Dr. Paul Walker (fmr. CTO, Goldman Sachs) - Spindle AI

Dr. Paul Walker

Ex-CTO, Goldman Sachs

Dr. Paul Walker is a Board Member and lifelong engineer, technology executive, and advisor best known as the former CTO of Goldman Sachs. Today, he serves on the Motive Global Advisory Council (GAC), whose members also include Microsoft Chairman John W. Thompson and Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. In parallel, Dr. Walker advises companies & investors on Artificial Intelligence, providing organizations with guidance in business, technology, people, and product strategy. His deep expertise spans machine learning, finance, and governance. Paul formerly worked as a gravitational physics researcher and holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

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Dr. Paul Walker (fmr. CTO, Goldman Sachs) - Spindle AI

Dr. Paul Walker

Ex-CTO, Goldman Sachs

Dr. Paul Walker is a Board Member and lifelong engineer, technology executive, and advisor best known as the former CTO of Goldman Sachs. Today, he serves on the Motive Global Advisory Council (GAC), whose members also include Microsoft Chairman John W. Thompson and Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. In parallel, Dr. Walker advises companies & investors on Artificial Intelligence, providing organizations with guidance in business, technology, people, and product strategy. His deep expertise spans machine learning, finance, and governance. Paul formerly worked as a gravitational physics researcher and holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

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Rob Hull, founder of Adaptive Insights - Spindle AI

Rob Hull

Founder & Ex-Chairman, Adaptive Insights (acquired by Workday)

Rob Hull was founder and chairman of Adaptive Insights, today known as Workday Adaptive, a leading corporate performance management & multidimensional business planning platform acquired by Workday for $1.55 billion in 2018. Previously, Mr. Hull served as CFO of Moody’s Risk Management Solutions, CFO of LoopNet (NASDAQ: LOOP), and CEO of ChemTracker. He later served as Executive Chairman of intelligent FP&A software firm Arithmix alongside former Anaplan CEO and co-founder Guy Haddleton, and as Interim CEO (now Executive Chairman) of FP&A firm Jirav. Mr. Hull holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

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Rob Hull, founder of Adaptive Insights - Spindle AI

Rob Hull

Founder & Ex-Chairman, Adaptive Insights (acquired by Workday)

Rob Hull was founder and chairman of Adaptive Insights, today known as Workday Adaptive, a leading corporate performance management & multidimensional business planning platform acquired by Workday for $1.55 billion in 2018. Previously, Mr. Hull served as CFO of Moody’s Risk Management Solutions, CFO of LoopNet (NASDAQ: LOOP), and CEO of ChemTracker. He later served as Executive Chairman of intelligent FP&A software firm Arithmix alongside former Anaplan CEO and co-founder Guy Haddleton, and as Interim CEO (now Executive Chairman) of FP&A firm Jirav. Mr. Hull holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

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Rob Hull, founder of Adaptive Insights - Spindle AI

Rob Hull

Founder & Ex-Chairman, Adaptive Insights (acquired by Workday)

Rob Hull was founder and chairman of Adaptive Insights, today known as Workday Adaptive, a leading corporate performance management & multidimensional business planning platform acquired by Workday for $1.55 billion in 2018. Previously, Mr. Hull served as CFO of Moody’s Risk Management Solutions, CFO of LoopNet (NASDAQ: LOOP), and CEO of ChemTracker. He later served as Executive Chairman of intelligent FP&A software firm Arithmix alongside former Anaplan CEO and co-founder Guy Haddleton, and as Interim CEO (now Executive Chairman) of FP&A firm Jirav. Mr. Hull holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

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Rob Hull, founder of Adaptive Insights - Spindle AI

Rob Hull

Founder & Ex-Chairman, Adaptive Insights (acquired by Workday)

Rob Hull was founder and chairman of Adaptive Insights, today known as Workday Adaptive, a leading corporate performance management & multidimensional business planning platform acquired by Workday for $1.55 billion in 2018. Previously, Mr. Hull served as CFO of Moody’s Risk Management Solutions, CFO of LoopNet (NASDAQ: LOOP), and CEO of ChemTracker. He later served as Executive Chairman of intelligent FP&A software firm Arithmix alongside former Anaplan CEO and co-founder Guy Haddleton, and as Interim CEO (now Executive Chairman) of FP&A firm Jirav. Mr. Hull holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

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In Memoriam: Kim Hammonds (Spindle AI)

Kim Hammonds (In Memoriam)

Ex-Board of Directors, Zoom, Box, Cloudera, UiPath, Red Hat, Segment (Twilio), Deutsche Bank

We sadly miss Spindle investor and first Senior Advisor, Kim Hammonds. Mrs. Hammonds was a brilliant executive, mentor, and force of nature who—true to her nature—was attending Board meetings via Zoom links until just a few days before she passed away at her home on Anna Maria Island in Florida. She was 55 years old. Previously, Mrs. Hammonds served on the Boards of some of this era’s most successful companies. She was formerly COO of Deutsche Bank, CIO of Boeing, Global Systems Head at Dell, and Divisional CIO at Ford. We miss her dearly.

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In Memoriam: Kim Hammonds (Spindle AI)

Kim Hammonds (In Memoriam)

Ex-Board of Directors, Zoom, Box, Cloudera, UiPath, Red Hat, Segment (Twilio), Deutsche Bank

We sadly miss Spindle investor and first Senior Advisor, Kim Hammonds. Mrs. Hammonds was a brilliant executive, mentor, and force of nature who—true to her nature—was attending Board meetings via Zoom links until just a few days before she passed away at her home on Anna Maria Island in Florida. She was 55 years old. Previously, Mrs. Hammonds served on the Boards of some of this era’s most successful companies. She was formerly COO of Deutsche Bank, CIO of Boeing, Global Systems Head at Dell, and Divisional CIO at Ford. We miss her dearly.

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In Memoriam: Kim Hammonds (Spindle AI)

Kim Hammonds (In Memoriam)

Ex-Board of Directors, Zoom, Box, Cloudera, UiPath, Red Hat, Segment (Twilio), Deutsche Bank

We sadly miss Spindle investor and first Senior Advisor, Kim Hammonds. Mrs. Hammonds was a brilliant executive, mentor, and force of nature who—true to her nature—was attending Board meetings via Zoom links until just a few days before she passed away at her home on Anna Maria Island in Florida. She was 55 years old. Previously, Mrs. Hammonds served on the Boards of some of this era’s most successful companies. She was formerly COO of Deutsche Bank, CIO of Boeing, Global Systems Head at Dell, and Divisional CIO at Ford. We miss her dearly.

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In Memoriam: Kim Hammonds (Spindle AI)

Kim Hammonds (In Memoriam)

Ex-Board of Directors, Zoom, Box, Cloudera, UiPath, Red Hat, Segment (Twilio), Deutsche Bank

We sadly miss Spindle investor and first Senior Advisor, Kim Hammonds. Mrs. Hammonds was a brilliant executive, mentor, and force of nature who—true to her nature—was attending Board meetings via Zoom links until just a few days before she passed away at her home on Anna Maria Island in Florida. She was 55 years old. Previously, Mrs. Hammonds served on the Boards of some of this era’s most successful companies. She was formerly COO of Deutsche Bank, CIO of Boeing, Global Systems Head at Dell, and Divisional CIO at Ford. We miss her dearly.

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Jason Ambrose (ex-Anaplan) - Spindle AI

Jason Ambrose

Ex-Head of Solutions, Anaplan

Formerly the Head of the Solutions Team at Anaplan, and founder of McKinsey’s Anaplan & Salesforce Practices before that, Jason advises CFOs on how best to trial & procure Spindle AI, manages relationships with potential channel partners & SIs, and contributes to GTM & business development on a hands-on advisory basis. Mr. Ambrose was formerly Senior VP of Strategy and Corporate Development at Unqork, an enterprise-grade no-code software and cloud computing platform ranked among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Enterprise Tech Companies as well as America’s Best Startups by Forbes in 2022. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Stanford University.

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Jason Ambrose (ex-Anaplan) - Spindle AI

Jason Ambrose

Ex-Head of Solutions, Anaplan

Formerly the Head of the Solutions Team at Anaplan, and founder of McKinsey’s Anaplan & Salesforce Practices before that, Jason advises CFOs on how best to trial & procure Spindle AI, manages relationships with potential channel partners & SIs, and contributes to GTM & business development on a hands-on advisory basis. Mr. Ambrose was formerly Senior VP of Strategy and Corporate Development at Unqork, an enterprise-grade no-code software and cloud computing platform ranked among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Enterprise Tech Companies as well as America’s Best Startups by Forbes in 2022. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Stanford University.

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Jason Ambrose (ex-Anaplan) - Spindle AI

Jason Ambrose

Ex-Head of Solutions, Anaplan

Formerly the Head of the Solutions Team at Anaplan, and founder of McKinsey’s Anaplan & Salesforce Practices before that, Jason advises CFOs on how best to trial & procure Spindle AI, manages relationships with potential channel partners & SIs, and contributes to GTM & business development on a hands-on advisory basis. Mr. Ambrose was formerly Senior VP of Strategy and Corporate Development at Unqork, an enterprise-grade no-code software and cloud computing platform ranked among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Enterprise Tech Companies as well as America’s Best Startups by Forbes in 2022. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Stanford University.

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Jason Ambrose (ex-Anaplan) - Spindle AI

Jason Ambrose

Ex-Head of Solutions, Anaplan

Formerly the Head of the Solutions Team at Anaplan, and founder of McKinsey’s Anaplan & Salesforce Practices before that, Jason advises CFOs on how best to trial & procure Spindle AI, manages relationships with potential channel partners & SIs, and contributes to GTM & business development on a hands-on advisory basis. Mr. Ambrose was formerly Senior VP of Strategy and Corporate Development at Unqork, an enterprise-grade no-code software and cloud computing platform ranked among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Enterprise Tech Companies as well as America’s Best Startups by Forbes in 2022. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Stanford University.

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Bob Cohn (ex-Octel) - Spindle AI

Robert (Bob) Cohn

Ex-Board of Governors, NASDAQ & Ex‑Partner, Sequoia Capital

Sometimes mislabeled the ”inventor of voicemail“, Mr. Cohn first gained renown for co-founding Octel, the company that commercialized voicemail ubiquitously on cell phones, corporate systems, and residential phones. A few years after Lucent Technologies took Octel private in 1997, Mr. Cohn joined Sequoia Capital as a Partner in 2002. Before Octel, he held senior positions with McKinsey and Banque Rothschild in France. Mr. Cohn has also served on the Board of Governors of NASDAQ & Board of Directors at Electronic Arts (EA), among others.

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Bob Cohn (ex-Octel) - Spindle AI

Robert (Bob) Cohn

Ex-Board of Governors, NASDAQ & Ex‑Partner, Sequoia Capital

Sometimes mislabeled the ”inventor of voicemail“, Mr. Cohn first gained renown for co-founding Octel, the company that commercialized voicemail ubiquitously on cell phones, corporate systems, and residential phones. A few years after Lucent Technologies took Octel private in 1997, Mr. Cohn joined Sequoia Capital as a Partner in 2002. Before Octel, he held senior positions with McKinsey and Banque Rothschild in France. Mr. Cohn has also served on the Board of Governors of NASDAQ & Board of Directors at Electronic Arts (EA), among others.

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Bob Cohn (ex-Octel) - Spindle AI

Robert (Bob) Cohn

Ex-Board of Governors, NASDAQ & Ex‑Partner, Sequoia Capital

Sometimes mislabeled the ”inventor of voicemail“, Mr. Cohn first gained renown for co-founding Octel, the company that commercialized voicemail ubiquitously on cell phones, corporate systems, and residential phones. A few years after Lucent Technologies took Octel private in 1997, Mr. Cohn joined Sequoia Capital as a Partner in 2002. Before Octel, he held senior positions with McKinsey and Banque Rothschild in France. Mr. Cohn has also served on the Board of Governors of NASDAQ & Board of Directors at Electronic Arts (EA), among others.

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Bob Cohn (ex-Octel) - Spindle AI

Robert (Bob) Cohn

Ex-Board of Governors, NASDAQ & Ex‑Partner, Sequoia Capital

Sometimes mislabeled the ”inventor of voicemail“, Mr. Cohn first gained renown for co-founding Octel, the company that commercialized voicemail ubiquitously on cell phones, corporate systems, and residential phones. A few years after Lucent Technologies took Octel private in 1997, Mr. Cohn joined Sequoia Capital as a Partner in 2002. Before Octel, he held senior positions with McKinsey and Banque Rothschild in France. Mr. Cohn has also served on the Board of Governors of NASDAQ & Board of Directors at Electronic Arts (EA), among others.

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Ted Kornish (Gravity) - Spindle AI

Ted Kornish

Co-Founder, Gravity & Ex-CTO, Truthset

A longtime colleague of both of Spindle AI’s cofounders, Ted Kornish is a world-class technical founder, entrepreneur, and builder. He is currently the cofounder of Spindle sister company Gravity, an AI-enabled carbon accounting platform for enterprise, and formerly served as CTO of Truthset, a data intelligence company co-founded by Nielsen EVP of Innovation Scott McKinley and EVP of Product Leadership Dan Beltramo. He formerly built a “Siri for Excel” at ClearGraph, and began his career in software engineering at retail analytics firm Ibotta, Inc.

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Ted Kornish (Gravity) - Spindle AI

Ted Kornish

Co-Founder, Gravity & Ex-CTO, Truthset

A longtime colleague of both of Spindle AI’s cofounders, Ted Kornish is a world-class technical founder, entrepreneur, and builder. He is currently the cofounder of Spindle sister company Gravity, an AI-enabled carbon accounting platform for enterprise, and formerly served as CTO of Truthset, a data intelligence company co-founded by Nielsen EVP of Innovation Scott McKinley and EVP of Product Leadership Dan Beltramo. He formerly built a “Siri for Excel” at ClearGraph, and began his career in software engineering at retail analytics firm Ibotta, Inc.

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Ted Kornish (Gravity) - Spindle AI

Ted Kornish

Co-Founder, Gravity & Ex-CTO, Truthset

A longtime colleague of both of Spindle AI’s cofounders, Ted Kornish is a world-class technical founder, entrepreneur, and builder. He is currently the cofounder of Spindle sister company Gravity, an AI-enabled carbon accounting platform for enterprise, and formerly served as CTO of Truthset, a data intelligence company co-founded by Nielsen EVP of Innovation Scott McKinley and EVP of Product Leadership Dan Beltramo. He formerly built a “Siri for Excel” at ClearGraph, and began his career in software engineering at retail analytics firm Ibotta, Inc.

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Ted Kornish (Gravity) - Spindle AI

Ted Kornish

Co-Founder, Gravity & Ex-CTO, Truthset

A longtime colleague of both of Spindle AI’s cofounders, Ted Kornish is a world-class technical founder, entrepreneur, and builder. He is currently the cofounder of Spindle sister company Gravity, an AI-enabled carbon accounting platform for enterprise, and formerly served as CTO of Truthset, a data intelligence company co-founded by Nielsen EVP of Innovation Scott McKinley and EVP of Product Leadership Dan Beltramo. He formerly built a “Siri for Excel” at ClearGraph, and began his career in software engineering at retail analytics firm Ibotta, Inc.

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Partner: Steve Loughlin. Accel is known for Atlassian, Qualtrics, UiPath, Slack, and countless other generationally significant firms.

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Partner: Steve Loughlin. Accel is known for Atlassian, Qualtrics, UiPath, Slack, and countless other generationally significant firms.

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Accel

Partner: Steve Loughlin. Accel is known for Atlassian, Qualtrics, UiPath, Slack, and countless other generationally significant firms.

Accel Partners Logo, captioned "Partner: Steve Loughlin" (Spindle AI)

Accel

Partner: Steve Loughlin. Accel is known for Atlassian, Qualtrics, UiPath, Slack, and countless other generationally significant firms.

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Caffeinated Capital

Partners: Varun Gupta & Ray Tonsing. Caffeinated is known for Airtable, Notion, Brex, RevOps, and many more.

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Caffeinated Capital

Partners: Varun Gupta & Ray Tonsing. Caffeinated is known for Airtable, Notion, Brex, RevOps, and many more.

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Caffeinated Capital

Partners: Varun Gupta & Ray Tonsing. Caffeinated is known for Airtable, Notion, Brex, RevOps, and many more.

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Caffeinated Capital

Partners: Varun Gupta & Ray Tonsing. Caffeinated is known for Airtable, Notion, Brex, RevOps, and many more.

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