What is the Cruise mafia?

The Cruise mafia is the network of 45 people who came through Cruise and went on to found or lead other companies, including GM Cruise Holdings, Pequity, Everyme, Assembly Made, Hestus, Inc..

Who is in the Cruise mafia?

Notable members include Kyle Vogt (GM Cruise Holdings), Daniel Kan (GM Cruise Holdings), Kaitlyn Knopp (Pequity), Oliver Cameron (Everyme), Matthew Deiters (Assembly Made), Sohrab Haghighat (Hestus, Inc.), Richard He (Openmart), Cecilia Ziniti (GC AI), among 45 tracked members.

What companies did Cruise alumni found?

Companies founded by Cruise alumni include GM Cruise Holdings, Pequity, Everyme, Assembly Made, Hestus, Inc., Openmart, GC AI, Wrappup, ArgusEye, Hounddog.

The Cruise Mafia

45 people came through Cruise and went on to found or lead other companies.

Kyle VogtFounder/CEOFounded GM Cruise Holdings +2 Daniel KanFounder/COOFounded GM Cruise Holdings +2 Kaitlyn KnoppHead of Compensation & People AnalyticsFounded Pequity +1 Oliver CameronVP, ProductFounded Everyme +1 Matthew DeitersDirector of Product & Technical OperationsFounded Assembly Made +1 Sohrab HaghighatControls EngineerFounded Hestus, Inc. +1 Richard HeSenior Software Engineer - ML PlatformFounded Openmart +1 Cecilia ZinitiDirector & Lead Counsel, Product, Regulatory & IP LegalFounded GC AI +1 Ayush ChordiaHead of Data SearchFounded Wrappup +1 Lawrence IbarriaAssociate Director, SimulationFounded ArgusEye +1 Amjad AfanahProduct Management LeaderFounded Hounddog +1 David BeyerInvestorFounded Chartio Patrick EggenInvestorFounded Counterpart Leo LiangSenior Engineer Manager, Machine Learning Platform & Ground TruthFounded CipherOwl Jon McNeillVice Chairman of the BoardFounded GrabCAD Tom GellatlyEngineering Manager: Mapping + Data LabelingFounded Centaur Vignan VelivelaSoftware EngineerFounded AtoB Peter GaoEngineering ManagerFounded Aquarium Learning Quinn JohnsonEngineering ManagerFounded Aquarium Learning Garrison BellackSenior Machine Learning Engineer, RoboticsFounded DreamWorld Reza AzizianSenior Thermal Design EngineerFounded Ferveret Ian RustFounding EngineerFounded Revoy Emmanuel TurlaySenior Software EngineerFounded Airtrain AI Zheng Hao TanSenior Software EngineerFounded Ruleset Tom BachantSenior Engineering ManagerFounded Unthread Justin LederManager, Operations AnalyticsFounded Turntable Joey SkavroneckMBA Intern, DeploymentsFounded Craftwork Dmitry IlyevskySr Software EngineerFounded Apoxy Effy ZhangStaff Product DesignerFounded Baserun Nicholas CharriereStaff Software EngineerFounded Mocha Ellen HuiSenior Site Reliability EngineerFounded Thorntale Daniel Bulhosa SolorzanoSenior ML Researcher IIFounded Variant Kevin ChuDirector of Autonomous Vehicle EngineeringFounded Hestus, Inc.Alan WellsStaff Technical Product Manager, Autonomous Vehicle SoftwareFounded Rocketable Nick AmoreBusiness OperationsFounded IronLedger.ai Satya Vasanth TumatiSenior Software Engineer II - AI FoundationsFounded Socratix AI Sebastian FischerSenior Systems Engineer IIFounded Wardstone Kunal RoySenior Software EngineerFounded Dome Flora Ponjou TasseApplied Scientist (ML)Founded Selerio Mason SwoffordSoftware Engineering InternFounded Tenzo Phillip WangComputer Vision Engineer InternFounded Gather Jacob RosenbergPrincipal Software EngineerFounded LendUp Utsav ShahSenior Data Scientist, AIFounded Kaaj Bingrui YangHead of AV Hardware SystemsFounded Pebble David BeyerInvestorFounded Chartio

Frequently asked questions

What is the Cruise mafia?: The Cruise mafia is the network of 45 people who came through Cruise and went on to found or lead other companies, including GM Cruise Holdings, Pequity, Everyme, Assembly Made, Hestus, Inc..
Who is in the Cruise mafia?: Notable members include Kyle Vogt (GM Cruise Holdings), Daniel Kan (GM Cruise Holdings), Kaitlyn Knopp (Pequity), Oliver Cameron (Everyme), Matthew Deiters (Assembly Made), Sohrab Haghighat (Hestus, Inc.), Richard He (Openmart), Cecilia Ziniti (GC AI), among 45 tracked members.
What companies did Cruise alumni found?: Companies founded by Cruise alumni include GM Cruise Holdings, Pequity, Everyme, Assembly Made, Hestus, Inc., Openmart, GC AI, Wrappup, ArgusEye, Hounddog.