Dave Grannan
FounderFounder at Marr Labs
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedMarr Labs · YC
About
Dave Grannan is co-founder and CEO of Marr Labs. He previously founded and led Vlingo, a speech recognition company acquired by Nuance Communications, and served as chairman of Maluuba, an NLP and speech recognition company acquired by Microsoft. He also co-founded Light, a machine vision company acquired by John Deere.
Founder at Marr LabsYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Dave went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Marr Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Dave can intro founders to Marr Labs's investors below.
Marr Labs's investors · 4
Co-founders at Marr Labs
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Han ShuFounder
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Ghinwa F. ChoueiterCo-Founder & Head of AI & Data Science
Experience
- Marr Labs (YC W24)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SenseBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentGreater Boston
- Sensory, Inc.Board Membercurrent2014 — present
- LightCo-Founder & CEO2013 — 2022Palo Alto, CA
- FractaBoard Member2017 — 2020
- MaluubaChairman of the Board2014 — 2017
- Fleksy keyboard SDKAdvisor2013 — 2016San Francisco, CA
- Nuance CommunicationsVice President, Direct-to-Consumer2012 — 2013Cambridge, MA
- VlingoPresident & CEO2007 — 2012Cambridge, MA
- NokiaGeneral Manager, Mobile Email2004 — 2007
- OpenwaveVice President, Partners2003 — 2004
- GeoworksPresident & CEO, Chairman1998 — 2003
- Sprint PCSArea Vice President & General Manager1997 — 1998
- AccentureStrategic Services, Communications Industry Group1994 — 1997
- United States Marine CorpsOfficer in Charge Position Location Networks, Officer in Charge Data Communications1988 — 1992
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)3Machine Learning3Entrepreneurship7Energy Industry2Marketing Strategy1Sustainability1Climate Change Mitigation1Mobile Devices50Product Management17Start-ups49Strategic Partnerships52Business Development10
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Business StrategyGo-to-market StrategySaaSStrategic PlanningLeadershipManagementStrategy- XEIET100 - Clean, Renewable Energy — Stanford Online
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dave Grannan?
- Dave Grannan is co-founder and CEO of Marr Labs. He previously founded and led Vlingo, a speech recognition company acquired by Nuance Communications, and served as chairman of Maluuba, an NLP and speech recognition company acquired by Microsoft. He also co-founded Light, a machine vision company acquired by John Deere.
- Where does Dave Grannan work?
- Dave Grannan is Founder of Marr Labs.
- What companies did Dave Grannan found?
- Dave Grannan founded Marr Labs.
- Where did Dave Grannan go to school?
- Dave Grannan studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA); Indiana University Bloomington (BA).
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