James Evans
InvestorFounderAdvisor Partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedCommand AI · YC
About
James Evans is Head of AI at Amplitude. He was co-founder and CEO of Command AI (formerly CommandBar), a user experience software company acquired by Amplitude, and earlier worked on enterprise software investments within Bain Capital's technology private equity group. He holds a Computer Science degree from Princeton University.
Founder at Command AIYC S20
Intro paths
James went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Command AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, James can intro founders to Command AI's investors below.
Command AI's investors · 4
Co-founders at Command AI
Experience
- Y CombinatorVisiting Partnercurrent2025 — present
- AmplitudeSenior Director, Head of AI2024 — 2026
- Command AI (fka CommandBar)Co-Founder and CEO2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- BasisProduct2018 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- Bain Capital Private EquityPrivate Equity Analyst2016 — 2018
Education
- Princeton UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science
Skills & more
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Y Combinator66
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Also worked at Amplitude12
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Also worked at Basis1
Also worked at Bain Capital Private Equity102
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