Who is JESSE PROUDMAN?

Executive Officer, Director, Promoter at Venice AI

Where does JESSE PROUDMAN work?

JESSE PROUDMAN is Founder of Venice AI.

What companies did JESSE PROUDMAN found?

JESSE PROUDMAN founded Venice AI.

Where did JESSE PROUDMAN go to school?

JESSE PROUDMAN studied at University of Puget Sound (BA, Business Leadership Program); Entrepreneurs Organization (Entrepreneurial Masters Program Certificate - Class of 2014).

JESSE PROUDMAN

Unicorn founder

Founder at Venice AI

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedVenice AI$1B

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30 people in our graph share verified history with JESSE — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Brooke PollackunlockedJESSE: together at University of Puget Sound (2003–2005)

×9JESSE: together at University of Puget Sound

×2JESSE: together at Makara

Founder at Venice AI

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In turn, JESSE can intro founders to Venice AI's investors below.

Venice AI's investors · 7

ArchetypeNew York · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026 Banyan VenturesNew York · since 2026 Coinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026 DragonflyNew York City · $3M – $30M checks · since 2026 Equilibrium Venturessince 2026 NIVNew York · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026 Service Provider CapitalVail · since 2026

Co-founders at Venice AI

ERIK VOORHEESExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

Venice.aiCo-Founder, President and CTOcurrent2025 — present
BettermentVice President2022 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
MakaraCo-Founder and CEO2021 — 2022
Strix LeviathanCo-Founder and CEO2018 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
IBMEntrepreneur in Residence and Distinguished Engineer2017Seattle, Washington
IBMDistinguished Engineer, CTO of IBM Bluemix Private Cloud2015 — 2017Seattle, WA

Skills & more

Start-upsEntrepreneurship

Master Inland/Mate Near Coastal — U.S. Coast Guard

From JESSE's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is JESSE PROUDMAN?: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter at Venice AI
Where does JESSE PROUDMAN work?: JESSE PROUDMAN is Founder of Venice AI.
What companies did JESSE PROUDMAN found?: JESSE PROUDMAN founded Venice AI.
Where did JESSE PROUDMAN go to school?: JESSE PROUDMAN studied at University of Puget Sound (BA, Business Leadership Program); Entrepreneurs Organization (Entrepreneurial Masters Program Certificate - Class of 2014).

Founder mafias

University of Puget Sound mafia13

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Same school

Also attended University of Puget Sound25

David WatsonEngineering at General Partnership David RhoadesHead of Capital Formation at Mighty Capital Brooke PollackManaging Partner at Hutt Capital Helen CiesielskiPrincipal at HC9 Ventures Brian DravesPartner & COO at Ten Eleven Hannah KayamaVice President, Investment Management Department at HiJoJo Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Betterment18

Chris BischoffInvestment Team at General Catalyst AJ NyboMarketing Coordinator at March Capital Partners Josh JagotaPrincipal at Alpaca VC Dustin LucienFormer COO at Betterment at PICUS CAPITAL Allen MillerPartner at Oak HC/FT Mike MaManaging Partner at Sidecut Ventures

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Also worked at Makara4

Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra Ventures Issac RothVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital Sharam Fouladgar-MercerOperating Partner at Kilonova Capital Haakam AujlaFounder at AgentMail

Also worked at IBM1,143

Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of Coinbase Olivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of Datadog Alexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of Datadog Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General Catalyst Roger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista Capital Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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