About
An early founding General Partner at SpaceFund and a five-time founder focused on scaling high-impact technology companies. He is founder and CEO of HawkenAI and is active in the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem as an investor, judge, and operator.
Experience
- ChangeLayerFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HawkenAIFounder / Chairmancurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- SpaceFundFounding General Partnercurrent2019 — present
- PowerYou AIAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- HawkenAQChairmancurrent2019 — presentNewport Beach, California, United States
- AG2Advisor2025 — 2026
- CallidusAIChief Technology Officer / Co-Founder2023 — 2025San Francisco, CA
- Mucker CapitalTechnical Advisor2015 — 2022Greater Los Angeles Area
- Commander IoTAdvisor2014 — 2022
- Hyperloop Transportation Technologies IncTechnical Advisor2015 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- nPloyedAdvisor / Co-Founder2015 — 2020
- DealerHQVP Technology / Co-Founder2014 — 2017Boulder, Colorado
- Deep Space IndustriesTechnical Lead / Computer Scientist2013 — 2015Earth
- CanWe StudiosTechnical Lead / Senior Full Stack Developer2013 — 2014Austin, Texas Area
- Booz Allen HamiltonSenior Consultant2011 — 2013
- ACM PurduePresident2007 — 2011
- Digital Literacy ContestCo Founder2007 — 2010
Education
- Princeton UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Global Entrepreneurship2011 — 2012
- Purdue UniversityB.Sci., Computer Science2007 — 2011
Skills & more
Node.js5JavaScript13MongoDB1NoSQL4Android1iOS1Nginx3Backbone.js3D3.js1Amazon Web Services (AWS)1jQuery8Java22
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C#HadoopPHPMySQLCC++EclipsePythonDeep LearningFull Stack DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipComputer ScienceFrom John's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Princeton University444
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures
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Also attended Purdue University138
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechJane CommerfordOperations at 8VCSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeff PetersPartner at Ibex Investors
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Shared employers
Also worked at Booz Allen Hamilton125
Neeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesRohan BhargavaInvestor at 8VCLiam DonohueInvestor at .406 VenturesTrip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesNekeshia WoodsManaging Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalSean EbertSenior Partner at Altira Group LLC
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