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About
John Nay is the Founder and CEO of Norm Ai, a company backed by more than $260 million from investors including Khosla Ventures, Blackstone, Coatue, and Bain Capital. He previously served as founding CEO of Brooklyn Artificial Intelligence, Inc. and Brooklyn Investment Group, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor acquired by TIAA Nuveen. Nay holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt, has held academic positions at Harvard and NYU, and created the first AI course at the NYU School of Law as an Adjunct Professor.
Founder at Norm Ai
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Norm Ai's investors · 18
Allison Pickens VenturesWayne · $250K – $1M checksBain CapitalBoston · since 2025Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2024Basis Set VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checksBlackRockNew YorkBlackstonesince 2025Blackstone Life SciencesNew York · $20M – $60M checksCiti VenturesNew YorkCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2026ExpaWest Hollywood · $250K – $3M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $20M checks · since 2026M13New York · $4M – $7M checksMadrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2024New NormalSeattle · $250K – $1M checksNew York LifeNew York · since 2026New York Life VenturesNew YorkRite VenturesStockholm
Experience
- Norm AiFounder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentManhattan, NY
- CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal InformaticsFellow, AI & Lawcurrent2022 — presentStanford, California, United States
- Vanderbilt University Law SchoolVisiting Scholar in AI & Lawcurrent2023 — present
- Brooklyn Investment GroupChairman2017 — 2025Brooklyn, NY
- Brooklyn Investment GroupFounding CEO2017 — 2023Brooklyn, NY
- New York UniversityAdjunct Professor of Law2018 — 2021New York, NY
- Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard UniversityAffiliate, 2017-2018 Cohort2017 — 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)R (Programming Language)Statistics1SustainabilityEnvironmental AwarenessResearch2Environmental PolicyPolicy AnalysisData AnalysisMachine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Equities Trading
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Natural Language ProcessingComputational ModelingAgent-based ModelingStochastic SimulationStatistical ProgrammingData ScienceData EngineeringQuantitative FinanceQuantitative TradingAlgorithmic TradingSystematic TradingQuant EquityFrom John's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Nay?
- John Nay is the Founder and CEO of Norm Ai, a company backed by more than $260 million from investors including Khosla Ventures, Blackstone, Coatue, and Bain Capital. He previously served as founding CEO of Brooklyn Artificial Intelligence, Inc. and Brooklyn Investment Group, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor acquired by TIAA Nuveen. Nay holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt, has held academic positions at Harvard and NYU, and created the first AI course at the NYU School of Law as an Adjunct Professor.
- Where does John Nay work?
- John Nay is Founder of Norm Ai.
- What companies did John Nay found?
- John Nay founded Norm Ai.
- Where did John Nay go to school?
- John Nay studied at Vanderbilt University (Ph.D.); New York University (Post-doctoral Research Fellowship).
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Vanderbilt University mafia141
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Jacob JofeInvestor at Index VenturesRoss Perot Jr.Chairman of The Perot Group at Perot JainDavid D JohnsonManaging Director at Intel Capital, North AmericaTom DriscollPrincipal at Differential VenturesSabina SmithPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersPayton DobbsOperating Partner at Hoxton Ventures
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Tony LaiInvestor at StartXKushagra ShrivastavaCo-founder, Key Studio at Xoogler VenturesMuhammad KhattakFounder at Cardinal GrayMichael GuirguisCo-founder & CEO at SesoNehal MadhaniFounder at AltlegalGary SanghaFounder at Lex Check
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