Oren Jacob
FounderCo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Pullstring · Founder at ToyTalk
Oakland, California, United States
FoundedPullstringToyTalk
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About
Oren Jacob is a Senior Director at Roblox. He previously spent six years at Apple working on Siri, ten years as cofounder and CEO of ToyTalk/PullString, and twenty years at Pixar in film, animation, and computer graphics.
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Pullstring
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Experience
- RobloxSenior Directorcurrent2025 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
- AppleSiri2019 — 2025Cupertino and San Francisco
- PullString, Inc.Cofounder, CEO2011 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessInstructor, Entrepreneurship2011 — 2015Berkeley
- August CapitalEntrepreneur in Residence2011Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park
- PixarDirector, Studio Tools2004 — 2011Emeryville, CA
- PixarChief Technical Officer2008 — 2010
- PixarSupervising Technical Director, Finding Nemo2000 — 2003
- PixarAssociate Technical Director and Effects Lead, Toy Story 21996 — 1999
- PixarTechnical Director, A Bugs Life1998
- PixarInstructor, Pixar University1996
- PixarLighting and Effects TD, Toy Story1995
- PixarTechnical Director, many TV commercials1990 — 1994
- Stanford UniversityE245 course mentor2011Stanford
- Ensemble PicturesExecutive Producer2006 — 2011
- Academy of Art UniversityInstructor, Character Animation, and Curriculum Design1994 — 2002
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Start-ups99Computer Graphics70Animation99Film99iPhone11Mac OS X13User Experience41Mobile Applications30Mobile Devices25Software Development18Entrepreneurship96Visual Effects40
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- Who is Oren Jacob?
- Oren Jacob is a Senior Director at Roblox. He previously spent six years at Apple working on Siri, ten years as cofounder and CEO of ToyTalk/PullString, and twenty years at Pixar in film, animation, and computer graphics.
- Where does Oren Jacob work?
- Oren Jacob is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Pullstring.
- What companies did Oren Jacob found?
- Oren Jacob founded Pullstring, ToyTalk.
- Where did Oren Jacob go to school?
- Oren Jacob studied at University of California, Berkeley (MS, Mechanical Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (BS, Mechanical Engineering); Alpine Skills International (certificate, Avalanche Safety).
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