Fundraising Fox
/People
Sign in

Shannon Brownlee

Founder

Founder at Valence Ai

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedValence Ai

Find your path to Shannon

387 people in our graph can introduce you to Shannon.

Each arrow is one introduction. Sign up to fill in the first one.

Ask Nick Adams to introduce you to Shannon

You →Nick · together at Valence Ai (2026) →Shannon

Ask Jamie Chen to introduce you to Shannon

You →Jamie · together at Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine →Shannon

Ask Sam Okafor to introduce you to Shannon

You →Sam · 10 people · together at Microsoft →Shannon

Sign up to find every way you can get introduced to Shannon

  • Your email: the people you already email who know Shannon
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: people you know who worked, studied or invested with Shannon
  • Your LinkedIn: the connections who can make the intro for you

We rank every route by how warm it is, so you raise on warm intros instead of cold emails.

Sign up with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in

About

Shannon Brownlee is co-founder and CTO of Valence AI, a startup developing voice technology that performs real-time emotion classification based on tone of voice for applications in customer service and conversational insights. Brownlee's background spans machine learning, signal processing, software engineering, and computational biology, with prior roles at Microsoft and Lucid Circuit.

Founder at Valence Ai

Intro paths

→

In turn, Shannon can intro founders to Valence Ai's investors below.

Valence Ai's investors · 2

AME Cloud VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $10M checks · since 2026Differential VenturesNew York · $250K – $3M checks · since 2026

Experience

  1. Valence AICofounder & CTOcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. USC Department of Biological SciencesAI Researcher2022 — 2023Los Angeles, California, United States
  3. Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative MedicineAI Researcher2022 — 2023Los Angeles, California, United States
  4. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern2022Redmond, Washington, United States
  5. USC Center for AI in Society's Student Branch (CAIS++)President2021 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
  6. USC Center for AI in Society's Student Branch (CAIS++)Project Lead2021 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
  7. USC Center for AI in Society's Student Branch (CAIS++)Project Co-Lead2020 — 2021Los Angeles, California, United States
  8. USC Center for AI in Society's Student Branch (CAIS++)Vice President of Fellowship2020 — 2021Los Angeles, California, United States
  9. USC Center for AI in Society's Student Branch (CAIS++)Project Member2020Los Angeles, California, United States
  10. USC Center for AI in Society's Student Branch (CAIS++)Curriculum Member2019Los Angeles, California, United States
  11. Corpus Callosum USCCo President2021 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
  12. Corpus Callosum USCProject Lead2020 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
  13. Corpus Callosum USCVice President2021Los Angeles, California, United States
  14. University of Southern California Viterbi School of EngineeringTeaching Assistant2021 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
  15. University of Southern California Viterbi School of EngineeringViterbi Student Ambassador2020 — 2022
  16. University of Southern California Viterbi School of EngineeringUndergraduate Research Fellow2020Los Angeles, California, United States
  17. MicrosoftExplorer Intern2021Redmond, Washington, United States
  18. Lucid Circuit, Inc.AI Researcher2020 — 2021

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningApplication Development3Program Management2CMake2Amazon Web Services (AWS)5C++3Python (Programming Language)3C#2

Languages English · French

  • Open Water Diver — PADI
  • Wolfram Certified Technology Associate - Student Level — Wolfram

From Shannon's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Shannon Brownlee?
Shannon Brownlee is co-founder and CTO of Valence AI, a startup developing voice technology that performs real-time emotion classification based on tone of voice for applications in customer service and conversational insights. Brownlee's background spans machine learning, signal processing, software engineering, and computational biology, with prior roles at Microsoft and Lucid Circuit.
Where does Shannon Brownlee work?
Shannon Brownlee is Founder of Valence Ai.
What companies did Shannon Brownlee found?
Shannon Brownlee founded Valence Ai.
Where did Shannon Brownlee go to school?
Shannon Brownlee studied at University of Southern California (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering); University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science - BS, Quantitative Biology); University of Southern California (Minor, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Same school

Shared employers