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Shaun Modi

Founder

Founder & CEO at Capitol AI

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

FoundedCapitol AI · YC

About

Shaun Modi was a founding designer at Airbnb and has held design roles at Google, NASA, the CDC, and other government and technology organizations. He is now founder and CEO of Capitol AI, which provides AI-powered content generation from documents.

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Shaun Modi @shaunmodi

"There is no such thing as information overload. There is only bad design".  AI has given Edward Tufte’s statement new meaning. For some time now, we’ve been heading towards categorizing user experience as a business imperative. Visual architecture and communication are no https://t.co/eFB1G5S2cr

Jul 31, 2026 · ♥ 2

Shaun Modi @shaunmodi

Thursday night stroll. https://t.co/A86mbbZOPS

Jul 31, 2026

Shaun Modi @shaunmodi

Multi model has been Capitol’s architecture since day 1. https://t.co/o43IERY5St

Jul 25, 2026 · ♥ 1

Founder & CEO at Capitol AIYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Shaun went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Capitol AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Shaun can intro founders to Capitol AI's investors below.

Capitol AI's investors · 6

468 CapitalDesigner FundFailup VenturesImagination CapitalTogether FundY Combinator

Co-founders at Capitol AI

THthomas hallaran
thomas hallaranFounder

Experience

  1. Capitol AICEOcurrent2021 — presentUnited States
  2. TMCo-Founder and Managing Partner2014 — 2021San Francisco
  3. Office of the Director of National IntelligenceStrategic Advisor2020 — 2021
  4. AirbnbDesign Lead2012 — 2014San Francisco
  5. GoogleUX Design Lead2010 — 2011
  6. MotorolaIndustrial Designer2007 — 2009
  7. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationIndustrial Designer2006 — 2007
  8. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationIndustrial Design Intern2006
  9. NokiaIndustrial Designer + UX Designer2006 — 2007

Education

  1. Rhode Island School of DesignBFA, Industrial Design2003 — 2007
  2. MIT Sloan School of ManagementProduct Development2006 — 2007
  3. International Space UniversityAeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General2007

Skills & more

Design Strategy22User Experience53Experience Design25User Interface19User-centered Design33User Interface Design31Visual Design6Interaction Design13Human Interface Design1HCI2Human Computer Interaction1Sketching9
+11 moreConcept DesignProduct DesignIndustrial DesignInformation ArchitectureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Customer ExperienceUser Experience Design (UED)Customer JourneysInDesignDesign ThinkingMobile Design

From Shaun's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Rhode Island School of Design11

Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalJoe FlahertyDirector, Content & Community at Founder CollectiveZoe AngellInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRebecca SilverDirector at NYU Innovation Venture FundCaterina FakeInvestor at Yes VCHeather PhillipsAdvisor at Designer Fund

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Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management427

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOlaInvestor at Investinor

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Also attended International Space University11

Lindsey YeePrincipal at Starbridge Venture Capital LlcTamryn BarkerSector Director, Mining & Nature at Founders FactoryPawel ChudzinskiPartner at Point NineTal ShaharVenture Partner at Deep InsightMarlene GrenonAdvisor at IA Seed VenturesRishi KhanProduct Lead at Futuresight

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Shared employers

Also worked at Airbnb106

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystFraser KeltonInvestor at Spark CapitalBrenden GlapionCorporate Counsel at Greycroft

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Also worked at Google1,078

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis

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Also worked at Motorola73

Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Genping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Kip McClanahanGeneral Partner at Silverton PartnersClint ChaoGeneral Partner at Moment Ventures, LlcAnupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESAnshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at Converge

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Also worked at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration54

HariFellow at Clear VenturesSai SenthilkumarPartner at Redpoint VenturesJoe FlahertyDirector, Content & Community at Founder CollectiveJim BridenstineManaging Partner, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesGabe ShermanPresident, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesLinda CuretonBoard Member at Maryland TEDCO

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