Google & Looker Sales Leader Eric Johnston Joins Personal AI as Chief Revenue Officer

May 14, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 14, 2025 – Personal AI, the leading provider of AI workforce solutions for enterprises, today announced the appointment of Eric Johnston as Chief Revenue Officer. Johnston, who helped scale Looker from $2M to $150M in ARR before its $2.6 billion acquisition by Google, joins Personal AI to spearhead their accelerated growth.

Johnston brings over 15 years of experience scaling enterprise SaaS companies, most recently as Head of Sales at Gradient, where he built and led the sales organization during the company's early-stage growth. Prior to Gradient, he served as Head of Worldwide Strategic Sales at Google's Data Analytics Center of Excellence, where he focused on driving strategic enterprise accounts following Google's acquisition of Looker.

"Eric is a transformational sales leader with a proven track record of scaling platforms across diverse industries," said Suman Kanuganti, Co-Founder and CEO of Personal AI. "From analytics to agents, his experience building Looker's sales organization and recently at Gradient AI from the ground up demonstrates exactly the leadership we need. Eric's methodical approach to developing enterprise relationships and establishing repeatable sales processes across multiple verticals will be invaluable as we expand our AI workforce platform.”

Personal AI enables businesses to rapidly train and deploy their own AI teams, multiplying performance by 10x while reducing costs by 10x. The company's proprietary Personal Language Model (PLM) technology allows enterprises to create AI personas with specific memory, domain expertise and functions while maintaining data privacy and security through SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance certifications.

“I’ve always been attracted to high-growth, disruptive companies that are at the forefront of technology-driven revolutions. Personal AI has built the definitive platform for enterprises to bring AI to their workforce seamlessly, and realize the incredible business value and ROI of having AI embedded throughout the organization,” said Johnston. "After experiencing Looker's hyper-growth stages, I see the same indicators of success in Personal AI, and I'm excited to be part of such a passionate team and scale the revenue operations during this pivotal time."

Personal AI has already secured contracts with multiple Fortune 500 companies across telecommunications, brands, and compliance sectors, demonstrating the platform's ability to scale across organizations. The company has seen rapid user adoption within enterprise clients, with customers expanding from departmental deployments to organization-wide implementations.

Johnston's appointment comes as Personal AI accelerates its go-to-market strategy, expanding its Enterprise AI workforce and bringing its Personal AI Receptionist offering to market.