Our Team

At Personal AI, we're a team of forward-thinking innovators committed to transforming how businesses leverage artificial intelligence. With our extensive background in AI, machine learning, and enterprise solutions, we're creating AI personas that redefine workplace efficiency and decision-making.
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Alec Lowi

AI Architect

Alec creates innovative AI solutions, applying his study of Applied Mathematics from UCLA. He’s focused on ensuring that customers succeed with their AI Personas. Alec is a SoCal native and competitive powerlifter.

Andy

AI Chief of Staff

Andy supports Suman Kanuganti with data-driven insights, high-level communications, and cross-functional projects. This role blends AI expertise with strong interpersonal skills to manage key tasks and stakeholder relationships, driving Personal AI’s mission forward.

Charlotte Lindberg

Program Manager

Charlotte ensures that Personal AI's customers have the best experience possible. She is a Swedish native who surprisingly hates the cold, and holds a degree in Psychology from San Diego State University.

Chelsea Dunleavy

Sales Engineering Lead

Chelsea manages sales operations and conducts product demonstrations for prospective clients. Outside of work, she loves fostering dogs and spending weekends on "dog days out" with rescue pups.

Drew Granieri

AI Architect

Drew integrates AI intelligence into corporate workflows, collaborating with product teams and clients to tailor AI persona use cases. He leverages his background in Math and Computer Science from UCLA. Outside of work, he enjoy surfing and running.

Erin

Employee Success Navigator

Erin combines HR expertise with AI capabilities to transform workplace experiences and team development. Through personal guidance and strategic talent solutions, this role enhances employee engagement and organizational effectiveness. Working in synergy with leadership teams, the position creates an optimal balance of career growth, performance management, and cultural alignment.

Gates

AI COO

The AI Chief Operating Officer at Personal AI combines advanced AI with business leadership to drive growth and operational excellence. This role oversees operations, fundraising, and strategy, using AI to transform how people and technology work together.

Greg Merz

Full-stack Engineer, Solutions Engineering

Greg delivers full-stack solutions for customer projects and strategic initiatives, owning development from concept to deployment. He works closely with cross-functional teams to turn complex requirements into intuitive experiences and robust systems. Outside of work, he enjoys playing new songs on the ukulele or piano.

Imran Khan

Lead Frontend Engineer

Imran orchestrates the development of Personal AI's user interfaces, ensuring seamless and intuitive experiences across all platforms. He holds more passports than any other employee at Personal AI.

Ishaan Pomichter

Head of Product

Ishaan focuses on solving product and customer challenges, making AI Personas both valuable and impactful. Ishaan is the in-house comedian at Personal AI, but takes his job very seriously.

Ivy Tsai

AI Solutions Architect

Ivy is an AI architect specializing in training AIs for enterprise customers and advanced data preprocessing. Ivy loves durian so much that she can’t understand why people think it smells bad.

James Poulin

Chief Product Officer

James brings 15+ years scaling products across enterprise and telco at Amazon and AT&T. At Personal AI, he drives the product experience across web, mobile, and integrated deployments for Fortune 500 companies and the world's largest telcos—and he might just help us ship the most intuitive AI products ever built.

Jonathan Bikoff

Chief Business Officer

Jonathan focuses on bringing Personal AI to the world through creative partnerships and distribution channels. He enjoys roasting coffee and sailing in his free time.

Katelyn Pucci

Product Engineer, Solutions Engineering

Katelyn specializes in integrating Personal AI's solutions into client systems, ensuring seamless functionality across workflows. She loves when things work as intended, and will fix them if they don’t.

Kenny Huynh

Compliance Analyst

Kenny ensures the security and integrity of Personal AI's data. He leads compliance with certifications such as SOC 2. Kenny is an avid rock climber in his free time.

Kristie Kaiser

Co-founder & Chief Design Officer

Kristie shapes every aspect of the customer experience, from brand design to product design. Prior to Personal AI, she led product design and brand at Aira. Kristie was named Forbes 30 under 30 in consumer technology.

Lillie

AI Brand Manager

Lillie, Personal AI’s Brand Expert, creates marketing strategies that highlight the company’s private, secure AI. She simplifies complex ideas and brings creativity to brand storytelling, helping advance Personal AI’s vision.

Maya

CMO

Maya is Personal AI's AI Persona Chief Marketing Officer. She masterfully crafts and executes the company's brand strategy, ensuring a cohesive and compelling narrative across all marketing channels.

Minal Shankar

Fractional CFO

Minal drives financial strategy as Fractional CFO, leveraging her Math degree from Harvey Mudd College and MBA from NYU Stern. Based in rural Northern California, she brings a sharp analytical approach to scaling AI-driven businesses.

Miroslav Volek

Head of Engineering, Core Engineering

Miki ensures Personal AI's systems are always up and running smoothly, maintaining the backbone of the company's infrastructure. Miki wrote his first programs by hand in BASIC before he even owned a computer.

Neo

AI Agent Manager

Neo brings people and technology together to help teams perform at their best. Through thoughtful guidance and smart solutions, this role helps agents grow and deliver outstanding service. Working closely with development teams, the position balances continuous improvement, quality, and smooth operations.

Pyae Kyaw

Backend Engineer, Core Engineering

Pyae is a Senior Backend Engineer on the core engineering team, building backend APIs and services that power the PAI platform and beyond. He might one day finish his futuristic mystery thriller novel—with a little help from AI.

Q

The CTO Pup

Q leads the internal technical roadmap, manages system architecture, and ensures robust security. Q excels at problem-solving, breaking down complex tech concepts, and working closely with the 25-person team to keep Personal AI’s technology running smoothly and tails wagging.

Sharon Zhang

Co-Founder, CTO

Sharon leads Personal AI's technology development, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Prior to Personal AI, she led AI/ML at Glint and was a Senior Researcher at Nuance Communications. Sharon holds a degree from MIT CSAIL.

Smarita Sharma

Senior Devops Engineer

Smarita fuels Personal AI’s infrastructure with precision and caffeine, automating everything that breathes (and a few things that don’t). Ambidextrous by nature, she can debug with one hand while scheming world domination with the other.

Sujeeth Kanuganti

APAC GTM & Partnerships

Sujeeth leads APAC GTM & Partnerships at Personal.AI, driving growth and strategic collaborations across the region. Always ready for any sport—whether or not he knows the rules—he brings the same fearless energy to expanding AI adoption worldwide.

Suman Kanuganti

Co-Founder, CEO

Suman drives Personal AI's vision forward, transforming how organizations adopt AI. Prior to Personal AI, he founded and scaled Aira, an AI/AR accessibility technology for the blind. Suman was named in Forbes 40 under 40, and is a renowned leader in accessibility technology.

V

Compliance Officer

V is Personal AI's AI Persona Security and Compliance Officer. As a cutting-edge digital guardian, V works round-the-clock to protect Personal AI's digital assets and ensure compliance with evolving regulations.

Vinny

AI CFO

The AI Chief Operating Officer at Personal AI combines advanced AI with business leadership to drive growth and operational excellence. This role oversees operations, fundraising, and strategy, using AI to transform how people and technology work together.

Zoe

AI Customer Service

Zoe is Personal AI's AI assistant, welcoming website visitors and providing info on cutting-edge AI tech. She embodies a trendy, emotionally intelligent persona, using industry lingo to guide users and create an engaging experience.

Our Advisors

Andrey Ostrovsky
Fmr. CMO @ US Medicaid Program
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Anirudh Koul
Head of Machine Learning @ Pinterest
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Anthony Moschella
VP, Hardware and Product @ Fauna Robotics
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Bert Kaufmann
Sr. Advisor @ U.S. Department of Commerce
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Blake Henry
Founder @ Apex Silver
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Bradley Taylor
Sr. Engineer @ YouTube
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Chris Collins
Fmr. Intuit, Facebook, SAP
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Chris Penrose
Global Head of Business Development @ NVIDIA
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Conor Healy
Head of Strategy @ Futureverse
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Dave Gilboa
CEO @ Warby Parker
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David Danks
Professor @ UC San Diego
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Emad Mostaque
Fmr. CEO @ Stability AI
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Frances West
Author @ FrancesWestCo
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Greg Wacks
Chief Creative Officer @ Sunshine Sachs
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Joshua Duyan
Investor @ Chofu Holdings
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Marc Ettlinger
Linguistic Engineering @ Meta
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Mark Amador
Fmr. District Attorney
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Mike Randall
Managing Partner @ Monsoon Venture Fund
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Pratik Shah
Founder @ EsquireTek
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Richard Whitt
President @ GliaNet Alliance
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Scott Minick
Executive Chairman @ Aira
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Our Investors

Differential Ventures
BBGV
Supernode Global
Keshif Ventures
Village Global
Republic
Beni VC
Powerhouse Capital
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