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- Aayush ShahFounder · BlacksmithW24B2B
- Aditya (JP) Jayaprakash@adijayaprakashFounder · BlacksmithW24B2B
- Aditya Maru@adityamaru27Founder · BlacksmithW24B2B
- Dave GrannanFounder/CEO · Marr LabsW24B2B · San Francisco
- Han Shu@hshuFounder/CTO · Marr LabsW24B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Aayush ShahBlacksmithFounderWinter 2024B2BUnknown3—Aditya (JP) JayaprakashBlacksmithFounderWinter 2024B2BUnknown3https://x.com/adijayaprakashAditya MaruBlacksmithFounderWinter 2024B2BUnknown3https://x.com/adityamaru27Dave GrannanMarr LabsFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States9—Han ShuMarr LabsFounder/CTOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States9https://x.com/hshu
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Dave Grannan
Founder/CEO·Marr Labs
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size9
BatchWinter 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Dave is the co-founder and CEO of Marr Labs. Previously, Dave was the founding CEO of speech recognition company Vlingo that provided speech recognition for the first Siri products and was acquired for $225M by Nuance Communications. Dave was also Chairman of the Board of NLP and speech recognition company Maluuba that was acquired for $160M by Microsoft. Prior to founding Marr, Dave was co-founder and CEO of machine vision company Light, acquired by John Deere.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
No notable employer or school mentioned in the bio.
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
Exit mentioned in bio
COMPANY CONTEXT
Marr LabsAI-voice agents that are indistinguishable from humans.
Co-foundersHan Shu@hshu
