About Cofounders

David Navama
CEO & Chief Storyteller
Serial entrepreneur, venture fund founder and most recently, President and Chief Innovation Officer of SPINS, leading data company in the grocery industry. Joined SPINS via merger of his company Destini in 2013 and helped drive 8 years of record growth, culminating in an exit in 2021 (Warburg Pincus, General Atlantic and Georgian).

Andrew Paley
Chief Science & Technology Officer
Inventor on 20+ artificial intelligence patents, 10+ year veteran of bleeding-edge startups, and most recently, PhD candidate in Computer Science at Northwestern University with a research focus on artificial intelligence. Accomplished songwriter, producer, and world-touring artist with multiple releases and collaborations.

David Navama
CEO
Co-founder
Serial entrepreneur, venture fund founder and most recently, President and Chief Innovation Officer of SPINS, leading data company in the grocery industry. Joined SPINS via merger of his company Destini in 2013 and helped drive 8 years of record growth, culminating in an exit in 2021 (Warburg Pincus, General Atlantic and Georgian).

Andrew Paley
Chief Technology & Science Officer
Co-founder
Inventor on 18 artificial intelligence patents, 10+ year data science veteran of bleeding-edge startups, and most recently PhD candidate focused on artificial intelligence at Northwestern University, Andrew is also an accomplished songwriter, producer and world-touring artist having released 7 albums.