Future Unicorn🦄 #216: Motif
Future Unicorn🦄 #216: Motif
Missing tool in data exploration: sequence analytics to answer "why"
The Quild Future Unicorn highlights one future of work early-stage startup with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Founders: Misha (CEO), Theron (CTO), Sean (Chief Scientist)
Signals:
Top company alumni
Misha was a product manager focused on analytics at Google (3 yrs) and led Uber’s growth intelligence systems (2 yrs)
Theron was a senior engineer at Microsoft (3 yrs), Google (5+ yrs), and Waymo (2+ yrs)
Sean was a research scientist at Facebook (5+ yrs) and Lyft (2+ yrs)
Venture-backed experience
Misha was a product engineer at Coursera (2 yrs)
Top university alumni
Misha graduated from Boston University (PhD)
Theron graduated from UC Berkeley (BS)
Sean graduated from University of Pennsylvannia (BS) and NYU (PhD)
Favorite restaurant at the moment: Ilcha, a modern Korean restaurant. The cured shrimp and fried chicken are divine. The hotpots are amazing too.