Koodos Labs
Koodos Labs is a New York-based products and research company founded in 2020, focused on building personal context infrastructure for the next generation of the internet. Their flagship product, Shel
About Koodos Labs
Koodos Labs is a New York-based products and research company founded in 2020, focused on building personal context infrastructure for the next generation of the internet. Their flagship product, Shelf, is a personal data manager and social network that enables users to collect, control, and connect their personal context—memories, preferences, and consumption patterns—so AI agents can work for them. The company's mission is to give people custody of their memory and let AI work for them, not the other way around, positioning itself as a pioneer in user-centric internet infrastructure.
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Company details
Funding
Total raised
$7M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Jad Esber
Previously worked at Google and YouTube focusing on building products for creators and artists in emerging markets. Holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard, where he was a Sainsbury Management Fellow and led the university's entrepreneurship club. Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet & Society at Harvard and Fellow at the Platform Cooperativism Consortium at the New School. Has addressed Ofcom regarding the future of internet platforms and digital identities.
LinkedInApurva Chitnis
Previously founded and served as CEO of Sidetrack until 2022. Joined Koodos Labs as Head of Engineering in August 2022 before transitioning to CTO in January 2023.
LinkedInJennie Silber
Founding team member with ~7 years of experience; also credited across koodos press pages as 'founding engineer'.
Kirill Noskov
Listed alongside Jennie Silber on company org profile.
Julian Delerme
Founding team member per Business Insider's founder list.
Lydia Ding
Founding team member per Business Insider's founder list.
Simona Ruzer
Founding team member per Business Insider's founder list.
Clare Carroll
Founding team member per Business Insider's founder list.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.