Raised in Montana. Attended Deep Springs College. Studied Zen Buddhism at Tassajara. Worked as a journalist for 8 years at the New York Times and Bloomberg News in Paris. Came to San Francisco in 2013 and joined FutureAdvisor (W10). Founded Skymind (W16), which would later become Pathmind. Acquired by Clipboard Health (W17). Interests: pre/seed investing, foreign languages, machine learning, Ukraine.