David graduated from The University of Waterloo with a degree in Mechatronics Engineering. He worked as a software engineer at Google on real-time ad auctions, and as an AI engineer at Uber on Global Intelligence. After this he was co-founder & CEO of Phonic (W20) and sold the startup in 2023 to Infillion, an LA-based ad-tech company. David is passionate about distributed systems, AI, and social entrepreneurship.

David Ferris

Phonic

Mitchell Catoen, Founder

Mitchell graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Mechatronics Engineering. He’s worked at top AI teams with Google, Hive AI, Uber, and Yahoo. Mitchell loves playing around with new technology and reproducing top machine learning models. Being born in Canada, he also has a passion for hockey and downhill skiing.

Mitchell Catoen

Phonic