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Jesse Leimgruber

Founder of OpenHome

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Jesse Leimgruber is a successful entrepreneur and founder of multiple companies, including OpenHome and NeoReach, with a strong background in SEO, influencer marketing, and web development. Notable career highlights include being selected as a Thiel Fellow and recognized in the 30u30 list, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and start-ups.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder - CTO

    2024 - Current

    AI Smart Speaker SDK. Like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Siri, but actually smart! Bringing AI Voice to all hardware.

  • Chairman & Founder

    2014

    Leading Influencer Platform. $75+ Million in revenue from Fortune 500's. In 2017, we led the U.S. launch of TikTok. NeoReach joined TikTok's U.S. launch team to recruit influencers and transition from Musical.ly to TikTok. CEO from 2014 moved to Chairman in 2024.

  • Founder

    2017 - 2023

    Acquired in 2024, Raised $50M Developer SDK for Data & Identity, secured a deal with a national government in Asia to rebuild their national ID system.

Bloom is an end-to-end protocol for decentralized identity issuance, identity verification, and anti-fraud.

  • Thiel Fellow

    2016 - 2018

    Dropped out of Stanford, Joined the Thiel Fellowship, became close friends with 20+ unicorn founders.

Thiel Capital focuses on investments in various industries such as artificial intelligence, drones, and healthcare.

  • Founder

    2011 - 2015

    I built RageHats in highschool. We sold over 100,000 neon hats and scaled to $50k/month in revenue when I was still 16

  • Founder

    2012 - 2015

    Consulted for Nissan, Phillips, and dozens of small businesses. Started in highschool and ran throughout Stanford. At one point employed a full time team of 20 while I was still a college freshman.

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