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Congratulations to our region’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® winners, who were selected by an independent panel of judges based on their demonstration of long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes. Finalists were recognized and winners were announced during the regional celebration.
2024 Bay Area winners
Amit Etkin
Founder, President, & CEO
Alto Neuroscience
Los Altos
Alto Neuroscience is pioneering precision psychiatry by developing targeted medicines to help patients get better faster.
Kevin Gosschalk
Founder & CEO
Arkose Labs
San Mateo
Arkose Labs is a global cybersecurity company that detects and stops bad bots and human fraud farms from attacking the biggest enterprises in the world while ensuring good consumers have an easy and secure online experience.
Nacho De Marco
CEO
BairesDev
Mountain View
BairesDev is a leading Software Outsourcing company. It delivers high-quality software with top-tier talent from the Americas. It´s one of the largest and fastest-growing bootstrapped unicorns in the world.
Naomi Allen
Founder & CEO
Brightline
San Mateo
Brightline is the first virtual pediatric behavioral health solution built specifically for kids and teens ages 0-17, and their parents/caregivers; providing families the tools they need to learn, grow, and thrive — now and into the future.
Hersh Saluja
CEO
E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc
Emeryville
E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. (E2) is a professional services firm specializing in a full spectrum of engineering services. We value safety, innovation and collaboration, and we are dedicated to excellence.
Ann Crady Weiss
Co-Founder & CEO
Hatch Sleep
Palo Alto
Hatch is a sleep wellness company that helps teach the whole family better sleep habits.
Andrew Rubin
CEO
Illumio
Sunnyvale
Illumio is the pioneer and market leader of Zero Trust Segmentation – a modern approach to shrinking the attack surface, visualizing risk, and stopping the spread of ransomware and cyberattacks.
JoeBen Bevirt
Founder & CEO
Joby Aviation Inc
Santa Cruz
Joby Aviation, Inc. is a California-based company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service.
Nooshin Behroyan
Founder & CEO
Paxon Energy & Infrastructure Services
Oakland
PAXON Energy & Infrastructure is a full service engineering and energy infrastructure company that provides customized pipeline integrity services, Wildfire Mitigation, and methane recapture technologies and solutions. PAXON is on a mission to inform, renovate and technologize utilities operators with intel that strengthens and environmentalizes energy infrastructure into the next century.
2024 Bay Area finalists
Satyen Sangani is the Co-Founder & CEO of Alation.
Alation enables organizations to find, understand, and trust their data. The company’s platform empowers organizations to deliver business outcomes and drive business value from data initiatives faster and scale a data culture.
Adam Goldstein is the Founder & CEO of Archer Aviation.
Archer’s goal is to transform urban travel, replacing 60–90-minute commutes by car with estimated 10-20 minute electric air taxi flights that are safe, sustainable, low noise, and cost-competitive with ground transportation.
Jason Lopatecki is the CEO & Co-Founder & Aparna Dhinakaran is the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Arize AI.
Arize AI is an AI observability and LLM evaluation platform that helps teams deliver and maintain more successful AI in production. Arize’s automated monitoring and observability platform allows teams to quickly detect issues when they emerge, troubleshoot why they happened, and improve overall performance across both traditional ML and generative use cases.
Cody Finke, PhD is the Co-Founder & CEO of Brimstone Energy, Inc.
Brimstone’s breakthrough decarbonized process produces ordinary portland cement, the cement used in virtually all construction today, and supplementary cementitious material, another key ingredient in concrete.
Guru Hariharan is the Founder & CEO of CommerceIQ.
CommerceIQ is the leading retail ecommerce management platform that maximizes brands ecommerce performance. Its AI technology platform helps 2,200+ of the world’s most valuable consumer brands gain market share across 850+ global online retailers.
Kevin Lee and Kevin Chanthasiriphan are the Co-Founders of immi
immi reinvents the delicious Asian American foods we love with added nutrition and high quality ingredients.
Purva Gupta is the Co-Founder & CEO of Lily AI.
Lily AI is a female-founded retail AI company empowering retailers and brands by bridging the gap between merchant-speak and customer-speak.
Brian Thomas is the CEO of Metagenomi.
Metagenomi is a precision genetic medicines company committed to developing curative therapeutics for patients using our proprietary, comprehensive metagenomics-derived genome editing toolbox.
Bhavin Shah is the Co-Founder & CEO of Moveworks.
Moveworks is the leading AI copilot platform for the enterprise. It empowers the workforce to interact with and take action across all business systems through natural language.
Spike Lipkin is the Co-Founder & CEO of Newfront.
Newfront is the modern insurance brokerage with industry-leading expertise, transformative technology and client-centric, scalable solutions, helping our clients mitigate risk, elevate their employee experience and forge their path to profitable growth.
Deka Dike is the CEO & Founder of Omatochi.
Omatochi helps improve the lives of seniors through holistic care, blending traditional methods with advanced technology. We ensure peace of mind and enhanced well-being by matching seniors with skilled health aides and prioritizing independence.
Shadi Bakour is the CEO & Co Founder of PathWater.
PATH offers sustainable purified water in infinitely refillable aluminum bottles, reducing single-use plastic. Serving eco-conscious consumers, schools, events, and businesses, it aims to revolutionize hydration.
David Utley, MD is the CEO & Founder of Pivot.
Pivot is a leading behavioral change digital health company aiming to engage employers and health plans who are eager to deliver elevated wellness solutions to individuals.
Benjamin Oakes is the Co-Founder & CEO of Scribe Therapeutics.
Scribe Therapeutics is a genetic medicines company unlocking the potential of CRISPR to transform human health. The company employs its CRISPR by Design™ approach to engineer novel in vivo genetic medicines for both rare and common diseases.
Arch Rao is the Founder & CEO of SPAN.io, Inc.
SPAN is the smarter electrical panel that gives you complete control over your home's energy from one app. SPAN's mission is to enable electrification for all.
