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🤘Kyle Campbell

Pitch

I've started, run, and exited companies, written code in the trenches for 20+ years, and now spend my time building agentic systems that actually ship. Strategy, engineering, and AI in one head — I'm the operator who delivers.

FounderRaised $12M in venture capital across multiple startups. Built & exited Retsly (→ Zillow '14), early at Datahero (→ Cloudability '16), CEO at CTO.ai shipping cloud-native developer infrastructure.
Engineer20+ years shipping production software — open source (FeathersJS core team), platform infra (Zillow Group), developer tools (CTO.ai). Still writing code daily.
Agentic opsOperate a swarm of autonomous agents that pitch, design, and prototype the ideas on this site. The agents on /ideas are real — they workshop every idea before a human approves it.

About Me

⌚️I spend my time creating businesses and powerful developer experiences.
🔥Driven not talented. Hardworking not smart. Disciplined not successful.
🧠My personality type is ENTJ, also classified as a Commander.
⚠️Only 2% of the population have this rare personality type.
💡Understanding this is the key to working with me.

Career Experience

LeadershipBothEngineering
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CTO.aiFounder, CEO
Jan '20 – Present · 6 yrs 5 mos
Hack CapitalFounder, CEO
Jan '17 – Jan '20 · 3 yrs
FeathersJSOpen Source Engineer
Sep '16 – Jan '18 · 1 yr 4 mos
ZillowGM, Platform Services
Jun '14 – Oct '16 · 2 yrs 4 mos
RetslyFounder, CTO
Jan '13 – Oct '16 · 3 yrs 9 mos
DataheroSoftware Consultant
Jan '13 – Aug '13 · 7 mos
ReelhouseSenior Software Engineer
Jul '12 – Jan '13 · 6 mos
AppLabzFounder
Jan '12 – Jun '14 · 2 yrs 5 mos
Blast RadiusSenior Software Engineer
Jul '08 – Jul '12 · 4 yrs
FotoglifSenior Software Engineer
Oct '07 – Jul '08 · 9 mos
CyberplexSenior Software Engineer
Jan '07 – Oct '07 · 9 mos
HostopiaSr. Engineer → Support Lead
Jan '02 – Jan '07 · 5 yrs