Freeplay exists to give every team the power to create great AI products

Freeplay exists to give every team the power to create great AI products

A new frontier

Building software with generative AI is fundamentally different from traditional software engineering. There’s a constant need for experimentation, iteration, and data management that are unfamiliar to many software teams.

Our approach

Freeplay is created by builders, for builders. Our platform helps product development teams adopt best practices for creating and maintaining AI products, so that they can focus more energy on delivering value to customers.

Who We Are

Our founders have been building developer products together for more than a decade. We've assembled a world-class team to build the platform for AI product development.

Meet the Team

Ian Cairns

CEO & Co-founder

PAST

Twitter

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Head of Product, Developer Platform

Firstbase

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VP Product & Design

Ian Cairns

CEO & Co-founder

PAST

Twitter

·

Head of Product, Developer Platform

Firstbase

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VP Product & Design

Ian Cairns

CEO & Co-founder

PAST

Twitter

·

Head of Product, Developer Platform

Firstbase

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VP Product & Design

Eric Ryan

CTO & Co-founder

PAST

Twitter

·

Head of Engineering, Developer Platform

MainStreet

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VP of Engineering

Eric Ryan

CTO & Co-founder

PAST

Twitter

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Head of Engineering, Developer Platform

MainStreet

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VP of Engineering

Eric Ryan

CTO & Co-founder

PAST

Twitter

·

Head of Engineering, Developer Platform

MainStreet

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VP of Engineering

Brian Newsom

Founding Engineer

PAST

Twitter

·

Tech lead, Developer Platform

Brian Newsom

Founding Engineer

PAST

Twitter

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Tech lead, Developer Platform

Brian Newsom

Founding Engineer

PAST

Twitter

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Tech lead, Developer Platform

Nico Tonozzi

Founding Engineer

PAST

Twitter

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Tech lead, Search Infrastructure

Sourcegraph

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Software engineer

Nico Tonozzi

Founding Engineer

PAST

Twitter

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Tech lead, Search Infrastructure

Sourcegraph

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Software engineer

Nico Tonozzi

Founding Engineer

PAST

Twitter

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Tech lead, Search Infrastructure

Sourcegraph

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Software engineer

Chris Hogue

Founding Engineer

PAST

Twitter & Gnip

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Principal Engineer

BEA Systems

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Engineering & Product

Chris Hogue

Founding Engineer

PAST

Twitter & Gnip

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Principal Engineer

BEA Systems

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Engineering & Product

Chris Hogue

Founding Engineer

PAST

Twitter & Gnip

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Principal Engineer

BEA Systems

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Engineering & Product

Alec Khoury

Full Stack Engineer

PAST

Barracuda

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Co-founder & CTO

MainStreet

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Tech lead

Alec Khoury

Full Stack Engineer

PAST

Barracuda

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Co-founder & CTO

MainStreet

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Tech lead

Alec Khoury

Full Stack Engineer

PAST

Barracuda

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Co-founder & CTO

MainStreet

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Tech lead

Nina Stepanov

GTM

PAST

Alloy

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Growth leader

Hubspot

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Demand

Nina Stepanov

GTM

PAST

Alloy

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Growth leader

Hubspot

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Demand

Nina Stepanov

GTM

PAST

Alloy

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Growth leader

Hubspot

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Demand

Jeremy Silva

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

PAST

GHX

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ML tech lead & Data Science

Jeremy Silva

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

PAST

GHX

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ML tech lead & Data Science

Jeremy Silva

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

PAST

GHX

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ML tech lead & Data Science

Devon St.Clair

Product Design Lead

PAST

GoodRx

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Design lead

thoughtbot

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Design director

Devon St.Clair

Product Design Lead

PAST

GoodRx

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Design lead

thoughtbot

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Design director

Devon St.Clair

Product Design Lead

PAST

GoodRx

·

Design lead

thoughtbot

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Design director

Our Values

Stay Curious

We’re all always learning, and never want to be blinded by past experience & assumptions. We lead with questions.

Stay Curious

We’re all always learning, and never want to be blinded by past experience & assumptions. We lead with questions.

Stay Curious

We’re all always learning, and never want to be blinded by past experience & assumptions. We lead with questions.

Think Long, Act Short

We have a vision for the future and we act quickly to make progress toward it. We make every day count toward our goals.

Think Long, Act Short

We have a vision for the future and we act quickly to make progress toward it. We make every day count toward our goals.

Think Long, Act Short

We have a vision for the future and we act quickly to make progress toward it. We make every day count toward our goals.

Trust By Default

We hire great people & trust them to do great things. If you’re on the team, you’re trusted from Day 1.

Trust By Default

We hire great people & trust them to do great things. If you’re on the team, you’re trusted from Day 1.

Trust By Default

We hire great people & trust them to do great things. If you’re on the team, you’re trusted from Day 1.

Team First

We put each other ahead of ourselves. We’re all here to grow, and we only succeed together. Everyone on the team has a voice.

Team First

We put each other ahead of ourselves. We’re all here to grow, and we only succeed together. Everyone on the team has a voice.

Team First

We put each other ahead of ourselves. We’re all here to grow, and we only succeed together. Everyone on the team has a voice.

Customer Obsessed

We’re inventing things for real people to solve real problems. We don’t celebrate what we ship – we celebrate making an impact for our customers.

Customer Obsessed

We’re inventing things for real people to solve real problems. We don’t celebrate what we ship – we celebrate making an impact for our customers.

Customer Obsessed

We’re inventing things for real people to solve real problems. We don’t celebrate what we ship – we celebrate making an impact for our customers.

Our Backers

Investors

Natty Zola

Matchstick

Natty Zola

Matchstick

Natty Zola

Matchstick

Sarah Guo

Conviction

Sarah Guo

Conviction

Sarah Guo

Conviction

Mahdi Raza

Exponential

Mahdi Raza

Exponential

Mahdi Raza

Exponential

Charley Ma

Exponential

Charley Ma

Exponential

Charley Ma

Exponential

Advisors

Nick Matheson

Former Twitter Sr. Staff ML Engineer

Nick Matheson

Former Twitter Sr. Staff ML Engineer

Nick Matheson

Former Twitter Sr. Staff ML Engineer

Mike Cvet

Former Twitter Distinguished Engineer, now at Meta

Mike Cvet

Former Twitter Distinguished Engineer, now at Meta

Mike Cvet

Former Twitter Distinguished Engineer, now at Meta

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