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Transforming Physical Industry
by Building Vertical AI Startups

UP.Labs and UP.Ventures are the go-to venture builders and capital providers and for visionary enterprises. We collaborate with the world’s leading organizations to compound innovation and build for scale. We don’t just invest in ideas. We co-create high-impact AI startups that unlock massive operational gains and radically accelerate time to value.

Our startups deliver outcomes, not just technology. We design, build and invest in vertical AI startups purpose-built to unlock substantial operational gains, and deliver real enterprise value for our corporate partners. UP.Labs’ portfolio companies produce investment-grade, industry-extensible solutions which attract top-tier entrepreneurs, CEOs, and venture capital investors.

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We partner with the world’s leading companies like Porsche, Alaska Airlines, and J.B. Hunt to solve complex operational problems, unlock substantial performance gains, and create immediate bottom-line impact.

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WE CONVERT
ENTERPRISE PROBLEMS
TO ENTERPRISE VALUE

Forget the old playbook of betting on external startups and hoping they fit. We start where the stakes are highest—inside your business, collaborating with senior executives and operations teams to tackle mission-critical problems that ripple across entire industry verticals. Then we craft AI-native startups, built from the ground up with best-in-class founders, vertical AI, and capital from UP.Ventures.

Unlike traditional Corporate Venture Capital or consulting models, our partners are embedded from day one. They’re equity co-owners in the startups we build, with a direct line to product design, commercialization, and eventual acquisition pathways.

The result? Aligned incentives from day one. Deeper collaboration. Shared upside. And ventures that don’t just plug into your operations—they transform them.

SIX LABS. TWO HUBS. ONE MISSION.

UP.Labs operates 6 industry-specific venture labs across our offices in the heart of Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.

AUTOMOTIVE LAB

Building Ventures in Partnership with Porsche

Design Partner

RETAIL & SCM LAB

Building Ventures in Partnership with The Dufresne Group

Design Partner

AVIATION LAB

Building Ventures in Partnership with Alaska Airlines

Design Partner

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ENGINEERED FOR IMPACT. GUIDED BY EXPERTS.

UP.Labs is powered by a team of repeat founders, technologists and operators who know how to turn enterprise problems into venture-scale companies. Meet the team behind the startups transforming the moving world.

Our team is a core pillar of the UP.Partners ecosystem, a California-based community dedicated to transforming the moving world. UP.Partners and UP.Summit support the UP.Labs vision to create disruptive new startups and believe this to be the shortest road to a faster, cleaner, safer, and more accessible future.

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John Kuolt IV

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John Kuolt IV

Patrick Pettay

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Patrick Pettay

CFO & Head of Growth

UP.Labs

Steve McGrath

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Steve McGrath

Chief Commercial Officer
UP.Labs

Louis Matthews

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Louis Matthews

President, Retail & Manufacturing

UP.Labs

Sid Shah

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Sid Shah

President of Energy & Logistics
UP.Labs

Stefan Teulon

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Stefan Teulon

President, Aviation Ventures

UP.Labs

Rob Patrick

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Rob Patrick

CTO & Head of Studio

UP.Labs

Kristine Pachuta

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Kristine Pachuta

Venture CEO & Head of Product

UP.Labs

Jonathan Meyrowitz

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Jonathan Meyrowitz

VP, Talent Acquisition & People

UP.Labs

Jess Hollins

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Jess Hollins

Venture Head of Business Operations & Growth

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Kieran Smith

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Kieran Smith

VENTURE DATA SCIENCE LEAD
UP.LABS

Joe Gillette

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Joe Gillette

Jacob Maestas

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Jacob Maestas

Head of Operations

UP.Labs

Ankita Chadha

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Ankita Chadha

Venture Head of Product

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Henry Pray

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Henry Pray

Venture Head of Product

UP.Labs

Andre Rabold

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Andre Rabold

Amin Einakian

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Amin Einakian

Venture Head of Product
UP.Labs

Kyle Emory

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Kyle Emory

Venture Head of Business & Growth

UP.Labs

Niall Sohan

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Niall Sohan

Venture Head of Product

UP.Labs

Tyler Watson

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Tyler Watson

Venture Head of Product
UP.Labs

Antwoine Flowers

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Antwoine Flowers

Venture Data Science Lead

UP.Labs

Jesse Silverman

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Jesse Silverman

Head of Portfolio Talent

UP.Labs

Alejandro Calderon

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Alejandro Calderon

Venture Head of Business & Growth

UP.Labs

Jordan Syms

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Jordan Syms

Marketing Lead
UP.LABS

Max Kostin

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Max Kostin

Venture Head of Engineering

UP.Labs

Luom Cooper

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Luom Cooper

Executive Assistant

UP.Labs

Carrie Follo

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Carrie Follo

Head of People Operations
UP.Labs

Halley Sprung

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Halley Sprung

Phil Aiken

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Phil Aiken

Head of FP&A and Accounting
UP.Labs

Jim Payne

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Jim Payne

Board & Investment Committee Member

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Raj Ponnusamy

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Raj Ponnusamy

Venture Head of Engineering
UP.LABS

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