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.
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.
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.
MEET THE TEAM
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John Kuolt IV
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Patrick Pettay
CFO & Head of Growth
UP.Labs
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Steve McGrath
Chief Commercial Officer
UP.Labs
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Louis Matthews
President, Retail & Manufacturing
UP.Labs
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Sid Shah
President of Energy & Logistics
UP.Labs
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Stefan Teulon
President, Aviation Ventures
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Rob Patrick
CTO & Head of Studio
UP.Labs
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Kristine Pachuta
Venture CEO & Head of Product
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Jonathan Meyrowitz
VP, Talent Acquisition & People
UP.Labs
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Jess Hollins
Venture Head of Business Operations & Growth
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Kieran Smith
VENTURE DATA SCIENCE LEAD
UP.LABS
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Joe Gillette
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Jacob Maestas
Head of Operations
UP.Labs
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Ankita Chadha
Venture Head of Product
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Henry Pray
Venture Head of Product
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Andre Rabold
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Amin Einakian
Venture Head of Product
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Kyle Emory
Venture Head of Business & Growth
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Niall Sohan
Venture Head of Product
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Tyler Watson
Venture Head of Product
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Antwoine Flowers
Venture Data Science Lead
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Jesse Silverman
Head of Portfolio Talent
UP.Labs
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Alejandro Calderon
Venture Head of Business & Growth
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Jordan Syms
Marketing Lead
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Max Kostin
Venture Head of Engineering
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Luom Cooper
Executive Assistant
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Carrie Follo
Head of People Operations
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Halley Sprung
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Phil Aiken
Head of FP&A and Accounting
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Jim Payne
Board & Investment Committee Member
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Raj Ponnusamy
Venture Head of Engineering
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