Amazon
E-commerce / Retail · Seattle, United States · #235 globally
0.09%
Spawner rate
386
Funded founders
443,492
Alumni tracked
$9.5B
Capital raised by spawns
Founder DNA
Sectors spawned founders go on to build in
Over-indexed on Logistics / Supply Chain. Founders spawned from Amazon pick it 2× more often than the global founder population.
Logistics / Supply Chain
2.0×
AI / Machine Learning
1.6×
Health Tech
1.1×
Consumer Internet
1.1×
E-commerce / Retail
1.0×
Media / Entertainment
1.0×
Fintech
0.9×
Enterprise Software
0.8×
← under · 1× market average · over →
The Amazon network
Where the founders came from, when spawns were founded, and how much they have raised since
Spawned companies
| Company | Founders from Amazon | Role at Amazon | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
01.AIAI / Machine Learning | Guoyin Wang | — | 2023 | $1.2B |
falAI / Machine Learning | Gorkem Yurtseven(2021) | Senior Software Development Engineer | 2021 | $637M |
EonAI / Machine Learning | Gonen Stein(2023)Ofir Ehrlich(2023) | Product Owner, Migration and Disaster Recovery servicesHead of Engineering, Application Migration Service and Elastic Disaster Recovery Service | 2024 | $497M |
Shop CircleE-commerce / Retail | Gian Maria Gramondi(2021) | Category Manager | 2021 | $480M |
ElasticRunLogistics / Supply Chain | Sandeep Deshmukh(2016) | India business launch leader | 2016 | $462M |
AltConsumer Internet | Leore Avidar | — | 2020 | $346M |
AugerEnterprise Software | Dave Clark(2022) | CEO Worldwide Consumer | 2024 | $300M |
ThreatBookCybersecurity | Chase Li(2015)Feng Xue(2015) | Senior Technical Program ManagerChief Information Security Officer, Amazon.CN | 2015 | $208M |
Collaborative RoboticsHardware / Semiconductors | Jane Mooney(2021) | Robotics Strategy and Risk Mgmt - Director | 2022 | $152M |
Abacus.AIAI / Machine Learning | Siddartha Naidu(2019) | Principal Engineer | 2019 | $146M |
PineconeAI / Machine Learning | Edo Liberty(2019) | Director of Research, Head of Amazon AI Labs | 2019 | $138M |
8090 SolutionsAI / Machine Learning | Sina Sojoodi(2024) | ISV Segment Lead | Field CTO | 2024 | $135M |
BangDBEnterprise Software | Sachin Sinha(2011) | Sr. Engineering Manager, Software Development | 2015 | $122M |
Cashfree PaymentsFintech | Akash Sinha(2015) | Software Development Engineer II | 2015 | $117M |
MeshOther | Diego Asenjo(2019) | Principal Product Manager - Technical | 2020 | $117M |
Hubble NetworkConsumer Internet | Ben Wild(2021) | Product Manager - Wireless, IoT, Robotics | 2021 | $104M |
General MedicineHealth Tech | Ashwin Muralidharan(2023)TJ Parker(2022) | Technical Advisor and Chief of Staff to SVP of Health ServicesVP, Health | 2023 | $95M |
CognichipAI / Machine Learning | Ehsan Kamalinejad(2024) | Deep Learning Tech Lead | 2024 | $93M |
ThreecoltsAI / Machine Learning | Yoda Y(2019) | API Partner Lead, EMEA | 2021 | $91M |
Fantuan 饭团Consumer Internet | Yaofei Feng(2015) | Software Engineer | 2014 | $90M |
CyoloCybersecurity | Dedi Y(2020) | Technical Program Manager - Application Security | 2020 | $85M |
LobEnterprise Software | Leore Avidar(2013) | Technical Business Development, Startups and Venture Capital | 2013 | $82M |
VerishopGroupE-commerce / Retail | Cate Khan(2018) | SVP, Head of Retail at Quidsi (Amazon) / VP / GM | 2018 | $77M |
Level AIEnterprise Software | Ashish Nagar(2018) | Product@Alexa AI | 2018 | $74M |
ChipAgentsEnterprise Software | William Wang(2024)William Yang Wang(2024) | Amazon Visiting AcademicsAmazon Visiting Academics | 2024 | $74M |