Ellie Fields
Ellie Fields is CEO and Co-founder of Ridge AI, where she leads product development for embedded analytics solutions. She has prior experience at Salesloft, Tableau, and Microsoft.
Ellie Fields - CEO and Co-Founder of Ridge AI
Ellie Fields is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ridge AI, delivering AI-native, embedded analytics for SaaS businesses. Previously she was the Chief Product and Engineering Officer at Salesloft, where she led development for a sales workflow platform that put AI and action in a tight loop to drive results. Ellie spent 12 years at Tableau Software, where she led product strategy and engineering for mobile apps, collaboration, search and Tableau Public. Ellie was part of the core team that envisioned, built and launched Tableau Public and Tableau Online, and led Tableau’s insanely vibrant customer community. She’s proud of her nickname…
GeekWire live: Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI from shopping on Amazon.com, sparking fight over AI agents; Seattle startup future debated
GeekWire’s live podcast discusses Amazon blocking Meta’s Muse AI from shopping on Amazon.com—framing it as an early sign of a larger battle over AI agents acting on users’ behalf—and includes a Seattle-focused conversation about whether the city remains a strong place to build startups, featuring local founders, CEOs and a discussion of taxes and venture capital.
Live show: Amazon, Meta and the fight over the future of AI; Plus, is Seattle still the place to build?
This week: Amazon is blocking Meta's new Muse AI assistant from shopping on Amazon.com, saying the agent doesn't identify itself and violates the site's conditions of use. We explain why the standoff is an early sign of a much bigger fight over whether AI agents can use websites and apps on people's behalf, and why Amazon has so much riding on the answer. For the definitive word on the issue, we ask Muse what it has to say for itself, and get an impressively sophisticated and evenhanded answer. We recorded this week's show live at Daniel's Broiler in downtown Seattle…
Taylor Soper lists founders and startups who pitched at Demo Day, including Lightspeed AI, Vantari VR, Eidol AI and Hubble AI (YC S26)
A LinkedIn post by Taylor Soper lists founders who pitched at Demo Day, naming thirty individuals and teams along with their startups, including companies like Lightspeed AI, Vantari VR, Eidol AI, and Hubble AI (YC S26).
Andy Cotgreave interviews Ridge AI CEO Ellie Fields on why embedded analytics is finally mature and delivering millisecond responses
Andy Cotgreave interviewed Ridge AI CEO Ellie Fields about why embedded analytics may have finally matured, highlighting that embedding tech now delivers millisecond responses and that pricing and integration remain evolving challenges for BI platforms.
Former Tableau Chief Product Officer Francois Ajenstat Launches Golden Analytics with $7M Seed to Create AI-Native BI Platform
Francois Ajenstat, former Tableau chief product officer, has launched Golden Analytics with $7 million in seed funding to build an AI-native business intelligence platform that emphasizes automated insights and user control. The Seattle-based startup aims to advance BI by integrating AI at its core rather than as an add-on.
Ben Jones spotlights Ellie Fields’ Ridge AI emerging from stealth with $2.6M pre-seed from Madrona and closed beta
Ben Jones interviews Ellie Fields about Ridge AI, which emerged from stealth, raised $2.6M in pre-seed funding from Madrona, and launched a closed beta that Jones has early access to; he praises the team (Ellie Fields and Jeffrey Heer) and the product’s potential in BI, data visualization, and AI.
Mark T. Nelson announces Madrona’s investment in Ridge AI’s $2.6M pre-seed round, praising founders Ellie Fields and Jeffrey Heer
Mark T. Nelson praises Ridge AI as an embedded analytics solution that delivers browser-native compute, AI data agents, and sub-second interactivity, and announces Madrona’s participation in its $2.6M pre-seed round while highlighting founders Ellie Fields and Jeffrey Heer’s relevant backgrounds.
Tim Porter: Madrona leads $2.6M pre-seed investment in Ridge AI, founded by Ellie Fields and Jeffrey Heer
Tim Porter announces Madrona is leading a $2.6M pre-seed round in Ridge AI, founded by Ellie Fields and Jeffrey Heer, praising their complementary partnership, Seattle roots, and deep domain expertise from UW and Tableau backgrounds.
Ridge AI Raises $2.6M Pre-Seed to Accelerate Dashboards and AI Data Agents for B2B Software
Ridge AI, a Seattle-based company that provides a platform for B2B software firms to deploy interactive dashboards and AI data agents quickly, raised $2.6 million in pre-seed funding. The round will support the company’s efforts to enable customers to ship dashboards and AI agents in hours.
Data Visualization Veterans Ellie Fields and Jeffrey Heer Launch Ridge AI with $2.6M Led by Madrona to Enhance SaaS Analytics
Data visualization experts Ellie Fields and Jeffrey Heer launched Ridge AI with $2.6M in pre-seed funding from Madrona and prominent angels to help SaaS companies embed interactive analytics and AI data agents quickly into their products. Ridge AI aims to fix persistent issues in web-based data presentation by enabling rapid creation of interactive dashboards and data agents sharing the same dataset.
Organizations
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Ridge AI CEO and Co-founder 2025–present · current
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Calix Member Board of Directors 2022–2025 · past
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Salesloft Chief Product & Engineering Officer, Salesloft 2021–2024 · past
Education
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA, Technology Management
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Rice University B.S., B.A., Engineering; Policy Studies
