Jay Bartot

Jay Bartot

CTO at Lev
Seattle, Washington, United States

Jay Bartot is currently Co-founder/CTO at AirSignal, CTO at Lev, Technical Advisor/CTO at TheFounderVC, Startup Mentor at Creative Destruction Lab, and Affiliate Professor at University of Washington. He has founded several startups, including Farecast and Medify, both acquired, Lev and Zeitworks, where he remains active. His expertise spans technology entrepreneurship, generative AI, machine learning, and strategic leadership in startup environments.

  • Lev CTO 2026–present · current
  • TheFounderVC Technical Advisor/CTO 2026–present · current
  • University of Washington logo
    University of Washington Affiliate Professor 2025–present · current
  • AirSignal logo
    AirSignal Co-founder/CTO 2024–present · current
  • Creative Destruction Lab logo
    Creative Destruction Lab Startup Mentor 2024–present · current
  • Lev - your AI co-founder CTO · current
  • TheFounderVC Founding CTO · current
  • Madrona Venture Labs logo
    Madrona Venture Labs Technical Partner 2023–2024, CTO | Managing Director 2016–2021 · past
  • Zeitworks CEO and Co-founder 2021–2023 · past
  • Hulu Vice President of Data and Analytics 2015–2016 · past
  • Vhoto CTO, Co-founder 2013–2015 · past
  • Alliance Health Networks Senior Vice President - Technology 2012–2013 · past
  • Medify CTO | Co-founder 2010–2012 · past
  • Microsoft Principal Development Manager 2008–2009 · past
  • Farecast logo
    Farecast Vice President of Engineering | Co-Founder 2003–2008 · past
  • Sightward VP Engineering 2002–2003 · past
  • AdRelevance/Media Metrix Vice President of Engineering | CTO | Co-Founder 1998–2001 · past
  • Netbot/Excite Software Engineer - Engineering manager 1997–1998 · past
  • Jet City Studios Senior Software Engineer 1996–1997 · past
  • Zombie Studios Senior Software Engineer 1995–1996 · past
  • Edmark Software Engineer 1993–1995 · past

Education

  • University of Iowa Music, Anthropology, Computer Science · 1988–1992

Organizations

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  • Lev CTO 2026–present · current
  • TheFounderVC Technical Advisor/CTO 2026–present · current
  • University of Washington logo
    University of Washington Affiliate Professor 2025–present · current

Education

  • University of Iowa Music, Anthropology, Computer Science · 1988–1992

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