Shauna Swerland

Shauna Swerland

Limited Partner at AI House
Seattle, Washington, United States

Shauna Swerland is CEO at Fuel Talent, where she leads a recruiting and staffing firm focused on connecting companies with exceptional talent and evolving toward scalable AI solutions for the future of work. She is the host of the What Fuels You podcast and a member of YPO and Entrepreneurs’ Organization. She is also a limited partner at AI House.

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GeekWire

Armoire's startup survival story

Armoire CEO and founder Ambika Singh and her team built a women's clothing subscription service with their "bosslady" members in mind, providing an on-demand wardrobe of apparel primarily for work and events. Two years ago, the Seattle-based startup was on a roll, posting a record month in February 2020 after growing nearly 400% in 2019. But then came the pandemic. Armoire's members no longer needed to dress up for the office or to go out. So close the door on Armoire, right? Not so fast. Ambika Singh talks with GeekWire's John Cook and Todd Bishop about Armoire's survival story, how…

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What Fuels You

Jacob Colker - Co-Founder and Managing Director at AI House

Jacob Colker is Co-Founder and Managing Director of the AI House, based at Pier 70 in Seattle, where he focuses on turning cutting-edge AI research into real-world companies. He specializes in the zero-to-one phase where ideas become teams, products, and businesses. Over his career, Jacob has personally raised or helped his teams raise more than $500 million in capital, and helped create over $2 billion in startup valuation, partnering with exceptional founders to help them build their dreams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

65 min
What Fuels You

Prem Kumar - Co-Founder and CEO of Humanly

Prem Kumar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Humanly, a Bellevue-based hiring technology company built to fix something he saw up close: two people interviewing for the exact same job with the exact same panel getting treated completely differently. Before Humanly, Prem spent about a decade at Microsoft and led product and design at TinyPulse. Humanly went through Y Combinator and has raised roughly $52 million to date—most recently a $25 million Series B. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • AI House Limited Partner 2025–present · current
  • YPO Member 2021–present · current
  • What Fuels You Podcast Host 2019–present · current

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