Jacob Bank

Founder

San Francisco, California, United States17 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of Relay.app, innovating AI agent creation.
Led product management at Google for key applications.
Developed Timeful, an AI-powered calendar app.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS innovator with expertise in AI product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementStartup FounderArtificial Intelligence (ai)

Other Skills

AutomationData MiningMachine LearningProductivity Software

About

I help businesses of all shapes and sizes use AI to get more done. I'm currently the founder/CEO of Relay.app, where we're building an easy-to-use platform that enables everyone to create AI agents that work for them. I also post actionable tips about the latest AI tools. I try to keep my recommendations concise, practical, and honest about what AI can and can't do today. You'll see a few different types of posts from me: 1. Demonstrations of specific AI agents that you may find useful 2. Stories about my own adventures (and misadventures) with using AI tools 3. Updates on what we're doing at Relay.app Here's what led me here: - I started my career as a PhD student in the Multi-agent systems group in the AI Lab at Stanford, where I worked with Yoav Shoham and Dan Ariely on AI applied to product tools. - I dropped out of my PhD to become the founder/CEO of Timeful, an AI-powered calendar that helped users find time for their tasks, habits, goals and projects. - After Timeful was acquired by Google in 2015, I became a PM Director at Google, responsible for Gmail, Google Calendar, the Workspace Developer Platform, and more. - I left Google in 2021 to start Relay.app. If you're looking for ways to get started with AI, follow me here on LinkedIn or check out the Relay.app YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIENacxDzvxb7mWIXZRZtAQ. I'm doing my best to help everyone make the most of AI, and I really appreciate feedback on what I should be talking about more!

Experience

Relay.app

Founder and CEO

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

Relay.app is a platform to create AI agents that work for you.
AI agents can often be complex to build and unpredictable to use, so we're taking a different approach.
Here's why AI agents in Relay.app are actually useful:
1. Connections to 100+ tools enable our AI agents can work effectively on your behalf.
2. Easy-to-understand building blocks and flow charts give you confidence that your AI agent will do what you expect.
3. Human-in-the-loop controls let you double check, correct, and train your AI agent.
If you want to build your first AI agent, Relay.app is the right place to start! Follow me on LinkedIn to learn more.

Product ManagementProductivity SoftwareStartup Founder

Google

Director of Product Management

May 2015 – Jun 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Product Manager (2015) - Integrating the Timeful acquisition into Gmail and Google Calendar.
Senior Product Manager (2016) - Product lead for AI-inspired features across Google Workspace.
Group Product Manager (2017-2018) - Product lead for Gmail.
Director of Product Management (2019-2020) - Product lead for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, and the Google Workspace Developer Platform.
Director of Product Management (2021) - Product lead for the Consumer Shopping experience on Search and across Google products.

Product ManagementProductivity Software

Timeful

Co-founder, CEO

Jan 2013 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

I started Timeful with my cofounders Yoav Shoham and Dan Ariely to create a new kind of digital calendar that combined insights from AI and behavioral economics to help people spend their time on what's most important to them. We built a highly rated iPhone app that helped users schedule their tasks, habits, and projects onto their calendar, and we were acquired by Google in 2015.

Product ManagementProductivity SoftwareStartup Founder

Stanford university

Graduate Student and Research Assistant

Sep 2011 – Jun 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

I was a PhD student in the AI lab, working with Profs Yoav Shoham and Dan Ariely. Our research was at the intersection of AI and behavioral economics, studying the mistakes we all make in time management and how AI might be able to help us better express our intentions and find time for them.