David Stepania

Founder

San Francisco, CA, USA19 yrs 8 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Generated $100M+ lifetime revenue as a founder.
  • Ranked #247 on Inc. 5000 in 2024.
  • Passionate about AI's impact on startups.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned founder and AI expert in the SaaS and tech startup ecosystem.

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Skills

Core Skills

Start-up LeadershipArtificial Intelligence (ai)Start-up Support

Other Skills

FundraisingStart-up VenturesMentoringProfessional MentoringStart-up ConsultingConversational AILarge Language Models (LLM)Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise AIMachine LearningB2B / B2C Sales & MarketingBrand / Product MarketingBusiness DevelopmentChannel Sales & MarketingComplex Sales Operations

About

I love building businesses from scratch; there's just something about spotting new opportunities and turning ideas into successes :) As a founder of ThirstySprout, I've helped many high-growth startups and enterprises like Mailchimp, Intuit, Rover.com, and even Goodwill build outstanding tech and AI product teams, addressing hiring & software development challenges I've personally faced. I'm also passionate about how AI is reshaping startups and helping them build leaner teams. Through my media brand (the AI Chopping Block), we share insights from smart founders & tech leaders that we talk with on how they hire in the AI era. As a 2x bootstrapped founder: - Generated $100M+ lifetime revenue - Ranked #247 on Inc. 5000 (2024) - Built thriving founder communities - Regularly incubate and invest in AI-driven ideas I love connecting with founders, spotting great talent, and talking about ideas that can change the world. I like to travel, I speak a few languages, and I like good food and working remotely near beaches. (I spend a lot of my time right now in Riviera Maya, MX. 🏝️) Let's talk startups, scaling teams, and/or new ideas - connect with me!

Experience

District

Founding Member

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

  • District is an exclusive membership community for the world’s top founders, investors and c-level operators.
  • 250+ Members
  • $30B Company Value and $20B AUM
  • 5% Acceptance Rate
Start-up LeadershipFundraisingStart-up Ventures

Stealth

Founder

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Incubating, testing & investing in a few different AI product ideas
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Conversational AILarge Language Models (LLM)Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise AI

Techstars

Startup Mentor

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

  • 0 to 1 Stuff.
Start-up SupportStart-up LeadershipMentoringProfessional MentoringStart-up Consulting

The homebase ai - community, podcast & newsletter

Founder

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • AI is used for less than 1% of the problems it can solve — each week, we interview founders & tech leaders who are building game-changing companies in the AI space and show you how to stay ahead of the curve in the new AI era.
  • The Homebase AI newsletter/podcast is your quick, no-fluff weekly read & interview series to discover how smart companies leverage AI to win.
  • Want to connect with founders and leaders in the AI space? Join our private Slack or Facebook community. You can find more info on our website @ thehomebase.ai.
  • You can also find out free resources for AI founders and leaders on our site, which we're constantly reffeshing.
Start-upsStart-up Leadership

Sidebar

Founding Member & Evangelist

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Sidebar is a private, highly vetted leadership community for growth-minded, high-caliber professionals from various industries.

Interviewhelp.io

Advisor

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site

  • InterviewHelp.io is a coaching platform that helps people grow & get hired by top-tier organizations.
  • There are three reasons you should use interviewhelp.
  • Our proven strategy and results reduce risk, as we have helped individuals transition from low to mid-tier companies to top tech companies.
  • Regular classes and assessments keep you motivated and on track while also holding you accountable and keeping you on your toes.
  • We provide personalized coaching to help you overcome blockers and improve your interview performance. Our analysis helps identify the root cause of any issues and enables us to work together to find solutions.

Hampton

Founding Member

Jan 2023Jan 2024 · 1 yr · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

  • A highly vetted private network for high-growth founders.

Glg

Advisor

Jul 2021Present · 4 yrs 8 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

  • Technical Talent Marketplaces / Remote Hiring Platforms / Remote Technical Hiring

Wehealth

Advisor

Mar 2021Present · 5 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • WeHealth builds a digital health platform for public health authorities and people to connect while preserving privacy and empowering everyone to make good decisions. WeHealth is working with state and national health departments to help improve their response to Covid and beyond.

Thirstysprout

CEO & Founder

Jan 2018Present · 8 yrs 2 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • ThirstySprout builds elite remote engineering and AI product teams for some of the fastest-growing tech companies globally. We've partnered with leading enterprises and emerging startups alike, supporting them through pivotal stages of growth.
  • Our notable clients have included Intuit, Rover.com, Mailchimp, Momentus Space, The Real Real, Goodwill, and numerous other high-growth startups and enterprise leaders.
  • Recognized as #247 on the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies list in 2024, we consistently source exceptional engineering & AI tech talent worldwide.
  • We have AI, mobile, web, software, and cloud solutions specialists.
  • Our industry focus is generally in Fintech, E-commerce, AI & SaaS.
  • Our mission is simple: Help companies build world-class teams!
FundraisingStart-up VenturesStart-up SupportStart-up LeadershipMentoringProfessional Mentoring+57

Datamicro

Managing Partner

Jan 2011Jan 2015 · 4 yrs · Greater Seattle Area

  • Directly responsible for $20M in revenue first year in the Business for the company. Managed all sales, marketing, global sourcing, finance, and customer service activities of the business.

Thales digital identity and security (ex gemalto)

Business Development

Jan 2010Jan 2011 · 1 yr

  • Leading provider of industrial Machine-to-Machine (M2M) wireless communication modules, with 2009 M2M revenues of €145 (40% revenue growth in 2009) million and approximately 20% market share. Responsible for all M2M business development within NAFTA nations for GSM/GRPS/EDGE/HSPA wireless modules. (Formerly SIEMENS).

Marcus & millichap

Associate

Jan 2008Jan 2009 · 1 yr

  • Commercial Real Estate Investments

Stepania & associates llc

Partner

Aug 2006Present · 19 yrs 7 mos

  • Residential, Commercial & Healthcare Real Estate Investment, and International Trade Holding Company.

Education

University of Washington

Bachelor's Degree — International Economics & GIS

Jan 2004Jan 2008

Texas McCombs School of Business

Postgraduate Degree — Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Business Applications

May 2023Feb 2024

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