Summary
Bill Lennon is a seasoned AI-focused technology entrepreneur and product leader with a track record of building and scaling fintech and AI-enabled ventures. As Co-Founder and CEO, he led Groundwork from idea to acquisition by Snap! Mobile, delivering the first neobank for nonprofit money management and handling over $150M in payment volume across 13,000 teams. He currently chairs Ollie AI as Co-Founder & CEO, shaping a thoughtful shopping assistant powered by AI, and previously served as VP Product, FinTech at Snap Raise, where he led the Snap! Spend platform and launched the 0→1 Snap! Wallet. His academic foundation includes an AI Ph.D. and MS in Intelligent Systems from UC San Diego, along with BA in Mathematics and BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley, all built on mentorship from AI pioneer Dr. Robert Hecht-Nielsen. He also spent an AI2 Entrepreneur in Residence stint, and is returning to AI with a new startup, leveraging experiences across nonprofits, education tech, and enterprise fintech. Based in California.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Mathematics, B.A., Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley
University of California San Diego
B.S., Business Administration, B.S., Business Administration at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business