# Alex De Simone

> Alex De Simone is the CEO and co-founder of Avochato, a business messaging platform that lets sales, support, and operations teams talk to customers over text. He launched it the summer after his first year at Stanford GSB, grew it to seven-figure revenue in under a year, and raised a $5M Series A led by Amity Ventures in 2018. Before Avochato he co-founded Jobr, a Tinder-style job-search app acquired by Monster.com. A self-taught coder with a mechanical engineering background, he turned a side project into a product used by 1,000+ businesses for millions of two-way conversations.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-founder at Avochato
- **Organizations:** Avochato, Jobr, Moovweb, Accenture, Monster.com
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** International Baccalaureate (IB) Bilingual Diploma, American School of Madrid, BS, Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Master's, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, MBA, Class of 2016, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Avochato, used by 1,000+ businesses for millions of two-way conversations, Grew Avochato to seven-figure revenue in less than a year with a five-person team, Raised a $5M Series A led by Amity Ventures (2018), part of $5.87M total funding

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked as a consultant at Accenture
- **Pre-2014** — Taught himself to code and joined Moovweb as a mobile developer, building mobile commerce sites including one for Men's Wearhouse
- **2014** — Co-founded Jobr, a Tinder-style mobile job-matching app, with his roommate and a Moovweb colleague
- **2014** — Began MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **2015** — Founded Avochato during the summer after his first year at GSB, building the product at the Stanford Venture Studio
- **2016** — On graduation day, Jobr was acquired by Monster.com and Avochato closed its first funding round
- **2018** — Raised $5M Series A led by Amity Ventures
- **2023** — Avochato announced an integration with OpenAI's ChatGPT-4

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Avochato, used by 1,000+ businesses for millions of two-way conversations
- Grew Avochato to seven-figure revenue in less than a year with a five-person team
- Raised a $5M Series A led by Amity Ventures (2018), part of $5.87M total funding
- Co-founded Jobr, acquired by Monster.com
- First Stanford GSB student whose class-gift equity pledge (2.016% of two companies) actually paid out

## Latest updates

- **2023-03** — Avochato announced an integration with OpenAI's ChatGPT-4, adding AI-assisted replies to its messaging platform.

## Links

- Website: https://avochato.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ajdesimone
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/avochato
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avochato

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Last updated: 2026-06-14