# Angela McNeal

> Angela McNeal is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Thread AI, the company behind Lemma, an enterprise platform for designing and managing AI workflows and agents. A Columbia Engineering computer science graduate and former Goldman Sachs employee, she went on to lead AI product for Palantir Foundry before founding Thread AI with Mayada Gonimah in 2023. Her public work emphasizes responsible AI, human oversight, governance, reliability and the difficult integration work required to move AI from prototype to production.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Thread AI
- **Organizations:** Thread AI, Palantir Technologies, Goldman Sachs
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with an Applied Mathematics minor; specialization in Intelligent Systems, Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
- **Known for:** Led AI product for Palantir Foundry., Co-founded Thread AI and launched its enterprise AI orchestration platform, Lemma., Raised $6 million in seed funding led by Index Ventures in 2024.

## Career timeline

- **After university** — Worked at Goldman Sachs.
- **Before 2023** — Served at Palantir Technologies and became Head of AI Product for Palantir Foundry.
- **2023** — Co-founded Thread AI with Mayada Gonimah and became CEO.
- **2024-10** — Thread AI emerged from stealth, launched Lemma and announced a $6 million seed round led by Index Ventures.
- **2025-06** — Thread AI announced a $20 million Series A to expand its team and product roadmap.
- **2025** — Returned to Columbia Engineering to keynote its Women in Science and Engineering conference.
- **2026-04** — Spoke at HumanX San Francisco on scaling AI from prototype to production and implementing AI in critical environments.
- **2026** — Launched The Handshake Protocol newsletter about enterprise deployments, architecture, governance and human-machine collaboration.

## Achievements

- Led AI product for Palantir Foundry.
- Co-founded Thread AI and launched its enterprise AI orchestration platform, Lemma.
- Raised $6 million in seed funding led by Index Ventures in 2024.
- Raised a $20 million Series A for Thread AI in 2025.
- Co-authored public work on responsible AI and model management at Palantir.
- Delivered a keynote at Columbia Engineering’s Women in Science and Engineering conference.
- Presented production-ready AI frameworks at HumanX 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Thread AI published a case study on AI-powered procurement intelligence at Brightstar.
- **2026-07** — Thread AI continued its engineering series with an article on the verification layer for agentic software development.
- **2026-05** — Thread AI was named to CB Insights’ AI 100 list for 2026.
- **2026-04** — McNeal appeared at HumanX San Francisco in sessions on production-ready AI and critical environments.
- **2026-02** — Published Thread AI’s three-pillar framework for control, governance and reliability in enterprise AI.

## Links

- Website: https://www.threadai.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelamcneal

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Last updated: 2026-08-28