# Ben McRedmond

> Ben McRedmond is the CEO and co-founder of Equals, an AI analytics company built around the enduring flexibility of the spreadsheet. A self-taught engineer who became Intercom's first employee and later created its growth team, he went on to found and close the email startup Consider. He turned that experience into a product doctrine for Equals: map the full build, preserve familiar behavior, and concentrate novelty in one consequential bet.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Equals
- **Organizations:** Equals, Consider, Intercom
- **Known for:** Was Intercom's first employee and later created its product-focused growth team., Scaled Intercom's growth organization to more than 30 engineers, designers, and product managers, according to Equals's published fundraising materials., Co-founded two software companies: Consider and Equals.

## Career timeline

- **2012-2017** — Joined Intercom as its first employee, initially as an engineer, and later founded and led its product-focused growth team.
- **2017-2020** — Co-founded and served as CEO of Consider, a work email client; the company later shut down after struggling to gain traction.
- **2021** — Co-founded Equals with former Intercom colleague Bobby Pinero and began rebuilding the spreadsheet as a browser-based, data-connected product.
- **2022-07** — Equals announced a $6.6 million seed round led by Craft Ventures.
- **2022-11** — Equals announced a $16 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.
- **2024-12** — Became CEO of Equals while co-founder Bobby Pinero moved to Executive Chairman.
- **2025-06** — Handed day-to-day product leadership to Equals's first dedicated product manager after four years running product.
- **2025** — Opened Equals offices in New York and San Francisco as the company shifted from fully remote work.

## Achievements

- Was Intercom's first employee and later created its product-focused growth team.
- Scaled Intercom's growth organization to more than 30 engineers, designers, and product managers, according to Equals's published fundraising materials.
- Co-founded two software companies: Consider and Equals.
- Helped Equals raise a $6.6 million seed round and a $16 million Series A.
- Developed and publicly documented the 'Full Build' product strategy based on lessons from Consider.
- Published detailed internal product specifications for Equals's chart and query redesigns.
- Co-designed illustrations for Equals's Ultimate Guide to ARR.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — A public Equals customer praised the product's adoption across analytics use cases; McRedmond replied that it was great to work with the team.
- **2025-08** — McRedmond said Equals had reframed its market position from a 'better spreadsheet' to GTM analytics while keeping the spreadsheet as its core interface.
- **2025-09** — Equals opened a San Francisco office; McRedmond said the company had 20 employees and was hiring in San Francisco and New York.
- **2025-08** — Equals opened a New York City headquarters after three years as a fully remote team.
- **2025-06** — McRedmond handed product leadership to Equals's first dedicated product manager and reported ten new customers during May.
- **2024-12** — McRedmond became CEO of Equals; co-founder Bobby Pinero became Executive Chairman.

## Links

- Website: https://equals.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmcredmond

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Last updated: 2026-08-28