# Brooke Hopkins

> Brooke Hopkins is the founder and CEO of Coval, a San Francisco company providing simulation and evaluation for voice and chat AI agents. An NYU Abu Dhabi computer science and mathematics graduate, she previously worked at Google, led evaluation infrastructure at Waymo, and joined Alpha Grid’s founding team. Coval participated in Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch and announced a $28 million Series A in June 2026.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Coval
- **Organizations:** Coval, Waymo, Google, Alpha Grid, Y Combinator
- **Education:** B.S., Computer Science and Mathematics, New York University Abu Dhabi
- **Known for:** NYU President’s Service Award recipient, 2018., Member of a winning 2016 IBM, Cognit and Etihad hackathon team at NYU Abu Dhabi., Built early dataset storage and other foundational simulation systems at Waymo.

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Graduated from NYU Abu Dhabi; subsequently worked as a software engineer at Google.
- **2020** — Joined Waymo; led evaluation job infrastructure and developed foundational simulation systems.
- **2023** — Joined Alpha Grid’s founding team after approximately three and a half years at Waymo.
- **2024** — Founded Coval and participated in Y Combinator Summer 2024.
- **2025** — Coval’s $3.3 million seed financing was reported in January.
- **2026** — Coval announced a $28 million Series A led by Norwest in June.

## Achievements

- NYU President’s Service Award recipient, 2018.
- Member of a winning 2016 IBM, Cognit and Etihad hackathon team at NYU Abu Dhabi.
- Built early dataset storage and other foundational simulation systems at Waymo.
- Founded Coval and joined YC Summer 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Appeared on The Tech Trek on October 8 to discuss voice AI testing, engineering workflows and hiring with AI.
- **2026-09** — Appeared on the 1st10 Podcast on September 1 to discuss voice AI reliability and Coval’s engineering practices.
- **2026-06** — Announced Coval’s $28 million Series A and plans to expand sales, solutions engineering and evaluation capabilities.

## Links

- Website: https://www.coval.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bnhop/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/bnicholehopkins

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Last updated: 2026-10-22