# Claudia Laurie

> Claudia Laurie is a San Francisco-based product manager and entrepreneur who co-founded subscription platform Prive with Alex Craciun in 2021. Recurly acquired the company in 2025 and renamed it Recurly Commerce. She co-founded The Room Podcast with Madison McIlwain and joined OpenAI’s Financial Engineering product team in September 2026.

- **Role:** Product Manager, Financial Engineering at OpenAI; co-founder and co-host of The Room Podcast
- **Organizations:** OpenAI, Prive (now Recurly Commerce), Recurly, The Room Podcast, Uber, Bell Apparel, Bling Capital, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children
- **Education:** A.B.; studied computer science and architecture, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Prive and led it through its acquisition by Recurly in 2025., Co-founded The Room Podcast, recognized on the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 Media list., The Room Podcast was named among Spotify’s top 5% most shared podcasts globally in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2014–2018** — Attended Harvard; founded Bell Apparel while an undergraduate.
- **2018** — Graduated from Harvard and began product management work at Uber.
- **2020** — Launched The Room Podcast with Madison McIlwain.
- **2021** — Co-founded Prive with Alex Craciun; announced $1.7 million pre-seed financing.
- **2022** — Began chairing the ICMEC technology advisory group in March, as reported by Harvard in 2023.
- **2024** — Recognized with McIlwain on Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media for The Room Podcast.
- **2025** — Prive acquired by Recurly; co-founders announced as integration advisers. Returned to Uber product work.
- **2026** — Announced joining OpenAI’s Financial Engineering team as a product manager in September.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Prive and led it through its acquisition by Recurly in 2025.
- Co-founded The Room Podcast, recognized on the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 Media list.
- The Room Podcast was named among Spotify’s top 5% most shared podcasts globally in 2022.
- Reported reaching profitability at Prive at the start of 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Announced joining OpenAI as Product Manager on the Financial Engineering team, working on billing, monetization and revenue experiences.
- **2026-03** — Discussed building and selling Prive on She Ventures Forward, published March 18.
- **2026-01** — In a 2025 retrospective, described angel investing, advising startups, investing with Bling Capital, and returning to Uber.
- **2025-05** — Recurly announced the Prive acquisition and integration advisory roles for Laurie and Craciun on May 7.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-laurie-5ba47bb4/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/claudiaclaurie
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claudiacurates/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23