# David Edri

> David Edri is a San Jose-based technology entrepreneur, investor, and CEO of emaze.ai whose career has moved through social networking, marketplaces, ad tech, presentation software, and now hyper-personalized visual customer communication. He has spent more than two decades building and restarting companies, with a consistent interest in turning digital information into experiences people will notice and act on.

- **Role:** CEO and co-founder at emaze.ai
- **Organizations:** emaze.ai, emaze, Martech Media, Inc., RadiumOne, gWallet, BlueLithium, Formove.com, 123Out.com, ASTERRA
- **Known for:** Built a career of more than 20 years across entrepreneurship, investing, digital marketing, and technology operations., Founded and led multiple companies, including Formove.com and 123Out.com., Led RadiumOne Engage, a marketplace connecting advertisers with gaming audiences and branded experiences.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2016** — Founded and led 123Out.com, a social network connecting communities with entertainment venues, and Formove.com, an online marketplace.
- **Before 2016** — Worked in ad tech, including BlueLithium, gWallet, and RadiumOne; at RadiumOne he led RadiumOne Engage.
- **2016** — Became CEO of emaze.
- **2018** — Presented emaze's expanded business features, including remote presenting, live widgets, collaboration, analytics, and new design tools.
- **2020** — Discussed emaze's expansion beyond presentations into automatically created websites, blogs, and photo albums; also appeared on the New Arenas podcast about emaze's partnership with Real Sociedad and fan profiles.
- **2025** — Launched emaze.ai after nearly a year of development, repositioning the company's visual technology around AI-generated, hyper-personalized customer touchpoints.
- **2026** — Presented emaze.ai to retail and international business audiences, including NRF and trade webinars for Japan and Latin America.

## Achievements

- Built a career of more than 20 years across entrepreneurship, investing, digital marketing, and technology operations.
- Founded and led multiple companies, including Formove.com and 123Out.com.
- Led RadiumOne Engage, a marketplace connecting advertisers with gaming audiences and branded experiences.
- Led emaze as it expanded from presentations into websites, photo albums, business analytics, sales enablement, and AI-personalized customer experiences.
- Helped launch emaze.ai in 2025 as a visual AI layer for personalized business communications.
- Emaze publicly reports serving 50 million users.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Reported a run of face-to-face business meetings across Europe and a separate online presentation of emaze.ai to business and technology leaders in Latin America.
- **2026-07** — Presented emaze.ai during an Israel Smart Mobility webinar organized with trade groups in Japan.
- **2026-07** — Volunteered as head chef at his daughter’s three-day scout camp while continuing to coordinate company work.
- **2026-01** — Showcased emaze.ai at NRF 2026 and reported follow-up meetings with retailers after the event.

## Links

- Website: https://emaze.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidedri

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Last updated: 2026-08-25