# Dylan Keil

> Dylan Keil is the co-founder and CEO of Bearing AI, a Palo Alto startup that uses artificial intelligence to cut carbon emissions and improve operations across the global maritime shipping fleet. A Stanford-trained mechanical engineer who grew up on college campuses, he built and sold the mobile sensor startup Chronos to Life360 before launching Bearing in 2019. Backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund and Japanese shipping giant Mitsui & Co., Bearing predicts vessel fuel consumption, speed and carbon ratings without onboard sensors, helping shipowners navigate regulations like CII, EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime while saving fuel and money.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Bearing AI
- **Organizations:** Bearing AI, Life360, Chronos Mobile Technologies, Stanford University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Bearing AI, an AI platform for maritime shipping decarbonization, Built and sold Chronos Mobile Technologies to Life360, Helped grow Life360's flagship app past 30 million users as Director of Product

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Graduated from Stanford with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
- **2012** — Earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-founded Chronos Mobile Technologies, a mobile contextual-awareness engine
- **2015** — Chronos acquired by Life360; Keil joined as Director of Product
- **2015-2019** — Helped scale Life360's family-safety app to over 30 million users
- **2019** — Co-founded Bearing AI, backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund
- **2022** — Raised $7M post-seed from Mitsui & Co. and AI Fund; launched CII Optimization product (total funding ~$10M)
- **2023** — Released Fleet Deployment Optimizer; Andrew Ng publicly highlighted Bearing's 75M+ miles sailed

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Bearing AI, an AI platform for maritime shipping decarbonization
- Built and sold Chronos Mobile Technologies to Life360
- Helped grow Life360's flagship app past 30 million users as Director of Product
- Secured backing from AI pioneer Andrew Ng's AI Fund and Mitsui & Co.
- Ships guided by Bearing have sailed over 75 million miles, saving an estimated 1 million+ tons of carbon emissions
- Launched the first AI simulator to predict Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) scores for the global fleet

## Latest updates

- **2023-10** — Bearing released its Fleet Deployment Optimizer; Andrew Ng publicly praised the company for guiding ships over 75 million miles.
- **2026-06** — Bearing positions itself as 'Maritime Intelligence built for the era of LLMs.'

## Links

- Website: https://bearing.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dylankeil

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Last updated: 2026-06-24