# Jacob Cole

> Jacob Cole is the CEO and cofounder of Ideaflow, a Palo Alto company building intelligence-amplifying software - a notebook and team knowledge platform designed to fuse human thinking with AI. A former MIT Media Lab collective-intelligence researcher who also studied at Oxford, Cole frames Ideaflow as a life mission: a future where 'nobody feels alone with their ideas.' The company has raised more than $10M from First Round Capital, 8VC, StartX, Tim Draper, and Naval, building a human-AI hybrid 'shared brain' for organizations.

- **Role:** CEO & Cofounder at Ideaflow Inc.
- **Organizations:** Ideaflow Inc., MIT Media Lab, StartX, Outliers Fund
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Electrical Engineering/Computer Science & English Literature; UROP at Decentralized Information Group / W3C; Media Lab collective-intelligence research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Computer Science and Philosophy, University of Oxford
- **Known for:** Cofounded and leads Ideaflow, the 'intelligence amplification company', Raised more than $10M (reported up to $18M) from First Round Capital, 8VC, StartX, Tim Draper, Sequoia scouts and Naval, Built a human-AI hybrid 'shared brain' platform used by organizations

## Career timeline

- **—** — UROP researcher at MIT Decentralized Information Group / W3C
- **—** — Front-end engineer and strategist at Politify
- **—** — Technology development leader at Bainbridge Capital
- **—** — Venture Partner at Outliers Fund
- **2015** — Cofounded Ideaflow Inc. (with Malcolm Gilbert)
- **—** — Founder member (S20) at StartX accelerator
- **2020** — Raised seed funding; total funding climbs past $10M

## Achievements

- Cofounded and leads Ideaflow, the 'intelligence amplification company'
- Raised more than $10M (reported up to $18M) from First Round Capital, 8VC, StartX, Tim Draper, Sequoia scouts and Naval
- Built a human-AI hybrid 'shared brain' platform used by organizations
- Featured as a Product Hunt Weekly Highlight
- Grew Ideaflow to roughly $1.5M revenue with a ~13-person team (2024)

## Latest updates

- **2024** — Ideaflow reported roughly $1.5M revenue with a ~13-person team and expanded its product line to Notes, Base, Meetings, and an experimental Agent-First Web.

## Links

- Website: https://ideaflow.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobcolemit/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jacobCole4000

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Last updated: 2026-06-24