# Jake Cronin

> Jake Cronin is the founder and CEO of Siro, a New York based conversation intelligence platform that records and analyzes the face-to-face conversations of field sales reps and turns them into AI coaching. He learned the sales craft the hard way, selling Cutco knives door to door as a teenager and ranking among the company's top reps worldwide, then spent two years as a McKinsey business analyst before leaving in 2020 to code Siro's first product himself. The company has raised roughly $75 million, including a $50 million Series B led by SignalFire in 2025, and works with home services, telecom, and multifamily sales teams across the country.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Siro
- **Organizations:** Siro, McKinsey & Company, BlackRock, Cutco, Emory University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, double major in Math & Computer Science with Chinese Studies, Emory University, Study abroad, Fudan University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Siro, a conversation intelligence platform for in-person sales, Raised approximately $75M including a $50M Series B led by SignalFire, Ranked in the top 1% of Cutco sellers and named one of Cutco's Top 25 sales reps globally

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Research Assistant in the Neuromechanics Lab at Emory University
- **2018** — Joined McKinsey & Company as a Business Analyst working on strategy and digital projects; won the McKinsey Data Hackathon
- **2020** — Left McKinsey and founded Siro, coding the core product himself
- **2025** — Announced Siro's $50M Series B led by SignalFire, bringing total funding to roughly $75M

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Siro, a conversation intelligence platform for in-person sales
- Raised approximately $75M including a $50M Series B led by SignalFire
- Ranked in the top 1% of Cutco sellers and named one of Cutco's Top 25 sales reps globally
- Won the McKinsey Data Hackathon
- Coded the first version of Siro's product himself
- Grew Siro to serve thousands of companies and tens of millions of recorded sales interactions

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Siro announced a $50M Series B led by SignalFire to expand its AI coaching for on-ground sales reps.

## Links

- Website: https://siro.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-cronin/

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Last updated: 2026-07-16