# Jared Yaman

> Jared Yaman is the CEO and a co-founder of Spresso, a New York-based AI company that builds pricing intelligence and price-optimization software for retail, CPG, and ecommerce businesses. A three-time founder with a University of Michigan law and economics background, he previously co-founded and served as COO of Boxed, the online wholesale retailer that competed with Walmart, Costco, and Amazon, weathered the pandemic, and went public before winding down. At Spresso he is turning the pricing engine built inside Boxed into a standalone product, arguing that AI should supplement rather than replace human judgment.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Spresso
- **Organizations:** Spresso, Boxed, Giddy, Inc.
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Economics, University of Michigan, J.D., University of Michigan Law School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Boxed and helped scale it to serve the continental United States before its IPO., Led Boxed's investment in proprietary software and pricing technology., Founded and leads Spresso, an AI pricing-intelligence company backed by investors including BlackRock.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Graduated law school and moved to New York roughly 48 hours before the collapse of Lehman Brothers; pivoted into tech rather than corporate law.
- **2013** — Co-founded Boxed, an online wholesale retailer, serving as COO, Head of Software, and board member.
- **2021** — Boxed went public, capping a decade of competing against Walmart, Costco, and Amazon.
- **2023** — Became CEO of Spresso, spinning the pricing and commerce technology into a standalone AI company.
- **2024** — Spresso raised a Series A and its technology was tapped to power the relaunch of Boxed.com.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Boxed and helped scale it to serve the continental United States before its IPO.
- Led Boxed's investment in proprietary software and pricing technology.
- Founded and leads Spresso, an AI pricing-intelligence company backed by investors including BlackRock.
- Described publicly as a three-time founder.
- Spresso technology selected to power the Boxed.com relaunch in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2024-07** — Spresso technology selected to power the relaunch of Boxed.com.
- **2024-04** — Spresso closed a Series A funding round.
- **2026-02** — Appeared on SaaS-focused founder podcasts discussing SaaS pivots, enterprise pricing, and capital efficiency.

## Links

- Website: https://spresso.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-yaman

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Last updated: 2026-07-16