# Jason Davis

> Jason Davis is the co-founder and CEO of Simon AI (formerly Simon Data), a New York customer data platform that rebranded around agentic AI in 2025. A machine-learning PhD who built search algorithms at Google, he founded the ad-tech startup Adtuitive, sold it to Etsy in 2009, then ran Etsy's search and data teams as the marketplace grew from $180M to a $1B+ run rate. He and grad-school friend Matt Walker started Simon to give marketers direct, governed access to the data trapped inside their own warehouses. The company has raised roughly $117.8M, including a $54M Series D led by Macquarie Group.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Simon AI
- **Organizations:** Simon AI, Simon Data, Adtuitive, Etsy, Google
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** PhD, Machine Learning, Data Mining & Statistics, The University of Texas at Austin
- **Known for:** Founded Adtuitive and sold it to Etsy in 2009, Led the data and search teams at Etsy through a roughly 5x run-rate increase to over $1B, Co-founded and scaled Simon Data into an enterprise CDP serving fast-growing and enterprise brands

## Career timeline

- **2003-2008** — Earned a PhD in machine learning, data mining and statistics at UT Austin, where he met future co-founder Matt Walker
- **pre-2009** — Developed search algorithms at Google
- **2009** — Adtuitive, the retail ad-tech startup he founded, is acquired by Etsy
- **2009-2012** — Led search, data science, analytics and big-data infrastructure teams at Etsy as the marketplace grew from ~$180M in goods sold to a $1B+ run rate
- **2015** — Co-founded Simon Data with Matt Walker to give marketers direct access to warehouse data
- **2023-08** — Closed a $54M Series D led by Macquarie Group, bringing total funding to ~$117.8M
- **2025-09** — Rebranded Simon Data to Simon AI and launched the Simon AI Agentic Marketing Platform

## Achievements

- Founded Adtuitive and sold it to Etsy in 2009
- Led the data and search teams at Etsy through a roughly 5x run-rate increase to over $1B
- Co-founded and scaled Simon Data into an enterprise CDP serving fast-growing and enterprise brands
- Raised approximately $117.8M in venture funding, including a $54M Series D
- Built a CDP natively on Snowflake and Snowflake Cortex AI
- Holds an 86/100 CEO approval rating from Simon Data employees on Comparably
- Led the 2025 pivot and rebrand to Simon AI around agentic marketing

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Launched the Simon AI Agentic Marketing Platform and rebranded the company from Simon Data to Simon AI.

## Links

- Website: http://www.drjasondavis.com/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drjasondavis

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Last updated: 2026-06-12