# Jessica Powell

> Jessica Powell is the San Francisco-based CEO and co-founder of AudioShake, which separates recordings into voices, instruments, and other components for creative and technical uses. Previously Google’s vice president of communications and a member of its management team, she is also the author of Literary Paris and the Silicon Valley satire The Big Disruption. Her career connects music rights, international communications, writing, and audio technology.

- **Role:** CEO and co-founder at AudioShake
- **Organizations:** AudioShake, Google, Badoo, CISAC
- **Education:** B.A., Comparative Literature, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Led Google’s global communications organization and served on its management team., Authored Literary Paris: A Guide and The Big Disruption., Co-founded AudioShake, winner of Sony’s 2021 Demixing Challenge and a TIME Best Inventions 2023 selection.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked at CISAC in Paris in music copyright communications.
- **2006** — Published Literary Paris: A Guide with The Little Bookroom.
- **Before AudioShake** — Worked at Google in London, Tokyo, and the Bay Area; became vice president of communications and a member of its management team. Also served as chief marketing officer at Badoo.
- **2018** — Medium published The Big Disruption digitally; a print edition followed in 2019.
- **2020** — Co-founded AudioShake with Luke Miner; the company’s public launch followed in 2021.
- **2021** — AudioShake won Sony’s Demixing Challenge and worked with Green Day on stems for a fan play-along.
- **2023** — AudioShake appeared on TIME’s Best Inventions list.
- **2024** — AudioShake participated in the Disney Accelerator and announced a Disney Music Group collaboration.
- **2025** — AudioShake announced a $14 million Series A led by Shine Capital.
- **2026** — AudioShake released Multi-Speaker 2.0 for separating overlapping voices.

## Achievements

- Led Google’s global communications organization and served on its management team.
- Authored Literary Paris: A Guide and The Big Disruption.
- Co-founded AudioShake, winner of Sony’s 2021 Demixing Challenge and a TIME Best Inventions 2023 selection.
- Joined the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences as a Webby Awards judge.
- Led AudioShake during its $14 million Series A in October 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — AudioShake released Multi-Speaker 2.0 on September 22 to separate overlapping voices into discrete stems, with confidence markers for human review.
- **2026-04** — AudioShake announced real-time dialogue isolation at a reported 11ms latency on April 14.
- **2026-03** — Appeared on SlatorPod to discuss audio separation, localization, and the company’s origins.
- **2025-10** — AudioShake announced its $14 million Series A led by Shine Capital on October 1.

## Links

- Website: https://www.jessicapowell.co/
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Last updated: 2026-10-23