# Jon Reilly

> Jon Reilly is co-founder and co-CEO of Akkio, a Cambridge-based AI platform for media companies. An electrical engineer who moved into product management and marketing, he previously worked at Sony, Sonos and Markforged. Akkio grew from his experience trying to apply machine learning to lead scoring and now focuses on making data analysis and campaign workflows accessible to agency teams.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Akkio
- **Organizations:** Akkio, Markforged, Sonos, Sony Electronics
- **Education:** BSEE, Electrical Engineering, Gonzaga University, MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Akkio in 2019., Included in ADWEEK’s 2025 Innovator 50., Helped lead Akkio through its $15 million Series A announced in August 2023.

## Career timeline

- **Before Akkio; exact dates unverified** — Worked in electrical engineering and product management at Sony Electronics.
- **Before Akkio; exact dates unverified** — Held product management and global channel development roles at Sonos.
- **Before 2019; exact start date unverified** — Served as VP of Product & Marketing at Markforged.
- **2019** — Co-founded Akkio with Abe Parangi, Craig Wisneski and Ekin Keserer.
- **2023** — Akkio announced a $15 million Series A in August.
- **2024** — Published the introduction to Akkio Agency Data LLM on July 25.
- **2025** — Named to ADWEEK’s inaugural Innovator 50.
- **2026** — Havas announced a partnership with Akkio on January 6.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Akkio in 2019.
- Included in ADWEEK’s 2025 Innovator 50.
- Helped lead Akkio through its $15 million Series A announced in August 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Havas announced a partnership with Akkio to expand Converged.AI agentic capabilities across global markets.
- **2025-11** — Akkio announced Reilly’s inclusion in ADWEEK’s inaugural Innovator 50.

## Links

- Website: https://www.akkio.com/author/jon-reilly
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonreilly/

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Last updated: 2026-10-14