# Kennan Davison

> Kennan Davison, also publicly known as Kennan Frost and appearing in current Icon materials as Kennan Jenner, is a New York entrepreneur and engineer. He solo-founded Skio, a Shopify subscription software company acquired by Recharge in April 2026, and founded Icon, whose current advertising service combines human creators with software. His background includes Pinterest, Hulu and Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 batch.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Icon
- **Organizations:** Icon, Skio, Pinterest, Hulu, Wieden+Kennedy, Y Combinator, Shield
- **Education:** Y Combinator, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Solo-founded Skio, a Y Combinator Summer 2020 company acquired by Recharge in April 2026., Publicly disclosed $105 million cash at close for Skio against $8 million raised; financial terms were not disclosed in the official acquisition announcement., Reported taking Skio to $10 million ARR and profitability in three years in a March 2025 thread.

## Career timeline

- **2015–2016** — Worked as a software engineer at Wieden+Kennedy, according to public career records.
- **2016** — Software engineering internship at Hulu, according to public career records.
- **2017–2020** — Software engineer at Pinterest, according to public career records.
- **2020** — Participated in Y Combinator Summer 2020 as a solo founder; the business subsequently pivoted to subscriptions.
- **2021** — Skio launched as subscription management software for Shopify.
- **2025-03** — Appeared on TBPN to discuss Icon, AI admaking and raising from Founders Fund.
- **2026-04** — Recharge announced its acquisition of Skio. Davison disclosed $105 million cash at close against $8 million raised.
- **2026** — Icon’s current site describes a human creator advertising service and labels its agency presentation Icon Keynote 2026.

## Achievements

- Solo-founded Skio, a Y Combinator Summer 2020 company acquired by Recharge in April 2026.
- Publicly disclosed $105 million cash at close for Skio against $8 million raised; financial terms were not disclosed in the official acquisition announcement.
- Reported taking Skio to $10 million ARR and profitability in three years in a March 2025 thread.
- Founded Icon; its current site reports $30 million-plus raised.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Recharge announced Skio’s acquisition on April 30; Davison publicly disclosed a $105 million cash transaction.
- **2026-10** — As checked October 24, Icon’s current site offers six human creator ads for $1,000, describes $30 million-plus raised, and presents its founder as Kennan Jenner. This is a verification date, not an asserted announcement date.

## Links

- Website: https://icon.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennanjenner
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/icon
- GitHub: https://github.com/kennandavison
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@icon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kennanjenner/

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Last updated: 2026-10-24