# Kevin Walker

> Kevin Walker is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Centari, an AI deal intelligence company founded in 2023. A former Paul Hastings M&A attorney with subsequent in-house roles at Kasa Living and Hamilton Zanze, he is building tools to turn transaction documents into searchable institutional knowledge for law firms and investment teams.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Centari
- **Organizations:** Centari, Paul Hastings, Kasa Living, Hamilton Zanze Real Estate Investments
- **Education:** Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Bachelor of Arts in History, University of California, Los Angeles
- **Known for:** Co-founded Centari in 2023., Led Centari through its $8.4 million Series A, announced in September 2025., Centari was adopted across Ropes & Gray transactional practices in October 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2017–2018** — Attorney at Paul Hastings, practicing M&A in San Francisco.
- **2018–2021** — Head of Legal at Kasa Living.
- **2021–2023** — Deputy General Counsel at Hamilton Zanze Real Estate Investments.
- **2023** — Co-founded Centari with Bryan Gilbert Davis; the company publicly announced its platform on August 29.
- **2025** — Centari reported $14 million in total funding, including an $8.4 million Series A led by Sentinel Global.
- **2026** — Continued leading Centari as it expanded into analytics, client dashboards, and Agentic Review in preview.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Centari in 2023.
- Led Centari through its $8.4 million Series A, announced in September 2025.
- Centari was adopted across Ropes & Gray transactional practices in October 2025.
- Authored Moneyball and the Business of Law: A Whole New Ballgame, published by the American Bar Association.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Centari announced Agentic Review in preview on October 13, with human oversight, audit logs, and updates for live negotiations and email-based queries.
- **2026-07** — Centari launched External Views on July 8, enabling permission-controlled, white-labeled client dashboards.
- **2026-04** — Centari introduced a new visual identity and described its evolution into a broader system of deal intelligence.
- **2026-03** — Centari announced Intelligence and Views on March 10, reporting customers across the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

## Links

- Website: https://www.centari.com/about-us
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpwalker1/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/_kevinwalker

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Last updated: 2026-10-26