# Marc Freed-Finnegan

> Marc Freed-Finnegan is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of Chalk. He previously led product for Google Wallet and co-founded retail payments company Index, acquired by Stripe in 2018. His public record also includes student volunteer work in Montclair and singing and business-management roles at Yale.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Chalk
- **Organizations:** Chalk, Index, Stripe, Google, Yale Spizzwinks(?), Yale Whiffenpoofs
- **Education:** B.A. in Political Science, Yale University
- **Known for:** Created Kids for Kids, which had more than 100 active student members in 1999., Co-founded Index, acquired by Stripe in 2018., Co-founded Chalk and led its $50 million Series A announcement in May 2025.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Recognized as a New Jersey Prudential Spirit of the Community Awards honoree for creating Kids for Kids at Montclair High School.
- **2001-2004** — Sang with Yale groups and held tour, business and other management roles.
- **2007** — Joined Google in global infrastructure; later moved to new business development and Google Wallet product leadership.
- **2012** — Co-founded Index with Jonathan Wall.
- **2018** — Index was acquired by Stripe; subsequently worked at Stripe.
- **2022** — Co-founded Chalk with Elliot Marx and Andrew Moreland.
- **2023** — Announced Chalk’s $10 million seed funding.
- **2025** — Announced Chalk’s $50 million Series A at a $500 million valuation.
- **2026** — Wrote about production agent evaluation following the Chalk Compute launch.

## Achievements

- Created Kids for Kids, which had more than 100 active student members in 1999.
- Co-founded Index, acquired by Stripe in 2018.
- Co-founded Chalk and led its $50 million Series A announcement in May 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Chalk introduced Model Gateway on October 7, adding model routing, fallbacks and budget controls inside a customer’s deployment.
- **2026-06** — Freed-Finnegan published What Snowflake Summit Was Really About on June 8, discussing trusted production agents and historical evaluation.
- **2026-06** — Chalk launched Compute on June 1, a runtime connected to its Context Engine for historical agent evaluations.

## Links

- Website: https://chalk.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcff
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/marcff
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcff

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