# Misha Herscu

> Misha Herscu is the co-founder and CEO of Cake, a New York based platform that bundles more than 100 open-source AI components into managed, production-ready infrastructure so mid-market teams get the control of a build with the ease of a buy. A Harvard physics graduate turned full-stack engineer, he previously founded the radiology AI marketplace EnvoyAI (McCoy Medical Technologies), which TeraRecon acquired in 2018. After running over 200 customer-discovery calls as an operator in residence at Primary Venture Partners, he started Cake in 2022 with CTO Skyler Thomas and raised a $13M seed round led by Google's Gradient in late 2024.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Cake
- **Organizations:** Cake (Cake AI Technologies Inc.), EnvoyAI / McCoy Medical Technologies, Primary Venture Partners, Tone, BookBub, Altman Vilandrie & Company
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** AB in Physics (with honors), Harvard College, Web Development Immersive certificate, General Assembly, Data Science certificate, General Assembly
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Cake, raising $13M including a $10M seed led by Google's Gradient, Founded EnvoyAI / McCoy Medical Technologies, acquired by TeraRecon in 2018, EnvoyAI recognized as AuntMinnie Best New Vendor

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Graduated from Harvard College with honors in Physics
- **2013-2015** — Worked in consulting at Altman Vilandrie & Company to learn the business world
- **2015** — Joined BookBub as a business analyst
- **2016** — Completed General Assembly Web Development Immersive; founded McCoy Medical Technologies
- **2018** — EnvoyAI (medical imaging AI marketplace) acquired by TeraRecon; named AuntMinnie Best New Vendor
- **2019-2021** — Software engineer at Tone; later Operator in Residence at Primary Venture Partners
- **2022** — Co-founded Cake with Skyler Thomas (CTO) in New York
- **2024-04** — Closed $10M seed round led by Google's Gradient
- **2024-12** — Emerged from stealth; announced $13M total raised

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Cake, raising $13M including a $10M seed led by Google's Gradient
- Founded EnvoyAI / McCoy Medical Technologies, acquired by TeraRecon in 2018
- EnvoyAI recognized as AuntMinnie Best New Vendor
- Graduated Harvard College with honors in Physics
- Helped a healthcare customer go from concept to production in under three weeks on Cake

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Cake emerged from stealth and announced a $13M seed round led by Google's Gradient, with customers including Altis Labs and Ping.
- **2024-12** — Herscu signaled plans to raise a Series A around mid-2025, saying Cake already looks like a Series A company on traction.

## Links

- Website: https://cake.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mishaherscu/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/MishaHerscu
- GitHub: https://github.com/MishaHerscu
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzE95ZQg2h-x_HBSswvbhqw

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Last updated: 2026-06-22