# Roddy Lindsay

> Roddy Lindsay is a San Francisco entrepreneur, software engineer and documentary producer. He co-founded Hustle and served as CEO from 2014 to 2019, after working at Facebook. He now leads TexterID, founded Campaign Verify and co-founded the immersive audio nonprofit Envelop.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at TexterID; Founder and Chief Architect at Campaign Verify
- **Organizations:** TexterID, Hustle, Campaign Verify, Envelop, Facebook
- **Education:** BS, Symbolic Systems, Stanford University, MS studies in Statistics (incomplete), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Hustle, which reached $10 million in annual revenue in four years, according to his personal site., Built Facebook Lexicon and contributed to the early Facebook Data team., Co-founded Envelop and developed immersive audio software.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Graduated from Stanford and joined Facebook; worked there through 2013.
- **2008** — Facebook publicly introduced Lexicon, a trend-analysis project Lindsay built.
- **2014** — Launched WineGlass and co-founded Hustle and Envelop.
- **2016** — Hustle was used for volunteer outreach in Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign.
- **2017** — Announced Hustle’s $8 million Series A and more than 38 million conversations.
- **2018** — Hustle raised a $30 million round led by Insight Venture Partners.
- **2019** — Stepped down as Hustle CEO; continued as an individual contributor founder.
- **2020** — Founded Campaign Verify; Social Capital acquired Hustle.
- **2022** — Started the Taking Back the Groove film project in autumn.
- **2023** — Concluded his IC Founder role at Hustle; Taking Back the Groove screened at DOC NYC.
- **2024** — Resident Advisor published Taking Back the Groove on September 23.
- **2026** — Publicly identified as TexterID founder and CEO; appeared at MEF Leadership Forum Canada.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Hustle, which reached $10 million in annual revenue in four years, according to his personal site.
- Built Facebook Lexicon and contributed to the early Facebook Data team.
- Co-founded Envelop and developed immersive audio software.
- Founded Campaign Verify, a nonpartisan political identity-verification nonprofit.
- Produced Taking Back the Groove, directed by Celia Aniskovich.
- Reports 25 awarded patents on his personal site.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Somos reported his participation as TexterID founder and CEO in a MEF Leadership Forum Canada panel about digital identity and trust.
- **2024-09** — Resident Advisor published Taking Back the Groove, which he produced.

## Links

- Website: https://www.roddylindsay.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roddylindsay
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RoddyLindsay
- GitHub: https://github.com/roddylindsay

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Last updated: 2026-10-12