# Ryan Glasgow

> Ryan Glasgow is the San Francisco-based founder and CEO of Sprig, formerly UserLeap. His earlier product roles at Extrabux, GraphScience, Livefyre, Vurb, and Weebly shaped his focus on collecting contextual customer feedback and making it usable before product decisions are made. Sprig now develops enterprise surveys and AI research agents.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Sprig
- **Organizations:** Sprig, UserLeap, Weebly, Vurb, Livefyre, GraphScience, Extrabux
- **Education:** University of California, San Diego
- **Known for:** Early product roles at five companies later acquired: Extrabux, GraphScience, Livefyre, Vurb, and Weebly., Founded Sprig, formerly UserLeap., Reported a 74% retention improvement at Vurb after shifting the user experience toward curated content.

## Career timeline

- **College years; dates unverified** — Worked at Extrabux while in college.
- **2011-12** — Joined Vurb as its first product manager.
- **2014** — Joined Weebly as its first product manager.
- **2019** — Founded UserLeap, subsequently renamed Sprig, after exploring the idea following Weebly.
- **2020-12** — Announced a $16 million Series A led by Accel.
- **2021** — Announced UserLeap’s rebrand to Sprig and expanded research offering.
- **2026-06** — Announced Sprig MCP.
- **2026-10** — Previewed the upcoming Analyze Agent.

## Achievements

- Early product roles at five companies later acquired: Extrabux, GraphScience, Livefyre, Vurb, and Weebly.
- Founded Sprig, formerly UserLeap.
- Reported a 74% retention improvement at Vurb after shifting the user experience toward curated content.
- Led UserLeap through an Accel-led $16 million Series A announced in December 2020.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 8, previewed Sprig’s upcoming Analyze Agent for quantitative survey analysis; it was described as coming soon.
- **2026-06** — On June 2, announced Sprig MCP, connecting research data to compatible AI tools.
- **2025-08** — Discussed treating AI as an intern requiring oversight on The User Research Strategist.

## Links

- Website: https://sprig.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanglasgow/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ryanglasgow

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Last updated: 2026-10-14