# Scott Kveton

> Scott Kveton is a technology entrepreneur, co-founder and former CEO of Urban Airship (now Airship), and co-founder and CEO of CaseMark. His work spans the Oregon State University Open Source Lab, digital identity through OpenID and OAuth, mobile developer services, and generative AI for legal workflows. He also co-founded Bac’n and co-authored a book about launching the online bacon retailer.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at CaseMark
- **Organizations:** CaseMark, Airship (formerly Urban Airship), Oregon State University Open Source Lab, OpenID Foundation, JanRain, Amazon, Rulespace, Odava, Bac’n, Jump, Fractionalist, Association for AI in Legal (A4L)
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, Oregon State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Urban Airship and helped bring its initial mobile developer product to market in about 30 days., Co-founded the Oregon State University Open Source Lab., Served as chair of the OpenID Foundation.

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Graduated from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Computer Science.
- **2003** — Co-founded the Oregon State University Open Source Lab with Jason McKerr.
- **2006** — Joined JanRain; later served as chair of the OpenID Foundation.
- **2008** — Joined Vidoop as vice president of open platforms.
- **2009** — Co-founded Bac’n with Jason Glaspey and Michael Richardson; co-founded Urban Airship with Steven Osborn, Michael Richardson and Adam Lowry in May.
- **2010** — Urban Airship secured its first venture funding; co-authored From Idea to Web Start-up in 21 Days: Creating bacn.com.
- **2012** — Won the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Individual Achievement Award.
- **2009-2014** — Served as co-founder and CEO of Urban Airship, according to his Wellfound profile.
- **2015-2017** — Co-founded and led Odava, acquired by MassRoots in July 2017.
- **2023** — Co-founded CaseMark.
- **2024** — CaseMark announced a $1.7 million seed round led by Gradient Ventures on June 4.
- **2025** — Co-founded the Association for AI in Legal (A4L), as described in a 2026 podcast introduction.
- **2026** — Advocated open-weight AI models and introduced CaseMark Source; launched the Dog Days Challenge.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Urban Airship and helped bring its initial mobile developer product to market in about 30 days.
- Co-founded the Oregon State University Open Source Lab.
- Served as chair of the OpenID Foundation.
- Credited as the original creator of Ampache.
- Received Oregon State University’s Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers recognition in 2007.
- Won the 2012 Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Individual Achievement Award.
- Co-authored From Idea to Web Start-up in 21 Days: Creating bacn.com with Jason Glaspey (2010).
- Led CaseMark through a $1.7 million seed financing announced in June 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — In a September 16 essay, Kveton said CaseMark had stopped offering Anthropic models by default, while retaining an opt-in path for customers. He emphasized portable workflows and open-weight models.
- **2026-08** — On August 14, launched CaseMark’s Dog Days Challenge, offering live builds of difficult legal workflows in about an hour, with processing performed afterward.
- **2026-07** — On July 30, introduced the CaseMark Source name and described its court-reporting platform and human review controls.
- **2026-07** — On July 28, explained CaseMark’s signing of the Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter.

## Links

- Website: https://kveton.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kveton
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kveton
- GitHub: https://github.com/kveton
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/kveton
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/kveton

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Last updated: 2026-10-20