# Sean Thorne

> Sean Thorne co-founded People Data Labs with Henry Nevue in 2015 and led the company as CEO before handing daily leadership to Ben Eisenberg. Earlier, he co-founded the campus social and deals startup Hallspot. He is now a founder of AgentScore, which builds infrastructure for AI agent commerce, and is listed as a business development partner at M37 Ventures and president of The Copernican Project.

- **Role:** Founder at AgentScore; co-founder and board member at People Data Labs
- **Organizations:** AgentScore, People Data Labs, Hallspot, M37 Ventures, The Copernican Project
- **Education:** Studied economics with a business minor; left without completing a degree, University of Oregon
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led People Data Labs from its founding to enterprise scale., Led PDL through its November 2021 $45 million Series B., Reported TalentIQ reached $500,000 ARR in its tenth month.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Conceived a campus-focused network while attending the University of Oregon.
- **2013** — Co-founded Hallspot with Adam Tirella; raised angel funding and won the early-stage category at the Willamette Angel Conference.
- **2014** — Explained Hallspot’s pivot from campus social networking to student deals in an Oregon Entrepreneurs Network interview.
- **2015** — Co-founded TalentIQ, later People Data Labs, with Henry Nevue.
- **2021** — As PDL CEO, announced a $45 million Series B led by Craft Ventures, with Flex Capital participating.
- **2024** — PDL’s September 3 LinkedIn announcement named Ben Eisenberg CEO as Thorne and Nevue stepped back. Thorne’s handoff letter says he would remain on the board.
- **2026** — Publicly building AgentScore and describing AI agent commerce and a shared internal Hivemind.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led People Data Labs from its founding to enterprise scale.
- Led PDL through its November 2021 $45 million Series B.
- Reported TalentIQ reached $500,000 ARR in its tenth month.
- Won $6,300 in cash and prizes in the 2013 Willamette Angel Conference’s early-stage competition.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Public LinkedIn profile reviewed in October reported that a new AgentScore product reached six figures ARR in August and doubled ARR in September; these are founder-reported figures.
- **2026-07** — AgentScore published its July 14 account of a version-controlled company Hivemind used by employees and AI tools.
- **2026-05** — Thorne published a May 18 LinkedIn article about onboarding Martin Estate to AI agent commerce.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanthorne
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/seanthorne5
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deseanthorne

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