# Stephen Campbell

> Stephen Campbell is the CEO and co-founder of Revamp (YC S23), a San Francisco AI startup that stitches together Klaviyo and Shopify data to build smarter customer segments for eCommerce brands and agencies. A USC computer science graduate and former Airtable engineer, he built Revamp with longtime friend Amin Akhtar to turn days of manual data wrangling into insights that generate in seconds. He is known for a lean, capital-light approach to building - his 'raise early and raise small' philosophy - and for helping seed the Bay Area's generative-AI community through The GenAI Collective.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Revamp (YC S23)
- **Organizations:** Revamp, The GenAI Collective, Airtable, Dogwood Technology Associates, Visa, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Computer Science, University of Southern California
- **Known for:** Co-founded Revamp and was accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2023 batch, Built an AI segmentation platform that combines Klaviyo and Shopify data and syncs segments back to Klaviyo in one click, Raised roughly $865K total while keeping burn low and equity dilution minimal

## Career timeline

- **Earlier** — Studied computer science at the University of Southern California
- **Earlier** — Held a role at Visa
- **Earlier** — Co-founded Dogwood Technology Associates, a technology consultancy for early-stage startups
- **Pre-2023** — Worked at Airtable, contributing to engineering and product on the low-code/no-code platform
- **Ongoing** — Co-founded and helped lead The GenAI Collective, a community exploring generative AI
- **2023** — Co-founded Revamp with Amin Akhtar; joined Y Combinator's Summer 2023 batch
- **2023** — Raised a lean round - $125K YC + $375K uncapped SAFE + $365K angels
- **2024** — Publicly shared the 'raise early and raise small' philosophy and lean operating approach

## Achievements

- Co-founded Revamp and was accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2023 batch
- Built an AI segmentation platform that combines Klaviyo and Shopify data and syncs segments back to Klaviyo in one click
- Raised roughly $865K total while keeping burn low and equity dilution minimal
- Helped co-found The GenAI Collective, a generative-AI community
- Contributed engineering and product work at Airtable
- Reported doubling Revamp's addressable client base by freeing up operating time

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Shared a widely-read reflection on raising a lean $365K angel round and the 'raise early and raise small' philosophy.
- **2023-08** — Revamp joined Y Combinator's Summer 2023 batch and opened a closed beta waitlist.

## Links

- Website: https://getrevamp.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwcampbell
- GitHub: https://github.com/Revamp-AI

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Last updated: 2026-07-31