# Steve Martocci

> Steve Martocci is an American software engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded GroupMe with Jared Hecht and Splice with Matt Aimonetti. His work connects music, consumer software and collaboration; he also co-founded Blade and has backed and advised technology startups. He moved from Splice CEO to executive chairman and chief strategy officer in May 2022.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Executive Chairman at Splice
- **Organizations:** Splice, GroupMe, Blade, Gilt Groupe, Sympact Technologies, Bandwith.us, Techstars, SummerQAmp, HeadCount
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Co-founded GroupMe, acquired by Skype in 2011., GroupMe won the 2011 SXSW Breakout Digital Trend award., Co-founded Splice, which had more than four million users by May 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in Information Systems.
- **2009-2010** — Lead software engineer at Gilt Groupe.
- **2010** — Co-founded GroupMe with Jared Hecht following a TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon prototype.
- **2011** — Skype acquired GroupMe in August.
- **2013** — Co-founded Splice with Matt Aimonetti.
- **2014** — Co-founded Blade.
- **2015** — Splice Sounds launched individual royalty-free samples.
- **2022** — Moved to executive chairman and chief strategy officer at Splice as Kakul Srivastava became CEO.

## Achievements

- Co-founded GroupMe, acquired by Skype in 2011.
- GroupMe won the 2011 SXSW Breakout Digital Trend award.
- Co-founded Splice, which had more than four million users by May 2022.
- Splice had paid more than $55 million to creators by early 2022.
- Co-founded Blade in 2014.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — The Official Board lists Martocci as Splice founder and executive chairman.
- **2025-10** — Appeared at The KINN in Los Angeles for an interview event about his founder career.

## Links

- Website: https://about.me/smartocci
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevemartocci
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/smart
- GitHub: https://github.com/smart
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smart/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smartocci

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Last updated: 2026-10-14