# Stuart Kearney

> Stuart Kearney is the co-founder and former CEO of Vetted, the shopping research company previously known as Lustre. A former NASA Ames engineer and Slant co-founder, he has worked on making product recommendations easier to research and compare. He announced Vetted’s acquisition by Yahoo in November 2025; his LinkedIn now lists Yahoo.

- **Role:** AI product leader at Yahoo (exact title unverified); co-founder and former CEO of Vetted
- **Organizations:** Vetted, Slant, Lustre, Yahoo, NASA Ames Research Center, Universities Space Research Association, DSTO, Aerospace Concepts
- **Education:** The University of Queensland
- **Known for:** Co-founded Slant, Lustre and Vetted with Tim Etler and Tom Raleigh., Co-authored a 2012 small-satellite communications paper archived by NASA., Led Vetted when it announced a $14 million Series A in August 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Named first author of a conference paper evaluating a commercial radio for nanosatellite communications, affiliated with Universities Space Research Association.
- **2013–2020** — Co-founder of Slant, according to the Vetted leadership biography on Welcome to the Jungle.
- **2014** — Published an essay explaining the shopping decision problem behind Slant and his departure from NASA.
- **2018** — Golden Ventures met Kearney and co-founders Tim Etler and Tom Raleigh.
- **2022** — Vetted, formerly Lustre, announced its product search engine and a $14 million Series A led by Insight Partners on August 2.
- **2025** — Discussed the progression from Slant to Lustre to Vetted in a May 13 interview.
- **2025** — Announced Vetted’s acquisition by Yahoo in November.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Slant, Lustre and Vetted with Tim Etler and Tom Raleigh.
- Co-authored a 2012 small-satellite communications paper archived by NASA.
- Led Vetted when it announced a $14 million Series A in August 2022.
- Announced Vetted’s acquisition by Yahoo in November 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Kearney publicly announced Vetted’s acquisition by Yahoo; Yahoo’s Matt Sanchez separately announced the acquisition agreement.
- **2025-05** — Discussed AI shopping agents, the history of Slant and Lustre, and Vetted’s research-first approach in a Sacra interview.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-kearney-b8422213b

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