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Anand Valavalkar Learned to Hear the Money in a Missed Call
Before Twine became an AI revenue engine, its central insight lived inside a high-school contracting business: every unanswered ring could be a customer walking away. Anand Valavalkar has spent the years since turning that small-business lesson into software.
Joseph Quan
Joseph Quan is the founder and CEO of Knoetic, the people-analytics platform and CPOHQ community that bills itself as the AI 'Second Brain' for Chief People Officers. He started the company in March 2020 with 25 HR leaders trading notes through the COVID crisis, then turned that group into a 2,000+ member network and a software business backed by $54M+ from Accel, Menlo, EQT and 150+ angels including Adam Grant. A two-time founder, Wharton/Berkeley graduate and Inc. 30 Under 30 alum, he returned as CEO to build Knoetic's AI product suite.