# Zack Holland

> Zack Holland is a Brooklyn-based startup founder, writer and marketing consultant. He founded SelectFew and helped build Averi, combining AI marketing tools with human specialists. After publicly describing his departure from the AI business in February 2026, he now appears as co-founder and CEO of Talvi, which pairs purchase round-up donations with a game world, and writes the Daydreamer Ventures newsletter.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Talvi
- **Organizations:** Talvi, Daydreamer Ventures, Daydreamer Labs, Pandra, Averi, SelectFew, cloudten, ArtLifted, Angeleno Artistry, Neighborhood Knowledge, Conscious Magazine, Endeavor
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** University of Southern California
- **Known for:** Founded SelectFew and helped launch Averi., Averi announced a $2 million pre-seed round in 2024 and a $3 million seed round led by Grit Capital Partners in 2025., Spoke at SXSW in 2023.

## Career timeline

- **Age 14** — Started Neighborhood Knowledge, an online neighborhood directory.
- **2013** — Graduated from the University of Southern California; began ArtLifted, according to his public career timeline.
- **2013-2014** — Marketing and brand development manager at Endeavor.
- **2014** — Identified as a co-founder of Los Angeles art venture Angeleno Artistry.
- **2015** — Writer at Conscious Magazine.
- **2016-2019** — Co-founder and chief marketing officer at cloudten.
- **2020** — Founded SelectFew; public career timeline dates his start to August.
- **2023** — Spoke at SXSW.
- **2024** — Launched Averi publicly on Product Hunt on October 22, announcing $2 million in pre-seed financing.
- **2025** — Grit Capital Partners announced a $3 million seed round for Averi on May 27.
- **2025** — Published an Inc. essay about AI, originality and human creative taste on September 3.
- **2026** — Publicly described his departure from the AI business in February; Talvi lists him as co-founder and CEO.

## Achievements

- Founded SelectFew and helped launch Averi.
- Averi announced a $2 million pre-seed round in 2024 and a $3 million seed round led by Grit Capital Partners in 2025.
- Spoke at SXSW in 2023.
- Published a bylined Inc. essay on creative work and AI in September 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Talvi’s public website gives August 5, 2026 as its beta launch date and identifies Holland as co-founder and CEO; this is the announced date, not independently confirmed launch completion.
- **2026-04** — Published On Dragging Ideas Into Reality on April 10, discussing the practical difficulty of completing and sharing creative work.
- **2026-02** — Published the first Daydreamer Ventures essay on February 12 and publicly described leaving the AI business he had spent six years building; he said it continued under new leadership.
- **2025-09** — Published We All Became Prompters. Now What? in Inc. on September 3.
- **2025-05** — Grit Capital Partners announced that it led Averi’s $3 million seed round.

## Links

- Website: https://www.zackholland.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackholland/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/zack_holland
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zackhollandofficial/

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Last updated: 2026-10-11